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4 unusual facts about Tejano music


Gustafi

The band is known for their eclectic style which combines Istrian folk music and rock, along with blues and Tex-Mex influences.

Jean Casarez

In addition to her legal background and journalism career, Casarez, under the name Jean LeGrand, has recorded six albums of Tejano music in Spanish for the International divisions of CBS and Capitol EMI Records, thus touring throughout the U.S. and Mexico; Casarez has also been nominated for numerous awards as a journalist, and received a 2010 Peabody Award for CNN Network’s coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill.

KDXX

It was then purchased by Marcos A. Rodriguez and rebranded KICK ("99.1 Kick FM"), airing Tejano (or Tex-Mex) music.

Paco Betancourt

By the late 1940s and early 1950s, local music of the day—the early Tejano and conjunto music of South Texas—had become a popular genre and good business for record producers and jukebox operators.


Barrio Boyzz discography

The titular single, a duet with American Tejano pop singer Selena, peaked at number one and was logged atop the Hot Latin Tracks chart for six consecutive weeks.

Bobby Pulido

Roberto Pulido Jr. (born April 25, 1971), better known as Bobby Pulido, is a Mexican-American Tejano music performer who was born in Edinburg, Texas.

Diatonic button accordion

Three-row systems are also popular in Mexico and the United States (in Conjunto, Tejano, Zydeco and Cajun musics) and Colombia (in Vallenato and Folklor musics).

Las Reinas Del Pueblo

Las Reinas Del Pueblo English: The Queens of The Village is a 1995 greatest hits album featuring the music of American Tejano singer "La Reina del TexMex" Selena and "La Reina De La Banda" Graciela Beltrán.


see also

Mazz

Mazz then became members of Freddie Records, owned by established Tejano singer Freddie Martinez, which helped promote new and already established Tejano music talents such as Ramón Ayala, Elida Reyna, and Michael Salgado.

McCollum High School

Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American musician whom performs both Country and Tejano music.