This Week in Texas Music History

This Week in Texas Music History: Eva Garza

October 22, 2012 8:31 am by: Haley Howle

Eva Garza

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a singer who was known as the “Sweetheart of the Americas.”

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On October 23, 1936, Eva Garza made her first recordings at the Texas Hotel in San Antonio. Born in the Alamo City on May 11, 1917, Garza began singing on local radio while still in high school. By the late 1930s, she was performing throughout North and South America. Eva Garza’s tremendous popularity made her one of the first international superstars of Latino music and earned her the nickname the “Sweetheart of the Americas.”

Eva Garza appeared in several movies, won a variety of Latin-American music awards, and even has a street named after her in Bogota, Colombia.

Next time on This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll follow the trail of a cowgirl hall-of-famer.

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One Response to “This Week in Texas Music History: Eva Garza”

  1. On November 14, 2012 at 4:13 pm leticiarodriguez responded with... #

    How beautiful to see my Aunt Eva recognized! She has long deserved to be remembered by the public.
    You may also wish to check out this recent release,
    “La Americana,” a compilation of “Americana” music honoring composers of this era, and Eva Garza.
    http://waterloorecords.com/Item/9003860772

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