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He was booed off the stage by the audience and vowed never to sing to the city again." During his youth he sung at a festival in Arandas, Jalisco. Later, he served as cashier and manager of his uncle's restaurant. Fernandez worked as a shoeshine boy, a waiter and dishwasher. In his native Mexico, Vicente Fernández is hailed as the "king of the rancheras." He was born and raised in Huentitán el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico on Februto a poor family and had to work in his childhood to maintain himself. Fernández's life could be described as a rags-to-riches story-having come from humble beginnings, he eventually established himself as a famous musician.

He is the father of Alejandro Fernández, also a popular Mexican artist. Vicente Fernández (born Vicente Fernández Gómez on February 17, 1940) is a Mexican ranchera singer. In addition to his own hit recordings, many of his songs have been recorded successfully by recording artists around the Spanish-speaking world, most notably by Pedro Infante, Rocío Durcal, Javier Solís, Pedro Fernández, Jorge Negrete, Vikki Carr, Luis Miguel, Lola Beltrán, Lucha Villa, Vicente Fernández and by spaniards Joaquín Sabina and Manolo García. Among the most famous are Ella, Media Vuelta, El Rey, El Jinete, Si Nos Dejan, Amanecí Entre Tus Brazos, Cuando el Destino, El Caballo Blanco, Llegó Borracho el Borracho and Que Te Vaya Bonito, as well as Camino de Guanajuato, where he sang about his home state of Guanajuato as well as his home town of Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato. Nonetheless he composed more than 1000 songs.

He had no musical training-according to the singer Miguel Aceves Mejía, Jiménez didn't play an instrument and didn't even know the Spanish terms for "waltz" and "key". His songs are considered part of the Mexican musical heritage and comparable, for instance, to what Woody Guthrie meant to American folk music. José Alfredo Jiménez (born Januin Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, died Novemin Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style.