María Jiménez

María Jiménez Gallego (born 1950) is a Spanish singer born in Seville.

She's popular due to her liberal lyrics and performances. She started in tablaos like Las Brujas sponsored by La Pipa in the first years of Spanish democracy after Francisco Franco's dictatorship.

She released her first album in 1976, with Paco Cepero's arrangements. The album included rumbas, tangos, bulerías, boleros, rancheras and ballads by Silvio Rodríguez, Lolita de la Colina or Amancio Prada. After this album, she released Sensación and several compilations.

Her career was relaunched when she collaborated in the song La lista de la compra with the group La cabra mecánica and released Donde más duele with songs by Joaquín Sabina.

She was married to the actor Pepe Sancho and they had a son, Alejandro. She had had another child, María del Rocío in a previous marriage, who later died in a traffic accident.

Her opinions about gutter press and piracy are very famous. She has edited her biography and taken part in several films and sitcoms like Todos los hombres sois iguales. She's currently the conductor of the TV program Bienaventurados, in Canal sur.