Dolores Salinas

Dolores Salinas 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.
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. Salinas named the group, and usually sang backing vocals. 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].
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, Faraón Bantú, and various bullerengue groups from the Colombian Caribbean. Eventually the title of the song also became a nickname for Salinas.
Salinas died aged 78 on 11 May 2011 in Cartagena. Graciela Salgado sang at her wake, and Petrona Martínez attended.