Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a version of it on his 1969 album, Another Place Another Time. It had achieved modest success in versions by various performers the original version by Duane Dee reached number 44 on the Billboard country chart in early 1968, and Linda Martell sent her version to number 33 in early 1970. The song was written in 1967 and had been recorded more than two dozen times. His version was a major crossover success in 1975, reaching number one on the Billboard pop and country charts. " Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is an American country and pop song written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters, and most famously recorded by Freddy Fender. And readers will see that his daughter Tammy has done just that, conveying in honest prose the tale of a child migrant worker with a passion for music who picked cotton, a three-string guitar and achieved the great American Dream.1975 single by Freddy Fender "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"įrom the album Before the Next Teardrop Falls The author states that in writing a frank, realistic book that tells the true story of her father’s life, she is honoring her father’s last wish Freddy wanted an authentic, uncompromising book to be written about his life. The story of Freddy’s ultimate healing and hard-won sobriety is a searing story of faith and redemption. The sequel delves into the darkness of the addictions that ravaged his and his family’s lives, forcing Freddy to the realization that he needed a divine intervention. The first book explores his struggles as he achieves the great American dream. The author has divided her father’s biography into two books. He was given a Country Music Association award for “Single of the Year” and an Academy of Country Music award as “Most Promising Artist of 1975.” His voice and charismatic personality also made him a nationwide television celebrity in the ‘70s and ‘80s. In his youth, in 1956, he was the first to record and sing Spanish rock and roll he was known as the “Mexican Elvis” and called “El Bebop Kid.” In the mid 1970s, Fender would become famous literally overnight as a rock ‘n’ country megastar with his first two monster hits “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights.” Instantaneously, his records crossed over the Billboard country charts into the rock and pop charts, each rising to No. Freddy Fender was known to millions of people across the world as “an ordinary man who had extraordinary God-given talents.”įreddy was a Mexican-American singer who rose from the depths of poverty, breaking free from a life spent picking cotton and rising to a life spent picking guitar. During his last 21 years of sobriety, Freddy sought spiritual redemption, practiced forgiveness and made amends in his daily life he came to lead by example with the aid of his higher power Jesus Christ. marine, the shocking arrest and imprisonment of his early 20s, his barrier-breaking singing career as he exploded into and crossed over different music genres, and the alcohol and drug addiction from which he suffered. “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” is a book of many dimensions, and covers Freddy’s early life of brutal poverty as a migrant worker, his years as a U.S. ![]() ![]() The author brings to life the heartfelt memories of a man and family caught in the whirlwind of great fame, and conveys in a compassionate yet forthright manner the shattering addictions that accompanied this fame. Her book “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights: A Meteoric Rise to Stardom” ( published by Xlibris) expresses in intimate detail his rise to success, heartbreaking fall and final redemption. HOUSTON – Author Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender has written the true-life story of her father, the late superstar Baldemar Huerta aka Freddy Fender, also known worldwide as The King of Tex-Mex. Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender immortalizes her late, legendary father in new, only biography This bio is filled with epic tales and vivid photos that bring Freddy Fender back to life-it is a riveting experience and a book that cannot be put down.įreddy Fender bio, ‘Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,’ set for release Daughter Tammy traces Freddy’s journey-from an early life of devastating poverty as a child migrant worker to his spectacular success of the 1970s-80s and association with U.S. This show and tell-all book is a rich tapestry of human drama and astute observations of social and musical history. The book describes the many dimensions of an “ordinary man with extraordinary God–given talents.” A man who conquered all obstacles-including his own demons of alcohol and drug abuse-and achieved the great American Dream! ![]() Huerta shares her family’s heartfelt, gripping stories of life with a musical icon. For press Release, Press Kit, Book Video with Voice over, or Contact Publicist Info,Īuthor Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender, “The Tex-Mex Princess,” releases a stunning biography of her late father, the legendary rock’n’country singer Freddy Fender.
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