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Freddy Fender (born Baldemar Garza Huerta; June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006) was an American Tejano singer-songwriter, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. His signature sound fused country, rock, swamp pop and Tex-Mex styles.
Oct 15, 2006 · Three-time Grammy-winning country musician Freddy Fender, best known for his ’70s country hit “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” died at noon Saturday at his Corpus Christi home with his family...
May 18, 2018 · Courtesy of Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender. Baldemar Huerta, known as Freddy Fender, was in his day, a Mexican-American Elvis. Twelve years after his death from lung cancer, his daughter, Tammy Fender, has published the first of two biographies about her father.
Oct 15, 2006 · By The Associated Press. Oct. 15, 2006. SAN BENITO, Tex., Oct. 14 (AP) — Freddy Fender, the Bebop Kid of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad...
Oct 15, 2006 · He was 69. Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2006, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman. Over the years,...
Oct 14, 2023 · Freddy Fender: A Life & Legacy in Focus. Freddy Fender’s musical legacy is finally being put in focus. By Veronique Medrano | October 14, 2023. In June of 2022, we posed the question :...
In the 90's, Freddy Fender's role as vocalist/guitarist in the Tex-Mex supergroup, Texas Tornados, has delivered the venerable performer to major marketplaces and audiences traditionally oriented toward roots rock and progressive blues music. David Letterman recently introduced Fender to his Latenight audience as "one of the greatest voices in ...
