Yu-Mex

Cover of a Yugoslav pamphlet promoting the local release of the 1950 film Un día de vida, which was known as Jedan dan života in Yugoslavia. Depicted are stars Roberto Cañedo and Columba Domínguez.

Yu-Mex (a portmanteau of "Yugoslav" and "Mexican") was a style of popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which incorporated elements of traditional Mexican music (such as mariachi and ranchera).[1] The style was mostly popular during the 1950s and 1960s when a string of Yugoslav singers began performing traditional Mexican songs.[2]

  1. ^ Čulić, Ilko (16 July 2012). "YU-Mex fenomen: Zbog njih je sombrero bio glavni hit..." 24 Sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Zaboravljeni junaci sombrero ere". BETA (in Bosnian). Nezavisne novine. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2014.