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Tejano music (Spanish: música tejana), also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing Mexican influences. Its evolution began in northern Mexico (a variation of regional Mexican music known as norteño ).
In places such as San Antonio, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, and Dallas and Houston, Texas, the African-American audience was very important to aspiring Latino musicians, and this kept their music wedded to authentic R&B. DJ Dick Hugg (aka Huggie Boy) and radio station KRLA 1110 played a big role in promoting this music.
The first recognized Chicano rap album was the 1990 debut album Hispanic Causing Panic by Kid Frost; [1] the album's lead single, "La Raza", which combined East L.A. and Tex-Mex elements, was a hit song and became an "East L.A. anthem. [2]
Grupo Frontera — that is frontman Adelaido “Payo” Solís III, Juan Javier Cantú, Julian Peña Jr., Alberto “Beto” Acosta, Carlos Guerrero and Brian Ortega — have had a big year.
Radio City is the second studio album by the American rock group Big Star. Released on February 20, 1974, Radio City was recorded during 1973 at Memphis' Ardent Studios. Though not a commercial success at the time, it is now recognized as a milestone album in the history of power pop music.
Mazz was a Tejano band originally from Brownsville, Texas. [1] The band was known for their idiosyncratic and innovative form of Tejano cumbia which made them distinguishable among their counterparts.
He released "Tex-Mex Rock & Roll", his first LP in 1979. [ 3 ] In late 1979, he joined up with Kris Cummings (née Kristine Anne Cummings; born 1951), Brad Kizer and Mike Navarro to form Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and soon after releasing their first single, "Party Weekend", "the band was playing chic New York venues and generating lines ...
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