Baldemar Garza Huerta Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Freddy Fender (June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006), born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".
Daniel Huerta, Marla Ann Huerta Garcia, Baldemar Huerta Jr., Tammy Loriane Huerta, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Secret Love
Parents
Margarita Garza, Serapio Huerta, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Secret Love
Siblings
Sylvia Salazar, Maria Minerva Cantu, Elvia Shope, Isidro Huerta, Jose Luis Huerta, Juan Jose Huerta, Manuel Garza Salazar, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Secret Love
Awards
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year, ALMA The Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Secret Love
Nominations
Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Single Record of the Year, Juno Award fo...
Movies
The Milagro Beanfield War, She Came to the Valley, Freddy Fender: Live at the Renaissance Center, Country Music's Best, 25 Country Classics, Country Music America: Freddy Fender and Mel McDaniel
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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Bioligical children, Sonny, Danny and Tammy. Fender and wife adopted a child name Marla.
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Had a kidney transplant from his daughter, adopted daughter Marla Garcia, in January 2002 and a liver transplant in 2004.
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In February of 1999, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush of Texas endorsed him. His star is located at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Son of migrant workers, who did his own share of picking crops.
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Diagnosed with incurable cancer [August 3, 2006].
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Sentenced to prison in 1960 for possession of marijuana.
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Had three other No. 1 hits on Billboard's country charts -- "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and "Secret Love" (1975, the latter a bi-lingual remake of the Doris Day hit); and "You'll Lose a Good Thing" (1976). His other top 10 country hits were "Vaya Con Dios" and "Living it Down" (1976); and "The Rains Came" (1977).
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His best known hit song was Before the Next Teardrop Falls, a No. 1 hit on both Billboard magazine's country and Hot 100 charts in 1975. The song sold one million copies and was awarded the Country Music Association's Single of the Year in 1975.
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Bi-lingual country singer.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Boyhood
2014/I
performer: "Que Mala" / writer: "Que Mala" - as Eddie Medina
Everything Must Go
2010
performer: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
The Missing Person
2009
performer: "Holy One" / writer: "Holy One"
W.
2008/I
performer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" / writer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
Hancock
2008
performer: "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" / writer: "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"
Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes
2007
Video performer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" / writer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
Opry Video Classics: Love Ballads
2007
Video performer: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
Neal Cassady
2007
performer: "Como Un Errante" / writer: "Como Un Errante"
The Astronaut Farmer
2006
performer: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
performer: "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" 1967
The King
2005
performer: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" 1967
That '70s Show
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1999
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
performer: "Before the Next Teardrop"
Lone Star
1996
performer: "Desde Que Conosco" - as Freddie Fender
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
performer: "WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS" / writer: "WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS"
Fire in the Sky
1993
performer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" / writer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
Rush
1991
performer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" - as Freddie Fender / writer: "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
The Slugger's Wife
1985
performer: "EL RANCHO GRANDE I LOVE MY RANCHO GRANDE"
Losin' It
1983
as Freddie Fender, "Wasted Days Wasted Nights" / performer: "Wasted Days Wasted Nights" - as Freddie Fender
The Border
1982
performer: "Across the Borderline" - as Freddie Fender
Country Superstars of the 70s
1979
TV Movie performer: "Country Is"
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
performer: "No One Knows Better Than You"
She Came to the Valley
1979
performer: "She Came to the Valley"
Dolly
1976
TV Series performer - 1 episode
9th Annual Country Music Association Awards
1975
TV Special performer: "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
Pilotos de la muerte
1962
writer: "No Esta Aqui" - as Eddie Medina
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mi Amigo
2002
Under South Texas Skies
1998
Short
Dad
Great Performances
1991
TV Series
Tebano the Younger (pastore)
Always Roses
1990
Short
Grandpa
Who Will Sing the Songs?
1990
Father
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
Mayor Sammy Cantu
Texas
1981
TV Series
Freddy Fender
She Came to the Valley
1979
Pancho Villa
Flying High
1978
TV Series
Kellner
Short Eyes
1977
Johnny
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
2002 ALMA Awards
2002
TV Special
Himself
Austin City Limits
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Dolly Parton: Treasures
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
America's Music: The Roots of Country
1996
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself (1996)
Songs of the Homeland
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself / Narrator
The Full Moon Show
1992
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hee Haw
1977-1987
TV Series
Himself
An Evening at the Improv
1982
TV Series
Guest musician
The Dukes of Hazzard
1981
TV Series
Himself
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
TV Series
Himself
Country Superstars of the 70s
1979
TV Movie
Himself
The 6th Annual American Music Awards
1979
TV Special
Himself
Nashville on the Road
1978-1979
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Sha Na Na
1979
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1977-1978
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1975-1978
TV Series
Himself - Country Vocalist / Himself - Vocalist / Himself - Singer / ...
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1977-1978
TV Series
Himself
Dinah!
1975-1977
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The 19th Annual Grammy Awards
1977
TV Special
Himself
The 4th Annual American Music Awards
1977
TV Special
Himself
Donahue
1976
TV Series
Himself
The Alan Hamel Show
1976
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1976
TV Series
Himself
Dolly
1976
TV Series
Himself
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1976
TV Series
Himself
9th Annual Country Music Association Awards
1975
TV Special
Himself - Performer
New American Bandstand 1965
1975
TV Series
Himself
Dean Martin's California Christmas
1975
TV Movie
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Musician
Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes
2007
Video
Himself
Opry Video Classics: Love Ballads
2007
Video
Himself
CMT: Class of 1975
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Recording
Awarded on February 4, 1999 at 7060 Hollywood Blvd.