Johnny Rodriguez, a Texas country singer known for songs like "That's the Way Love Goes" and "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico," has died at 73. - Credit: Paul S. Howell/Getty Images Johnny Rodriguez, the ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, who sang in both English and Spanish and wrote 1970s hits including “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” — about a forlorn hitchhiker trying to ...

Luis Alfonso Palacios II, known as Louie the Singer, took the long road to music success in an effort to avoid the limiting expectations of the industry as a Mexican American country artist.

Two weeks before his debut MCA-released album "One for the Hometown" hit the streets, former convict and rising Nashville country crooner Louie TheSinger, a Fort Worth, Texas native, took time to ...

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Rodriguez was one of the first Mexican American country singers and had such hits as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico" and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” The Associated ...

Johnny Rodriguez, a pioneering musician in Tejano and outlaw country music, has passed away at the age of 73 after entering hospice care. The announcement of his death came from his daughter, fellow ...

Johnny Rodriguez FILE PHOTO: Johnny Rodriguez performing on the ABC tv special '1976 / 11th Academy of Country Music Awards', at the Palladium. Rodriguez died May 9 at the age of 73. (Photo by ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the pioneering singer-songwriter widely regarded as the first Mexican American country star, has died. He was 73. His death on May 9 was confirmed in a social media post from his ...