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Jun 20, 2024
Johnny Canales (1942–2024), Tejano singer and TV host
Johnny Canales was a Mexican Tejano singer and popular television show host who helped launch the career of singer Selena.
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Mar 20, 2023
Fito Olivares (1947–2023), Tejano musician known for Juana La Cubana
Born Rodolfo Olivares, musician Fito Olivares began playing the saxophone at 12 and by 16 was performing professionally. He soon began writing his own compositions, establishing himself as an artist who embraced new directions in Mexican cumbia music as adeptly as he adhered to the traditional. He is best known for his hit songs “Juana La Cubana” and “El Colesterol,” which are mainstays at weddings and quinceañeras.
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Sep 25, 2020
Guadalupe “Shorty” Ortiz (1941–2020), Tejano music legend
Guadalupe “Shorty” Ortiz was a Tejano musician known for leading Shorty and the Corvetts as well as Mariachi Corbetas.
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Jun 29, 2020
Manuel Donley (1927–2020), “The Godfather of Tejano music”
Manuel “Cowboy” Donley was a Tejano music legend called “The Godfather of Tejano Music.”
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Jul 12, 2019
Ernestine Romero (1987–2019), award-winning Tejano singer
Ernestine Romero was an award-winning Tejano singer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2016, the New Mexico Hispano Music Association awarded her their CD of the Year, Cumbia Song of the Year, and Salsa Tropical Song of the Year awards, and she was also nominated for a Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year that same year. Romero’s most recent album, 2019’s “Mi Tesoro,” marked her 20th year in the music industry. Her 2015 album “Gracias Señor” included a duet with Grammy-winning singer Ruben Ramos.
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Jun 7, 2018
Jimmy Gonzalez (2018), frontman for Grupo Mazz
Tejano superstar won six Latin Grammy awards.
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May 17, 2016
Emilio Navaira (1962 - 2016), King of Tejano Music
Emilio Navaira, the American-born, Grammy-winning singer known as the King of Tejano Music, died Monday of a heart attack, according to multiple news sources. He was 53. Navaira, who charted nearly a dozen singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, over the course of his career, was found unconscious at his house, police in New Braunfels, Texas, said. His greatest country hit was 1995’s “It’s Not the End of the World," which rose as high as No. 27. His song “Por Siempre Unidos” made the top 10 the following year, peaking at No. 7 on Latin Pop Airplay.
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Jun 4, 2012
Freddy Fender's Songs of Love and Loss
(1937–2006) was one of the kings of Tejano music and a rare Mexican-American crossover success on the country music charts. His songs of love and loss struck a chord with listeners, even when they couldn’t understand all of the bilingual lyrics.
