Perdamonos flor silvestre biography

This collection of over vinyl records represents the collected music of educator and dance hall impresario Candelario Mendoza. In Candelario began a moonlighting career in radio while teaching. He worked as a Spanish radio announcer for KPMO – an AM radio station local to Los Angeles. At that time, Spanish broadcasts were relegated to only hours in the early morning. The rest of the day was designated for English only broadcasts. As such, his broadcasts provided Mexican workers in the citrus groves and elsewhere in the community with music that "helped them prepare for a day of strenuous labor. [Moreover, it] allowed many Mexicans to stay abreast of the various trends in Latin America." This is very important because it created a link to people's homes and pasts in Mexico, and it reinforced and strengthened their cultural