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Influential country musician dies at age 73
Johnny Rodriguez, a Mexican-American country singer who had six No. 1 hits during his career, has died at the age of 73. Rodriguez’s daughter confirmed her father’s death in a post on social ...
Rolling Stone6d
Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music’s First Mexican American Star, Dead at 73
Johnny Rodriguez ... While performing there, Rodriguez was noticed by the country singer and songwriter Tom T. Hall, who encouraged him to make a go for a country career in Nashville and later ...
Yahoo6d
Johnny Rodriguez Dead: Hispanic Country Music Star Was 73
Country music star Johnny Rodriguez has died aged 73, his family have announced. During the peak of his career in the mid-1970s, Rodriguez had six number one songs, and many other hits ...
WRAL6d
Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73
“Introducing Johnny Rodriguez,” was nominated for album of the year in 1973. More than a dozen of his albums and singles landed in the Top 10. Rodriguez later said his career suffered after he ...
AOL4d
Johnny Rodriguez, Mexican American country star, dead at 73
Johnny Rodriguez, the pioneering singer ... including beloved hits like "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico." Rodriguez began his career singing at Alamo Village, a former set for a John Wayne film ...
Yahoo6d
Groundbreaking Mexican-American country star Johnny Rodriguez dies at 73
but had torn down his original home to build a new one during his career's height. Angel and Steve Cropper, left, and Jan Haflin and Johnny Rodriguez share a moment during the annual BMI Awards ...
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George Strait Mourns the Death of ‘Inspiration’ Johnny Rodriguez
George Strait is mourning the loss of a pioneer in the world of Texas country music. On Monday (May 12), he shared a ...