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Mexican music and country music said almost the same thing, just in different languages,' the late singer said in a ...
A country music pioneer who racked up several chart-topping hits during the 1970s has died at the age of 73. Johnny Rodriguez ...
Mexican-American country favorite Johnny Rodriguez, renowned for "You Always Come Back To Hurting Me," died on May 9, 2025.
Texas native Johnny Rodriguez, a Mexican-American ... inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2010, he received the Institute of Hispanic Culture Pioneer Award, honoring his decades ...
Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, who sang in both English and Spanish and wrote 1970s hits including “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” — about a forlorn hitchhiker trying to ...
The musician, born in Sabinal, Texas, in 1951, rose to prominence for his distinctive style, combining Mexican-inspired ...
Here's a hot take: There are far too many male performers at the Stagecoach country music festival. It might sound harsh, and we're not saying they're not talented enough to be at the festival ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s, including I Just Can’t ...
Indio's very own "American ... country fans wandering into the Palomino tent Saturday afternoon likely had no idea they were hearing the sweet sounds of a Grammy Award winning country pioneer.
It was El Iris, the newspaper that Linati established in Mexico City, that published the first political cartoon ever printed in the country ... from the Mexican-American War to the Second ...