The next year, he released “Introducing Johnny Rodriguez,” which topped the country album chart. In recent years, Mr. Rodriguez was at work on a new album featuring collaborations with actor ...

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's death was announced by his daughter, Aubry, in an Instagram post on Friday, May 9. The late singer had reportedly entered hospice care earlier in the week, 'Saving Country Music' ...

Infusing Spanish language and Latin influence into his music, his debut album "Introducing Johnny Rodriguez" was nominated for album of the year at the 1974 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Rodriguez's debut album, Introducing Johnny Rodriguez, became a No. 1 album on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart in 1973. That same year, he received the most promising vocalist honor at the ...

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

Rodriguez released his debut album, Introducing Johnny Rodriguez, in 1973. The record gave him his first hit, the Top 10 “Pass Me By (If You’re Only Passing Through),” followed by the chart ...

Rodriguez’s debut album, Introducing Johnny Rodriguez, became a No. 1 album on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in 1973. That same year, he received the most promising vocalist honor at ...

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Johnny ... Rodriguez tended to work in the unreconstructed honky-tonk vein of his heroes Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell. One of his No. 1 singles from 1973 was, in fact, a ...