: Juan Gabriel, a humble boy from Michoacán who grew up in an orphanage, brought popular genres like ranchera and bolero to a venue typically closed to working-class art.
The newspapers the next day were schizophrenic. The highbrow critics called it a “circus.” But El Universal ran a photo of the crying grandmother with the headline: “El pueblo conquista Bellas Artes” (The People Conquer Bellas Artes).