Freddy Fender

E555303
musician person songwriter

Freddy Fender was a Mexican-American Tejano and country music singer known for hits like "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Freddy Fender canonical 4

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musician ⓘ
person ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs El Bebop Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Los Super Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas Tornados NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
birthDate 1937-06-04 ⓘ
birthPlace San Benito, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace San Benito, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath emphysema ⓘ
lung cancer ⓘ
pneumonia ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 2006-10-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Corpus Christi, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Mexican-American ⓘ
fullName Baldemar Garza Huerta NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Tejano ⓘ
Tex-Mex ⓘ
country ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
militaryService United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryServiceStart 1950s ⓘ
notableAchievement crossover success on country and pop charts in the 1970s ⓘ
pioneer of Tejano and Tex-Mex music in mainstream U.S. markets ⓘ
notableSong Secret Love NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Before the Next Teardrop Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel ABC-Dot Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arista Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Starflite Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Evangelina Huerta NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageName Freddy Fender NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flaco Jiménez → associatedAct → Freddy Fender ⓘ
Doug Sahm → associatedAct → Freddy Fender ⓘ
Augie Meyers → associatedWith → Freddy Fender ⓘ
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Freddy Fender ⓘ