Freddy Fender, the “Bebop Kid” of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” died Saturday in Corpus Christi ...

And I suppose that's as true today as back then and that old saying certainly seemed to apply to Freddy Fender's 1975 hit record "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." ...

Freddy Fender, 69, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Oct. 14 at his home in Corpus ...

SAN BENITO, Texas — Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died ...

Vicente Fernández’s “El Rey,” Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and Lin-Manuel Miranda's original cast recording of Broadway's "Hamilton" will be preserved for ...

SAN BENITO, Texas -- Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He ...

Apr. 9—Freddy Fender has been inducted into the 2025 Class of the National Recording Registry for his English/Spanish hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," which shot to the top of Billboard's ...

Fender, whose real name was Baldemar Garza Huerta, died at age 69 in 2006. He burst onto the national scene with his 1975 hit “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”, which climbed to No. 1 on the ...

Fender, whose hits include ``Wasted Days and Wasted Nights'' and ``Before the Next Teardrop Falls,'' is being treated in Corpus Christi, Texas, said his spokesman Kirt Webster.

Freddy Fender is probably the best-known example — his “ Before the Next Teardrop Falls ” hit Number One in 1975 — but other artists, like Rick Trevino and Johnny Rodriguez, have also ...