Freddy Fender - El Bebop Kid - Part 2: In English [CD]
El Bebop Kid - Part 2: In English
Freddy Fender
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. This unique compilation presents the very best of his 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.
Tracklist:
- Freddy Fender Mean Woman
- Freddy Fender Holy One
- Freddy Fender Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
- Freddy Fender San Antonia Rock
- Freddy Fender I?Can't Remember When I?Didn't Love You
- Freddy Fender a?Man Can Cry
- Freddy Fender You're Something Else for Me
- Freddy Fender Crazy Baby
- Freddy Fender Wild Side of Life 1
- Freddy Fender Since I Met You Baby 1
- Freddy Fender Little Mama 1
- Scotty Wayne Find Somebody New 1
- Scotty Wayne Only One 1
- Scotty Wayne I'm Gonna Leave 1
- Scotty Wayne Pretty Baby 1
- Scotty Wayne Sweet Summer Day 1
- Freddy Fender ; Boo Something on Your Mind 1
- Scotty Wayne Roobie Doobie 1
- Scotty Wayne You Told Me You Loved Me 2
- Scotty Wayne Louisiana Blues 2
- Scotty Wayne Too Late to Remedy 2
- Scotty Wayne Go on Baby (I?Can Do Without You) 2
- Freddy Fender My Happy Days Have Gone Away 2
- Freddy Fender Our Pledge of Love 2
- Freddy Fender I?Hope Someday You'll Forgive Me 2
- Freddy Fender Hello Loneliness 2
- Freddy Fender My River 2
- Freddy Fender Quit Shucking Me Baby 2
- Freddy Fender Bye Bye Little Angel 3
- Freddy Fender Oh My Love 3
- Freddy Fender Glow of Your Love 3
- Freddy Fender Gonna Be Looking