Adán Sánchez

Sánchez was born in Torrance, California, the son of singer Chalino Sánchez. He was eight years old when his father was kidnapped and killed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in 1992. His father's popularity skyrocketed after his death in 1992, giving way to a long series of compilation records, postmortem releases, and dedications. Raised by his mother in Paramount, California, he took up singing, adopting his father nickname, "Chalino", and gained a strong local fan base among Mexican-American teenagers.^[3]

Sánchez recorded his first full-length album in 1994, entitled Soy el Hijo de Chalino, notable for the 10-year-old's brash and assertive vocals; the album's rousing title track evokes the style of celebrated singers from Mexico's

Death

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One week after the concert, on March 27, 2004, Sánchez embarked on a promotional road-based tour through his father's home state of

Sánchez's remains were returned to the United States, where his family scheduled a public wake on April 1, 2004, at the St. John of God Church in Norwalk, California. The event drew national media attention for sparking civil unrest in the neighborhood surrounding the church that evening. As Sánchez was not well known among English-speaking authorities, local law enforcement vastly underestimated his fan base, and they were unprepared when more than 15,000 young people jammed the streets to attend the service. As the day wore on, the crowd of mourners grew out of control—Police were brought in to disperse the crowd, wearing riot gear and carrying pellet guns. Their appearance incited anger among members of the crowd, who surged into the streets, overturning portable toilets and rocking cars. It was reported that Sánchez's aunt Juanita Sánchez wept about the crowd's behavior: "Adán wouldn't have wanted people to act like this. It just causes more pain to the family", she said.^[9]

In 2005, a memorial statue was built for Adán in front of La Que Buena radio station in Burbank, California.^[10]

Always and Forever

In 2009, Always & Forever, a stage play by Michael Patrick Spillers, dramatized the impact of Sánchez's death on a group of young people in

Discography

• 1994 Soy el Hijo de Chalino [1]
• 1995 Dios Me Nego [2]
• 1995 Adios Amigo Del Alma
• 1996 El Compita
• 1997 Claveles De Enero
• 2000 La Corona de Mi Padre [3]
• 2002 Homenaje a Mi Padre [4]
• 2002 Siempre y Para Siempre [5]
• 2003 Canta Corridos [6]
• 2003 Homenaje a Mi Padre [7]
• 2003 El Soñador [8]

Posthumous

• 2004 Amor y Lágrimas[9]
• 2004 En Sus Inicios, Vol. 2[10]
• 2004 Mi Historia[11]
• 2004 Mis Verdaderos Amigos[12]
• 2005 Si Dios Me Lleva Con El[13]
• 2005 En Vivo [14]
• 2006 Los Inmortales [15]
• 2006 A Recordando [16]
• 2006 El Unico [17]
• 2007 Duranguense

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