AP - Mar 2, 2007
Country radio has had a rough go of it in the big city. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco all have seen country stations fail in recent years. But the return of country to the FM airwaves this...
More »AP - Nov 4, 2006
When country music acts started noticing more Hispanic fans at their concerts, it didn t take long for Music Row to start dreaming of its Next Big Audience. After all, many Hispanics in the U.S. —...
More »AP - Oct 15, 2006
Freddy Fender, the Bebop Kid of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad Before the Next Teardrop Falls, died Saturday. He was 69. Fender, who was diagnosed...
More »AP - Oct 12, 2006
Freddy Fender has been discharged from a hospital and was resting at his South Texas home Thursday, but family and friends said the Grammy-winning musician remained gravely ill. Fender, 69, had been...
More »AP - Aug 3, 2006
Musician Freddy Fender has incurable cancer, discovered after tumors were found on his lungs, and his wife said they are hoping for a miracle. I feel very comfortable in my life, Fender told the Corpus...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2006
Wanted: Hispanic country music star who can sell millions of records to Spanish- and English-speaking fans. All we need is a hero, somebody the Hispanic community would relate to and who wants to play...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country Music Television s list of the 100 greatest love songs: 1. I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton ) 2. You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson ) 3. Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Patsy Cline )...
More »USRN - Jan 31, 2002
(1/31/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Freddy Fender was released from University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas on Wednesday (January 30) after undergoing successful kidney transplant surgery less than a week ago....
More »USRN - Jan 24, 2002
(1/24/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Freddy Fender successfully underwent kidney transplant surgery at San Antonio s University Hospital in Texas Wednesday (January 24). Fender s daughter Marla Huerta Garcia, 21,...
More »USRN - Nov 20, 2000
(11/20/00, 5 p.m. ET) - Grammy Award-winner Freddy Fender was recently diagnosed with hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver, and is currently undergoing a series of dialysis treatments in Corpus...
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