Freddy Fender

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Born Baldemar Huerta, Fender was proud of his Mexican-American heritage and frequently sung verses or whole songs in Spanish. "Teardrop" had a verse in Spanish.

David Letterman once introduced Freddy Fender to his Latenight audience as "one of the greatest voices in all of music."

"What I've loved about playing for Freddy", says Conrad Askland (played keyboards with Freddy Fender since 1996 traveling all across the United States, Europe and Asia), "is that he is genuinely as he appears to fans. He is simple, funny and his art comes with effortless ease".

Fender hit it big in 1975 after some regional success, years of struggling - and a stint in prison. During the dawn of the Texas "Outlaw Movement", Freddy's major breakthrough came when "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" topped both the country and pop music charts. With its success, he won the Academy of Country Music's best new artist award in 1975. Another gold record classic, the re-released "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", followed, as did another crossover smash hit, "Since I Met You Baby". "Secret Love" and "You'll Lose a Good Thing" also hit No. 1 in the country charts. "Secret Love", was written by Freddy but became a number one hit for Doris Day. Between 1975 and 1977, he had nine songs in the country top ten charts!

Freddy broadened his career to acting in the 1980's including a co-starring role in the 1987 Robert Redford indie smash, "Milagro Beanfield War".

In 1990 he formed the Tex-Mex supergroup, "The Texas Tornadoes" with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers. After three albums, the group disbanded, and Fender again resumed his solo career.

In 1997 He sang "A Little Bit is Better Than Nada" as the title cut to the motion picture "Tin Cup"

He won a Grammy of Best Latin Pop Album in 2002 for "La Musica de Baldemar Huerta." He also shared in two Grammys: with the Texas Tornados, which won in 1990 for best Mexican-American performance for "Soy de San Luis," and with Los Super Seven in the same category in 1998 for "Los Super Seven.

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t is important to the history of Tejano music that all aspects of Freddy's career are recognized and respected. He is the most unique pioneer of all Tex Mex music which sprouted in Texas and spread to the rest of the world.

Casey Monahan, former music critic and director of the Texas Music Office in Austin, has this to say about Freddy, "Texas has been blessed with a handful of singular voices that define the sound of our state and the pinnacle of artistic expression. Freddy is in the company of a very few that includes Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly."

--Webster & Associates Public Relations

Wasted days and wasted nights
I have left for you Behind
For you don't belong to me
Your heart belongs to someone else

Why should I keep loving you,
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue

Don't you remember the day
That you went away and left me
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only, my love

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue

[Musical Interlude]

Don't you remember the day
That you went away and left me
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only, my love

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue