Dolores Salinas

Dolores Salinas
Also known asLa maldita vieja
Born1933 (1933)
Died(2011-05-11)11 May 2011 (aged 78)
Cartagena, Colombia

Dolores Salinas (1933–2011) was a Colombian singer and songwriter. She was a member of Las Alegres Ambulancias, who had a hit with her song "La Maldita Vieja".

Biography

Dolores Salinas was born in 1933 in San Basilio de Palenque, in the Colombian department of Bolívar.[1]

Salinas was a singer with the group Las Alegres Ambulancias, led by Graciela Salgado, who sang at funerals in San Basilio de Palenque as a part of the traditional practice of lumbalú.[1] Salinas named the group, and usually sang backing vocals.[2] Salinas also sang with Salgado and Cristobalina Estrada in a group called Las Tres Mujeres, and they appeared on the album Los Colores de la Tierra, which was produced by the Caja Agraria and the Colombian Ministry of Culture.[1]

Las Alegres Ambulancias had a hit with "La Maldita Vieja", which Salinas wrote about a confrontation she had with a neighbour who was flirting with her husband; the song was also covered by La Mojarra Eléctrica, Faraón Bantú, and various bullerengue groups from the Colombian Caribbean.[1][3] Eventually the title of the song also became a nickname for Salinas.[1]

Salinas died aged 78 on 11 May 2011 in Cartagena.[4] Graciela Salgado sang at her wake, and Petrona Martínez attended.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dolores Salinas: una década sin "La maldita vieja"" [Dolores Salinas: a decade without "La maldita vieja"], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 9 May 2021, retrieved 21 October 2025
  2. ^ Juan Carlos Piedrahíta B. (15 September 2013), "Lumbalú para Graciela Salgado", El Espectador (in Spanish), retrieved 21 October 2025
  3. ^ "Murió la cantadora Dolores Salinas, de las Alegres Ambulancias" [Singer Dolores Salinas, of las Alegres Ambulancias, has died], El Universal (in Spanish), 11 May 2011, retrieved 21 October 2025
  4. ^ a b "Murió cantadora Dolores Salinas" [Singer Dolores Salinas has died], El Universal (in Spanish), 12 May 2011, retrieved 21 October 2025