"El Rey" ("The King") is a 1971 song by Mexican singer José Alfredo Jiménez. It is one of his best known songs and a Latin Grammy Hall of Fame recipient. The song is about "a macho guy convinced his rough-and-tumble life doesn't preclude him from remaining the king among his peers".

A chart published by Record World credited "El Rey" as reaching number one in Mexico in 1974, a year after Jiménez's death.
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1. José Alfredo Jiménez, a singer from Mexico, released the song "El Rey" ("The King") in 1971.
2. It is one of his most well-known songs and was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame.
3. The song is about "a macho guy convinced that his tough life doesn't stop him from remaining the king among his peers."
4. In 1974, a year after Jiménez's passing, "El Rey" was credited with topping a Record World list in Mexico.