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Tejano music was born in Texas. Although it has influences from Mexico and other Latin American countries, the main influences are American. The types of music that make up Tejano are folk music, roots music, rock, R&B, soul music, blues, country music and the Latin influences of norteño, mariachi, and Mexican cumbia.
René y René was a Latin pop duo from Laredo, Texas.Composed of René Ornelas (born August 26, 1936) and René Herrera (October 2, 1935 - December 20, 2005), the group scored two hit singles in the U.S. in the 1960s. 1964's "Angelito" ("Little Angel") peaked at #43 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, [1] and 1969's "Lo Mucho que Te Quiero (The More I Love You)" hit #2 on the Adult ...
Ruben Ramos, also known as El Gato Negro, is an American Tejano music performer. Beginning his music career in the late 1960s, Ruben's fame as has grown throughout the years as he formed his own distinct sound of music. [1] In March 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Music Awards Hall of Fame and later won Best Male Vocalist in 1999. [2]
Anselmo "El Chemiro" Martínez was a Tejano singer and songwriter. Martínez gained prominence in the mid-1960s recording orchestra music influenced by Glenn Miller and subsequently introducing the style coast to coast as he toured and recorded original compositions. He had released 13 albums and 248 original songs, performing into his 80s and ...
CENTRAL TEXAS (FOX 44) – If you listened to most any Spanish radio, you’ve probably heard the soulful sounds of a Central Texas native who has won five Grammys. In his first interview since ...
Trini Lopez, whose music was a mixture of folk and pop, gained big hit "If I Had a Hammer" in 1963. [11] He recorded "Corazón de Melón", a Mexican folk tune,. Mid 1960s, the Beatles and The Rolling Stones got success, and unfortunately Trini's club style seemed old fashioned too soon.
The label was highly influential in the La Onda movement, as it helped promote and spread Tejano music. [3] [7] There was a Zarape ad in the premier music trade publication, Billboard magazine, which stated, "We’re Coming Through in '72. El Zarape Records es la Onda Chicana." This announcement is among the earliest examples of the term La ...
Ideal Records was a record label from Texas specializing in Tejano music. It became the most important record label of the genre in the 1940s and 1950s, recording tejano's most prominent artists. It declined in the early 1960s, but not before leaving an indelible mark on Tex-Mex culture.