Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, on November 1911, and had five brothers. His father was a General, and when he retired the family moved to Mexico city, where he worked as a teacher amongst others at the Humboldt German school, thus allowing Jorge and brother David to study there, learning German, English, French and Italian , which would bring him many troubles as frequently confronted to the official establishment. When Cuba was taken by a hurricane Negrete acted to raise funds for the damaged. In December 1953, when attending a boxing match in Los Angeles he suffered an acute gastroesophagical hemorrhage, from which he never regained conscience. As a singer Negrete had a fine, wide-ranged and well trained baritone voice that often resembled a tenor's one. His classical singing education made him equally apt to sing popular songs, zarzuela and operatic arias.
Singer/actor, was for many years considered the number 1 entertainer in Latin America. His fame in Latin America and Europe was considered comparable to that of Bing Crosbys in America.
Often played cowboys in Mexican films.
Active in the Mexican labor movement representing actors and production workers. He was a founding members of the STPC (Union of Cinema Production Workers) and a national director of ANDA (National Association of Actors).
Jorge Negrete came to Spain on several occasions from 1947 on. During his first visit he was received by frantic multitudes, mostly feminine. The siege was such that he finally retorted ""Pero es que no hay hombres en Espaa? (Arent there men in Spain?)".
