Santiago Jiménez Sr.

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Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneering Tex-Mex conjunto musician and accordionist who helped popularize and shape the genre in the mid-20th century.

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Santiago Jiménez Sr. canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tex-Mex musician ⓘ
accordionist ⓘ
conjunto musician ⓘ
musician ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
associatedAct Flaco Jiménez ⓘ
associatedWith San Antonio music scene ⓘ
birthDate 1913-04-25 ⓘ
birthPlace San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
child Flaco Jiménez ⓘ
Santiago Jiménez Jr. ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
culturalRegion South Texas ⓘ
deathDate 1984-12-18 ⓘ
deathPlace San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
ethnicity Mexican American ⓘ
familyName Jiménez ⓘ
fieldOfWork Latin American music ⓘ
Tejano music ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Tex-Mex ⓘ
conjunto ⓘ
givenName Santiago ⓘ
heritage Mexican ⓘ
Tejano ⓘ
influenced Flaco Jiménez ⓘ
conjunto music ⓘ
instrument accordion ⓘ
button accordion ⓘ
knownFor dance-oriented polkas and rancheras in conjunto style ⓘ
distinctive button accordion playing ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
name Santiago Jiménez Sr. ⓘ
notableAchievement helped popularize accordion-driven conjunto music in Texas ⓘ
pioneered Tex-Mex conjunto style in mid-20th century ⓘ
notableWork Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio ⓘ
La Piedrera ⓘ
Viva Seguin ⓘ
occupation accordionist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
recordLabel local Texas labels ⓘ
residence San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
style traditional conjunto ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flaco Jiménez → father → Santiago Jiménez Sr. ⓘ
Flaco Jiménez → influencedBy → Santiago Jiménez Sr. ⓘ
Leonardo Jiménez → associatedAct → Santiago Jiménez Sr. ⓘ
Santiago Jiménez Sr. → name → Santiago Jiménez Sr. ⓘ