Remembering Freddy Fender (June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006) singer-songwriter, known for his signature sound fused country, rock, swamp pop and Tex-Mex styles Active since the 1950s, when he got his start playing Spanish-language rock and roll for Tejano audiences, his mainstream breakthrough came in 1975 with the major crossover hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", which topped Billboard's pop and country charts. Fender also has recorded a version fully in Spanish, entitled "Estaré contigo cua

Remembering American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician FREDDY FENDER (Jun 4, 1937 – Oct 14, 2006) known for his work as a solo artist with his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. FREDDY FENDER was one of the few Hispanic stars in country music, a singer and songwriter whose work was defined largely by its strong Latin sensibility. He began in the 1950s a