Texas native Johnny Rodriguez, a Mexican-American country artist whose soulful tenor expanded the breadth of the genre's reach and global popularity, died at 73 on May 9, 2025. The Academy of ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the pioneering singer-songwriter widely regarded as the first Mexican American country star, has died. He was 73. His death on May 9 was confirmed in a social media post from his ...

LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRY ARTISTS BEFORE HIM ... I THINK MY GOAL IS JUST TO ESPECIALLY PUT NEW MEXICO ON THE MAP. THAT’S ONE OF MY BIGGEST GOALS. I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTISTS THAT ...

Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to ...

(Photo by American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) (Walt Disney Television Photo Arc/ABC) Rodriguez was one of the first Mexican American country singers and had such hits as “I Just ...

The first popular Mexican American country artist, he was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico.” By Livia Albeck-Ripka ...

Rodriguez was one of the first Mexican American country singers and had such hits as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico" and “That’s the Way Love Goes ...

A few countries elect a handful of judges, mostly to lower courts. Mexico will become the first country in the world where every judge on every court is chosen by popular vote.

Johnny Rodriguez, the first country star of Mexican American descent known for such recordings as “You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” died Friday ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind ...