Eulalio González "Piporro"

Eulalio González “Piporro” was born on December 16, 1921 in Los Herreras, Nuevo León. He began to study Medicine and never finished it. Then, he obtained an accounting’s professional degree but never practiced that profession, because his real interest was the journalism. He worked for the “El Porvenir de Monterrey”, a local newspaper and shortly after make his début as a radio presenter at the XEMR. His aspiration takes him to Mexico City where he looked for a job a as a radio announcer for the XEW, the most important radio station of the era. In fact he obtained a job, but as an actor for the popular radio drama shows. He was called to participate in the radio show "Ahí Viene Martín Corona" with Pedro Infante in the principal role. That’s the very origin of “El Piporro”, because it was his character’s name. After the great success it was decided to make a movie starring Pedro Infante, Sarita Montiel and Eulalio González as “El Piporro.” He appeared in many different movies such as “El Bracero Del Año”, “El Rey Del Tomate”, “Torero Por Un Día”, “El Rata”, “La Valentina”, among others. He was greeted with two Ariel Awards and one Diosa de Plata. "El Taconazo", “Agustín Jaime”, “Melitón el Abusón”, “Rosita Alvirez” and “El Güero Aventado” are one his most representative songs as a performer and songwriter. He died on September 1st, 2003 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico