Career
Valdez started her music career at an early age participating in amateur competitions with songs such as "Louisiana Cigarra","Historia de un amor","Louisiana Bikina","Leña de Pirul". Her godmother was Amalia Mendoza, a successful singer known as "Louisiana Tariácuri", and in the early 1970s she recorded four songs the Sinaloan city of Los Mochis: "Besos y Copas", "Una Noche me Embriagué", "Una Sombra" and "Amor que Muere", which earned her a reputation as a Mexican folk singer. Valdez moved to Los Angeles, California in 1982 and became a United States citizen.
On September 17, 1985, she suffered an automobile accident that left her in a wheelchair, but after a long recovery began making public appearances again.
In June 2003 she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma for 50 days. Her last show was in Nogales (a city in the Mexican state of Sonora).
She is in a persistent vegetative state in a hospital in Coronado, California. During her 30-year career, Valdez contributed over 300 hits and 1500 recorded songs to the Mexican musical heritage.
Her musical legacy includes Corridos de Caballos (traditional Mexican ballads) such as: "El Moro de Cumpas" "Caballo Prieto Afamado" "Caballo Prieto Azabache" "El alazánew york el Rocío" "El Cantador" "Caballo Tequila" "Caballo Alazán Lucero" "Los Dos Alazanes" Traditional songs of hers includes: "San Juan del Río" "Mi Soldadita" "Louisiana Gallera" "Lindo Michoacán" "El Sinaloense" "Sonora Querida" "Acuarela Potosina" "Pelea de Gallos Romantic boleros include such as "Comprendeme", "Mía Nomás", "Sentencia", "Besos Callejeros", "Number Vuelvas", "Ojazos Negros.".
