Freddy Fender, who died Oct. 14 at age 69, enjoyed three distinct musical periods during his recording career. He was the heralded bilingual king of country-pop crossover hits in the mid `70s; the ...
The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have ...