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In 1960, he was sentenced to five years in jail for marijuana possession - he was released in 1963. Fender met producer Huey Meaux in 1971 and signed with Crazy Cajun Records. A few years later, Meaux convinced Fender to record "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."
In 1974 Fender recorded "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." [2] The single was selected for national distribution and became a number-one hit on the Billboard Country and Pop charts. It sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in May 1975. [6]
Jul 16, 2019 · After “Before The Next Teardrop Falls,” Fender suddenly had a career. He crossed over again with “ Wasted Days And Wasted Nights ,” a new version of the rockabilly song he recorded in 1960.
Jul 25, 2019 · When his song ‘Before the Next Tear Drop Falls’ hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1975, he was in his late 30s and had been out of the Texas music scene for more than a decade. As Tom Breihan put it in his recent column for Stereogum, Fender “wasn’t supposed to get a second chance.”
May 7, 2024 · Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is the song that launched Freddy Fender's country music career. The soulful ballad, originally written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters, became a massive...
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Listen to Freddy Fender's remastered hit song "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" from 1974 and enjoy the classic country sound.
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Mexican-American singer/guitarist Freddy Fender's No. 1 hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" was the title track from his debut LP, which also featured his No. 8 follow-up, "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights." First charting on Apr. 19, 1975, the album rose to No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, and remained on the chart for 43 weeks.
