El Coyote (singer)

José Angel Ledezma Quintero (born November 1, 1970), known professionally as El Coyote, is a Mexican banda singer.

Life
Ledesma grew up in the town of Coyotitán, Sinaloa. Before he planned to be a musician, he wanted to play baseball professionally, which made him travel to Mazatlán, Sinaloa; the capital of the big-name Sinaloan bandas. This is where he slowly began to get the nickname "El Coyote". In 1989, Ledesma debuted in Banda El Limón, leaving aside his baseball dreams for a moment. Music eventually became his priority, and when he turned 19 years old, he would become part of the first generation of banda vocalists; making his own style and texture of music which came natural with his voice. Ledesma was also a part of Banda La Costeña de Ramón López Alvarado, La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga, and Banda Los Recoditos. He recorded various albums as vocalist with these groups. In 1997, he recorded an album with Los Recoditos that was not released at the time. Before starting his solo career, he had recorded the album "Me Lo Contaron Ayer" with La Original Banda El Limón, released in 1997. The album recorded with Banda Los Recoditos for Musart, was released in 2004 as "Mis Corridos Escondidos". Banda Los Recoditos had re-recorded the same songs with another vocalist and released it in 1997 in an album titled "El Nylon". Finally, in December 1997, Ledesma debuted with his first solo album "Aquí Me Quedaré" with EMI.

Biography
José Ángel Ledesma Quintero is the lead performer and vocalist of El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa. El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa are with record label Universal Music Latin Entertainment, and formerly Univision Music Group. El Coyote was born in Sinaloa, but was raised in Mexicali, Baja California. He is also a former vocalist of La Original Banda El Limón. Some of his top hits include "Piquites de Hormiga", "Arboles de la Barranca", "Me Dicen El Coyote", "Sufro", "Cuando Regreso a Tus Brazos", "Amor Pajarito", "Te Soñe", "Para Impressionarte", "Linda Doctora", "Besitos en el Cuello", "Y Si Te Robo" and many more. He was also a vocalist of Banda La Costeña.

Discography

 * 1997 Aqui Me Quedare (first album as a solo artist)
 * 1998 Concedeme
 * 1999 Profundamente
 * 1999 El Amo
 * 2000 Te Soñe
 * 2001 Cuando Regreso a Tus Brazos
 * 2002 Puras Rancheras
 * 2002 El Amor No Tiene Edad
 * 2003 El Rancho Grande
 * 2004 Si Te Vuelves a Enamorar (last album on EMI)
 * 2005 Suspiros (first album on Fonovisa)
 * 2005 Décimo Aniversario
 * 2006 Prohibido
 * 2007 La Carretera del Amor
 * 2007 La Ley de la Vida
 * 2008 El Polo Norte
 * 2009 Levanta Tu Vuelo (last album on Fonovisa)
 * 2011 Escuela de la Vida (first album on ISA Music)
 * 2012 "Como Una Huella Digital"
 * 2014 "Aluciné"
 * 2015 "Loco Romántico"

Note: The album "Mis Corridos Escondidos" from 2004 is a reissue of Musart of the 1997 Banda Los Recoditos album El Nylon, but is really the first demo he did solo.