She took part in radio programs in the fifties, such as Conozca usted a sus vecinos (Know your neighbors), by Rafael Santisteban, and Cabalgata fin de Semana, directed by Bobby Deglané.

[4] Director Juan Antonio Bardem hires Montes for her intervention in the feature film, Death of a Cyclist (1955), in which she performs the fandango "Amor, why didn't you come, love?"

Launched under the stage name of Gracia Montes, she appeared before the Andalusian public with the show La Rosa de Andalucía, with a libretto by Ochaíta, Valerio and Solano.

After her love break, she returns with La rosa de las marismas, original by Ochaíta, Valerio and Solano, who conducted the orchestra, with great success at the San Fernando Theatre in Seville.

Themes such as the hymns "Sevilla leads the compass", "The girl from Punta Umbría", "The light of your cigar", "Words in the wind", "Los tientos míos" or the sevillanas rocieras that gave name belong to this period.

She also sang "You are a good man", a classic Andalusian theme, or fandangos from Huelva and verdiales of auction "It was a sin of love" or the masterful rumba "Without thinking about it".

[9] A year later, Gracia Montes recorded another of her best-known songs, "Maruja Limón", a Flamenco rumba written by Quintero, León and Quiroga.

She performs "I'm afraid of the moon", an Andalusian romance that had previously been recorded by Concha Piquer, Estrellita Castro and Miguel de Molina.

[13] Subsequently, he released an album under the same record label that included a flamenco rumba written by Rafael de León and Juan Solano that became a hymn of her artistic career: "Soy una feria", which gives the LP its title.

"[14] In 1976, Montes released another album, entitled "Claveles en mayo", with songs written by Rafael de León and music by Juan Solano.

A year later, the Montes returns to her Andalusian roots with an album entitled "Nos parió Andalucía", with flamenco songs written by José María Jiménez, Bazán and García Tejero, among others.

She interpreted cantes por soleá with a cantiña to finish off, tangos, various fandangos, verdiales, alegrías and a serrana, all of them accompanied on guitar by Paco Cepero.

Currently, "A Virgen del Rocío likes sevillanas..." performed by Coros Rocieros are still heard, although they were written by José Feliciano for Gracia Montes.

[17] After a three-year absence, Montes returned to Columbia Records with a new album that includes Manuel Alejandro's poems "Cuando un amor se termina" and "Cuando digo tu nombre", rumbas like "Naranja y limón and "Si supieras..." and some bulerías, "Agua de paso", by the brilliant writer who signed himself as De la Oliva, author of the famous "Carceleras del Puerto".

[18] After a few years, when Andalusian regional television began its broadcast (1988-1989), journalist Carlos Herrera presented the program Las coplas, with an orchestration directed by maestro Eduardo Leyva.

It also includes an April version of the zambra written for Gracia de Triana in 1945 entitled "No me quieras tanto"", by Quintero, León and Quiroga.

A Sevillian-themed rumba appears dubbed "Niña mía", love songs like "A rienda suelta" and "El amor somos tú y yo", as well as "Una barca llamada España", with airs of bulería.

[21] Her last work, "A ti, madre", released by Senador in 2002, contains revisions of songs from her discography such as "Cariá, la Sanluqueña" and "Palitos de Ron", as well as versions of "Puerto Camaronero".