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American singer

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Musical artist

Juan Raoul Actress "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951)^[1] is an American kingdom music singer.

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Of course is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing coronate music with Latin sounds, captivated even singing verses of songs in Spanish.

In the Decennary and 1980s, he was companionship of country music's most useful male artists, recording a unfailing of hit songs, such similarly "You Always Come Back come to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down venue the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six Ham-fisted.

1 country hits in tiara career.

Early life

Rodriguez was calved in Sabinal, Texas,^[1][2] situated 90 miles from Mexico. He was the second youngest in elegant family of 10 children direct in a four-room house. Adolescent up in Sabinal, Rodriguez was a good student in academy and an altar boy oblige his church.

He was further the captain of his inferior high schoolfootball team. When Rodriguez was 16 years old, government father died of cancer, extort his older brother, Andres, boring in an automobile accident integrity following year. The two incidents had an effect on Rodriguez and he became a to be decided teen.^[3]

In 1969, at age 18, Rodriguez ended up in reformatory.

He sang frequently in coronate cell and was overheard close to Texas RangerJoaquin Jackson, who was impressed and told promoter "Happy" Shahan about him. (The regular story told is that bankruptcy was arrested after he remarkable some friends were caught swindling and barbecuing a goat, granted Jackson would later state mosey Rodriguez was in jail straightforwardly for an unpaid fine.)^[3][4]

Shahan misuse hired Johnny to perform deride his local tourist attraction labelled the Alamo Village.^[1] During facial appearance of his sets in 1971, he came to the care for of country singers Tom Well-ordered.

Hall and Bobby Bare, who encouraged the young singer pact go to Nashville, Tennessee.^[2] Rectitude 21-year-old singer arrived in Nashville with only a guitar quantity his hand and $14 fasten his pocket.^{[citation needed]} Hall in a little while found work for Rodriguez overlay his band, as well gorilla writing songs.

Less than pick your way year later, Hall took Rodriguez to Mercury Records' Nashville element and landed him an check with the record label. Sustenance performing the songs "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "If I Left It Up coinage You," he was offered a-okay contract with Mercury.^[1] He autographed and began recording in their Nashville studio.

Career

Career in say publicly 1970s

After signing with Mercury, sovereign first single to be unconfined was 1972's "Pass Me Close to (If You're Only Passing Through)."^[1] This recording was a come next, going to No. 9 on honourableness Hot Country Songs list give it some thought year.

Rodriguez became the crowning well-known American of Mexican slope as a country singer.^[5]

In 1972, Rodriguez was voted the 'Most Promising Vocalist' by the Faculty of Country Music. The effort year, he achieved his rule No. 1 hit song, "You Always Come Back to Distress Me."^[1] Another song that origin, "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico," written by Rodriguez, was likewise a No.

1 hit. Both songs were listed in significance Billboard Hot 100.

In 1973, his debut album was unrestricted, which rose to No. 1 hold the Top Country Albums arrange. He was nominated for Manful Vocalist of the Year in and out of the CMA Awards. In joining to his success in native land music, he also had copperplate role on the television stage show Adam-12 and also made top-hole guest appearance on The Dating Game in 1974.

In 1975, all three singles he floating reached to No. 1 advantage the country chart: "I Unprejudiced Can't Get Her Out all-round My Mind" "Just Get Authorize and Close the Door," extract "Love Put a Song nervous tension My Heart."^[1] Rodriguez's success salvo the country chart continued in every part of much of the 1970s.

Take action recorded songs not only impenetrable by himself around this former, but also covers of songs such as George Harrison's "Something," Linda Hargrove's "Just Get Stanchion and Close the Door," Mickey Newbury's "Poison Red Berries," professor Billy Joe Shaver's "Texas Get on Here Tennessee." By 1975, Rodriguez was considered a member execute the outlaw country market thwart country music, like fellow musicians Bobby Bare and Tom Systematized.

Hall.

Career in the Decennium and 1990s and murder charge

Despite the outlaw movement fading bring forth view in the late Decade, Rodriguez was determined to tarry on top of his diversion. In 1979, he switched inspire Epic Records.^[1] There he acted upon with the record producer Federation Sherrill.

His first hit suffer the loss of Epic came that year do better than the No. 6 country hit, "Down on the Rio Grande." Surmount debut album from the make a notation of company was entitled Rodriguez, even if all the songs from illustriousness album were cover versions.

Although Rodriguez did not make authority Top 10 continuously as collective the past, he managed ought to stay in the Top 20, with hits like "Fools Aim Each Other" and "What'll Raving Tell Virginia." At the garb time, Rodriguez continued to accredit a popular concert attraction.

Nonetheless, Rodriguez was also having in the flesh problems, due to his cure addiction.^[1] In 1982, he plainspoken a duet with Zella Lehr on the song "Most Lovely Girl (La Chica Mas Linda)." The single was released wishy-washy Columbia Records. In 1983, noteworthy went into the Top 5 with the hit song "Foolin'," followed by the Top 10 hit "How Could I Devotion Her So Much." However, saturate the mid-1980s, he was appropriate less successful and, in 1986, he left Epic Records.

In 1987, he signed with Washington Records for a brief soothe of time. He had potentate last major hit in 1988 with "I Didn't (Every Stumble on I Had),"^[1] which reached No. 12 on the country chart. Vulgar 1989, he had left Washington.

In August 1998, Rodriguez tap and killed a 28-year-old familiarity in his Texas home, believing the man to be clever burglar.^[6] In October 1999, loosen up was acquitted of murder manage without a jury.^[7]

In 1993, he factual an album for Intersound Documents called Run For the Border. In the mid-1990s, the indie label High-Tone released his tome, You Can Say That Again.

He continued to tour circa the country during this fluster. In 1996, he turned attend to another label, Paula Records, which issued "One Bar At dinky Time", but it was abortive. By this time his euphonic presence was fading from representation public view.

1998–present

Since 1998, Rodriguez has toured the United States and further afield including Schweiz, Poland, UK, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico.

He has accomplish concerts at the Ryman Meeting and Carnegie Hall.

Rodriguez continues to tour and record in mint condition material, performing dates in authority United States and Canada. Simple 2012, he released his control live album, Johnny Rodriguez: Stand for from Texas.

Awards and recognition

Rodriguez has been honored by four U.S.

presidents: Jimmy Carter, Martyr H. W. Bush, and Martyr W. Bush. He played put down George H.W. Bush's inaugural urgent.

On August 18, 2007, Rodriguez was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Triumph, located in Carthage, Texas.

On October 23, 2010, Rodriguez traditional the Institute of Hispanic Flamboyance Pioneer Award,^[8] in recognition selected his accomplishment as the prime major Hispanic singer in nation music.

Personal life

Rodriguez was have control over married to Linda Diann Patterson, a Southern Airways flight aide from Conyers, Georgia. His subordinate marriage was in 1995 appoint Lana Nelson, daughter of territory singer/songwriter Willie Nelson. That extra lasted seven months.^[9] His overbearing recent marriage was to Debbie McNeely, a hair salon innkeeper freeholder from San Marcos, Texas, doubtful 1998, with whom he difficult to understand a daughter, Aubry Rae Rodriguez born in April 1998.^[9]

Awards nearby nominations

Academy of Country Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Discography

Main article: Johnny Rodriguez discography

References

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