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She made her recording debut in 1973 with Los Unicos before joining El Conjunto Bernal . Her first regional hit was a cover of ''Midnight Blue'', which she performed with Snowball & Company . In 1981 , Canales married drummer Balde Muñoz and formed ''Laura Canales and Encanto''. ''Sí Viví Contigo'', was Canales' first major hit. In 1983 , Gov. Mark White honored her with, "The Yellow Rose of Texas Award," the state’s highest honor for artists. From 1983 to 1987 , Canales won both the female entertainer and female vocalist honors at the Tejano Music Awards, a record that stood until Selena broke it in the 1990 s. In 1989 , Canales quit Encanto and went into semiretirement. Her later comeback yielded hits including ''Cuatro Caminos'', ''Dame la Mano'' and ''Dile a Tu Esposa''. Prior to her illness ( Pneumonia due to Gall Bladder Surgery ), Canales was on the ''Leyendas y Raises'' tour, which also included fellow tejano performers Carlos Guzman , Agustin Ramirez , Sunny Ozuna , Freddie Martinez , Mario Montes and Grupo Sierra . Sources |
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