FLORES, SALVADOR CHAVA

(1920-1987)

   composer, singer, and sometimes actor who was known for his popular songs about life in the big city (Mexico City, where he was born). Flores wrote more than 300 songs in his career, and made occasional film appearan ces from the 1950s into the '80s. One of his best-remembered songs, "Dos horas de balazos" (Two Hours of Gunshots), is about going to the movies to see a double feature of Hollywood B-Westerns (the chorus is "Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy")!