Freddy Fender, who died Oct. 14 at age 69, enjoyed three distinct musical periods during his recording career. He was the heralded bilingual king of country-pop crossover hits in the mid `70s; the ...
2006 - Baldemar Huerta, also known as Freddy Fender, who hit big in 1975 with "Before The Next Teardrop Falls," dies in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 69. By Billboard Staff 2006 – Baldemar ...