Muñiz has since returned for yearly shows at the Caribe Hilton, this time around Mother's Day. In 1965, he began an uninterrupted streak of years traveling to Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan around Christmas, to offer concerts there (at one time, Muñiz claimed he was such a regular at the hotel that could figure out his way out of any of the hotel's suites and out of the facility blindfolded). He eventually moved back to Guadalajara, where he still lives.
That was the first of close to 80 albums, all of which he recorded under the BMG or RCA Internacional labels.ĭuring the 1960s, Muniz recorded his first solo albums, which became hits all over Latin America. It was titled "Aquellas Canciones!" ("Those (old) Songs!"), and it was released in 1946. Muniz's first album was a tribute to singers of other eras. He traveled extensively around Mexico, combining his singing assignments with odd jobs (he worked at a bakery once) and even became the valet for Libertad Lamarque and Benny Moré until he settled in Mexico City and organized a trio. He joined a trio and moved to Ciudad Juarez at age thirteen. Since he was a small boy, he showed musical talent, specifically as a romantic singer. A few Puerto Rican song standards (such as the danza "Alondras en el bosque") have Muñiz as their definitive interpreter. Known all over Latin America, Muniz actually has declared publicly and in most countries he has visited, that Puerto Rico is his second country, and many Puerto Ricans consider him to be an "honorary Puerto Rican". Marco Antonio Muñiz (born March 3, 1933) is a famous singer from Jalisco, Mexico.