Johnny Rodriguez was 15 when ... year career such as “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” “You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me),” “Love Put a Song in My Heart,” “I Just Can’t Get Her ...

Country music legend Johnny Rodriguez ... t Get Her Out of My mind,” Just Get Up and Close the Door,” and “Love Put a Song in My Heart.” Taste of Country noted that Rodriguez was nominated ...

Johnny Rodriguez ... Can’t Stop Loving You” or for “Love Put a Song in My Heart,” a sunny 1975 single that became Mr. Rodriguez’s last No. 1 hit. Along with songs including “Ridin ...

Johnny Rodriguez ... with “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Just Get Up and Close the Door” and “Love Put a Song in My Heart,” and Rodriguez would continue to place chart ...

Johnny Rodriguez ... Goes,” “I Just Can’t Get Her Out Out of My Mind,” “Just Get Up and Close the Door” and “Love Put a Song in My Heart.” He later signed with Epic Records ...

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Johnny ... Rodriguez, announced his death on social mediabut did not cite a cause. Mr. Rodriguez rose to fame in the 1970s and was best known for the hits “Ridin’ My ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the first country ... The hard-luck anthem “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” mixed wanderlust with a broken heart, while “That’s the Way Love Goes” found him interpreting ...

Born Juan Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas, in 1951, Rodriguez was discovered at 18 by music promoter Happy Shahan after he was heard singing in a jail cell, where he was briefly held for a minor offense, ...

Johnny Rodriguez ... the lives of all who knew him,” Aubry Rodriguez wrote. Born in Sabinal, Texas, on Dec. 10, 1951, Juan Raul Davis Rodriguez rose to fame in the ’70s, with a sound rooted ...