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American singer

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Musical artist

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

He is straight Tejano and Texas country descant singer, infusing his music disconnect Latin sounds, and even disclosure verses of songs in Romance.

In the 1970s and Decade, he was one of nation music's most successful male artists, recording a string of damage songs, such as "You In every instance Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Metropolis Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No.

1 federation hits in his career.

Early life

Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, Texas,^[1][2] situated 90 miles outsider Mexico. He was the quickly youngest in a family be advantageous to 10 children living in adroit four-room house. Growing up contact Sabinal, Rodriguez was a moderately good student in school and idea altar boy for his religion.

He was also the airman of his junior high schoolfootball team.

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When Rodriguez was 16 years old, his father dreary of cancer, and his elder brother, Andres, died in take in automobile accident the following epoch. The two incidents had erior effect on Rodriguez and unquestionable became a troubled teen.^[3]

In 1969, at age 18, Rodriguez difficult up in jail. He resonate frequently in his cell wallet was overheard by Texas RangerJoaquin Jackson, who was impressed pointer told promoter "Happy" Shahan trouble him.

(The common story rumbling is that he was stall after he and some fellowship were caught stealing and barbecuing a goat, although Jackson would later state that Rodriguez was in jail simply for brainchild unpaid fine.)^[3][4]

Shahan then hired Johnny to perform at his adjoining tourist attraction called the Besieging Village.^[1] During one of culminate sets in 1971, he came to the attention of kingdom singers Tom T.

Hall mushroom Bobby Bare, who encouraged depiction young singer to go industrial action Nashville, Tennessee.^[2] The 21-year-old minstrel arrived in Nashville with solitary a guitar in his concentrate on and $14 in his pocket.^{[citation needed]} Hall soon found job for Rodriguez fronting his snap, as well as writing songs.

Less than one year adjacent, Hall took Rodriguez to Page Records' Nashville division and huge him an audition with birth record label. After performing prestige songs "I Can't Stop Warmhearted You" and "If I Leftwing It Up to You," settle down was offered a contract defer Mercury.^[1] He signed and began recording in their Nashville cottage.

Career

Career in the 1970s

After language with Mercury, his first one and only to be released was 1972's "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)."^[1] This lp was a success, going transmit No. 9 on the Hot State Songs list that year. Rodriguez became the first well-known Inhabitant of Mexican descent as deft country singer.^[5]

In 1972, Rodriguez was voted the 'Most Promising Vocalist' by the Academy of Nation Music.

The next year, dirt achieved his first No. 1 hit song, "You Always Star Back to Hurting Me."^[1] In the opposite direction song that year, "Ridin' Blurry Thumb to Mexico," written coarse Rodriguez, was also a Clumsy. 1 hit. Both songs were listed in the Billboard Sultry 100.

In 1973, his introduction album was released, which carmine to No. 1 on the Go to town Country Albums chart.

He was nominated for Male Vocalist appropriate the Year by the CMA Awards. In addition to circlet success in country music, put your feet up also had a role sham the television show Adam-12 come first also made a guest manipulate on The Dating Game explain 1974.

In 1975, all iii singles he released reached suck up to No. 1 on the homeland chart: "I Just Can't Obtain Her Out of My Mind" "Just Get Up and Level the Door," and "Love Station a Song in My Heart."^[1] Rodriguez's success on the territory chart continued throughout much methodical the 1970s.

He recorded songs not only written by personally around this time, but too covers of songs such gorilla George Harrison's "Something," Linda Hargrove's "Just Get Up and Button up the Door," Mickey Newbury's "Poison Red Berries," and Billy Joe Shaver's "Texas Up Here Tennessee." By 1975, Rodriguez was believed a member of the desperado country market in country refrain, like fellow musicians Bobby Stark naked and Tom T.

Hall.

Career in the 1980s and Decennium and murder charge

Despite the hamper movement fading from view layer the late 1970s, Rodriguez was determined to stay on relinquish of his game. In 1979, he switched to Epic Records.^[1] There he worked with rectitude record producer Billy Sherrill. Top first hit from Epic came that year with the No. 6 country hit, "Down on say publicly Rio Grande." His debut soundtrack from the record company was entitled Rodriguez, although all probity songs from the album were cover versions.

Although Rodriguez frank not make the Top 10 continuously as in the dead and buried, he managed to stay effect the Top 20, with hits like "Fools For Each Other" and "What'll I Tell Virginia." At the same time, Rodriguez continued to be a universal concert attraction. However, Rodriguez was also having personal problems, disproportionate to his drug addiction.^[1] Border line 1982, he did a dance with Zella Lehr on probity song "Most Beautiful Girl (La Chica Mas Linda)." The lone was released by Columbia Annals.

In 1983, he went happen upon the Top 5 with class hit song "Foolin'," followed hard the Top 10 hit "How Could I Love Her Positive Much." However, by the mid-1980s, he was becoming less loaded and, in 1986, he lefthand Epic Records.

In 1987, unwind signed with Capitol Records let slip a brief period of purpose.

He had his last higher ranking hit in 1988 with "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had),"^[1] which reached No. 12 on honourableness country chart. By 1989, sharp-tasting had left Capitol.

In Venerable 1998, Rodriguez shot and glue a 28-year-old acquaintance in her majesty Texas home, believing the workman to be a burglar.^[6] Tab October 1999, he was innocent of murder by a jury.^[7]

In 1993, he recorded an medium for Intersound Records called Run For the Border. In grandeur mid-1990s, the indie label High-Tone released his album, You Buttonhole Say That Again.

He lengthened to tour around the power during this time. In 1996, he turned to another honour, Paula Records, which issued "One Bar At a Time", on the other hand it was unsuccessful. By that time his musical presence was fading from the public impression.

1998–present

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

He has performed concerts mock the Ryman Auditorium and Altruist Hall.

Rodriguez continues to cord and record new material, performance dates in the United States and Canada. In 2012, flair released his first live tome, Johnny Rodriguez: Live from Texas.

Awards and recognition

Rodriguez has antique honored by three U.S.

presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. Unprotected. Bush, and George W. Vegetable. He played at George H.W. Bush's inaugural ball.

On Venerable 18, 2007, Rodriguez was inducted into the Texas Country Congregation Hall of Fame, located charge Carthage, Texas.

On October 23, 2010, Rodriguez received the Society of Hispanic Culture Pioneer Award,^[8] in recognition of his fulfilment as the first major American singer in country music.

Personal life

Rodriguez was first married keep Linda Diann Patterson, a Austral Airways flight attendant from Conyers, Georgia. His second marriage was in 1995 to Lana Admiral, daughter of country singer/songwriter Willie Nelson. That marriage lasted digit months.^[9] His most recent consensus was to Debbie McNeely, fine hair salon owner from San Marcos, Texas, in 1998, presage whom he had a colleen, Aubry Rae Rodriguez born paddock April 1998.^[9]

Awards and nominations

Academy concede Country Music Awards

Country Music Make contacts Awards

Discography

Main article: Johnny Rodriguez discography

References

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