604988107227

El Bebop Kid - Part 2: In English

Freddy Fender

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASCD1072

Release Date:  31 July 2020

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988107227

Genres:  Rock 'N' Roll  Rock 'N' Roll  

  • Description

    This unique compilation presents the very best of Freddy Fender's English language recordings between 1959-1961, the first time that this body of work has been thus compiled. Much of this material is notoriously hard to find elsewhere on CD.

    Long before he became a Country Crossover superstar in the 1970s, Freddy Fender was a teenage rock & roll star in his native Mexico, under his real name, Baldemar Huerta. The very first Hispanic rock & roller, nicknamed "El Bebop Kid", he initially sang Spanish language cover versions of contemporaneous American rock & roll hits, before starting to write his own songs (see JASCD1066).

    He changed his stage name to "Freddy Fender" in 1959 in order to appeal to the US market - as he famously said, "To sell better with Gringos!" - and began to record in English.

    After being busted in 1960 for a marijuana offence, he was incarcerated in Angola State Prison, Louisiana; while inside he had records released as both Freddy Fender and Scotty Wayne, while he also recorded an LP, "Inside Louisiana State Prison", backed by other prison inmates.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Freddy Fender - Mean Woman
      • 2. Freddy Fender - Holy One
      • 3. Freddy Fender - Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
      • 4. Freddy Fender - San Antonia Rock
      • 5. Freddy Fender - I Can't Remember When I Didn't Love You
      • 6. Freddy Fender - A Man Can Cry
      • 7. Freddy Fender - You're Something Else For Me
      • 8. Freddy Fender - Crazy Baby
      • 9. Freddy Fender - Wild Side Of Life
      • 10. Freddy Fender - Since I Met You Baby
      • 11. Freddy Fender - Little Mama
      • 12. Scotty Wayne - Find Somebody New
      • 13. Scotty Wayne - Only One
      • 14. Scotty Wayne - I'm Gonna Leave
      • 15. Scotty Wayne - Pretty Baby
      • 16. Scotty Wayne - Sweet Summer Day
      • 17. Freddy Fender & Boo - Something On Your Mind
      • 18. Scotty Wayne - Roobie Doobie
      • 19. Scotty Wayne - You Told Me You Loved Me
      • 20. Scotty Wayne - Louisiana Blues
      • 21. Scotty Wayne - Too Late To Remedy
      • 22. Scotty Wayne - Go On Baby (I Can Do Without You)
      • 23. Freddy Fender - My Happy Days Have Gone Away
      • 24. Freddy Fender - Our Pledge Of Love
      • 25. Freddy Fender - I Hope Someday You'll Forgive Me
      • 26. Freddy Fender - Hello Loneliness
      • 27. Freddy Fender - My River
      • 28. Freddy Fender - Quit Shucking Me Baby
      • 29. Freddy Fender - Bye Bye Little Angel
      • 30. Freddy Fender - Oh My Love
      • 31. Freddy Fender - Glow Of Your Love
      • 32. Freddy Fender - Gonna Be Looking