Corridos of the Chicano Movement

In Mexican folk music, the corrido is a story told in song in the form of a ballad . The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for peasants, and other socially relevant topics. During the Chicano movement in Texas and the Southwest (1960s–70s), Rumel Fuentes (1943–1986) began to write corridos about the movement as a way to expose the many injustices imposed on Mexican Americans. This collection, recorded in 1972 with “Mexico-Americano” (track 13) recorded in 1975, was not released until 2009, some 23 years after Fuentes’ untimely death.

Track Listing

101	Yo Soy Tu Hermano	Rumel Fuentes	02:36
102	Corrido de César Chávez	Rumel Fuentes	02:03
103	Walk-Out en Crystal City	Rumel Fuentes	02:33
104	Aztlán	Rumel Fuentes	02:47
105	El Corrido de Reies Lopez Tijerina	Rumel Fuentes	02:30
106	México-Americano (Version 1)	Rumel Fuentes	02:31
107	Partida La Raza Unida	Rumel Fuentes	02:32
108	Huapango Los Trabajos	Rumel Fuentes	02:32
109	Corrido de Pharr, Texas	Rumel Fuentes	03:03
110	Política En Los Barrios	Rumel Fuentes	03:29
111	Corrido de Jorge I. Sanchez	Rumel Fuentes	02:58
112	Joaquín Murrieta	Rumel Fuentes	03:35
113	México-Americano (Version 2)	Rumel Fuentes	02:55