Died #otd Freddy Fender (1937-2006), American musician, 20 years ago today #FreddyFender life story...

Before The Next Teardrop Falls ⤵
#FreddyFender

20 years ago today, #FreddyFender [Baldemar Huerta], American rock, country and Tejano singer ("Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"; "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"; Texas Tornados - "A Man Can Cry"), died of lung cancer at 69.
#RIP †

Before The Next Teardrop Falls 🙎
#FreddyFender

Alive

Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” topped both the country and pop charts in 1975, a surprising bilingual standout

A simple heartbreak song that feels personal and border-crossing

Live on Hee Haw

#musicsky #FreddyFender #Country #Tejano #LiveMusic
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Originals & Covers

The Texas Tornados “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone”

Charley Pride made the 1970 song a country hit, but Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez give this version its needed Tex-Mex swing in 1991

#musicsky #TexasTornados #FreddyFender #TexMex #Country
youtu.be/shG7yiYW9bI