![]() ![]() I just happen to like the chorus.” On the adult contemporary chart, he racked up 15 hits, including the top-10 singles "Michael" (1964), "Gonna Get Along Without Ya' Now" (1967), and "The Bramble Bush" (1967), which he sang in the movie The Dirty Dozen. It’s one of my most favorite requested songs. Later in 2013, Lopez told Portland Magazine, “People ask about ‘Lemon Tree’ all the time. Lopez scored 13 chart singles through 1968, including " Lemon Tree" (1965), "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" (1966), and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" (1968). Trini Lopez and Pat Boone during a tennis event at Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 1975) Another live album from PJ's was recorded later that same year under the title By Popular Demand More Trini Lopez at PJ's (R/RS 6103), which contains the song Green, Green which was written by Randy Sparks and Barry McGuire and originally recorded by the New Christy Minstrels earlier that year for their Columbia album Ramblin. He also performed his own version of the traditional Mexican song " La Bamba" on the album his recording of the tune was later reissued as a single in 1966. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. 3 in the United States), and was a radio favorite for many years. The album included a version of Pete Seeger's " If I Had a Hammer", which reached number one in 36 countries (no. His debut live album, Trini Lopez at PJ's (R/RS 6093), was released in 1963. He was heard there by Frank Sinatra, who had started his own label, Reprise Records, and who subsequently signed Lopez. He landed a steady engagement at the nightclub PJ's, where his audience grew quickly. After a few weeks of auditions in Los Angeles, that idea did not go through. In late 1962, after the King contract expired, Lopez followed up on an offer by producer Snuff Garrett to join the post-Holly Crickets as vocalist. Lopez left the group and made his first solo recording, his own composition "The Right To Rock", for the Dallas-based Volk Records, and then signed with King Records in 1959, recording more than a dozen singles for that label, none of which charted. Petty secured a contract for them with Columbia Records, which released the single "Clark's Expedition"/"Big Boy", both instrumental. In 1957, at the recommendation of Buddy Holly's father, Trini and his group "The Big Beats" went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico. Around 1955/56, Lopez and his band worked at The Vegas Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby, the man who assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald. Lopez formed his first band in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the age of 15. He dropped out of high school in his senior year in order to earn money to help support the family. He grew up on Ashland Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood of Dallas and attended grammar school and N.R. Lopez had four sisters (two are deceased) and a brother, Jesse, who is also a singer. They married in their hometown of Moroleón, Guanajuato, prior to moving to Dallas. His father, Trinidad Lopez II, worked as a singer, dancer, actor, and musician in Mexico his mother was Petra Gonzalez. Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 15, 1937. ![]() A documentary on his life and career, "My Name is Lopez" was released in April 2022. He designed two guitars for the Gibson Guitar Corporation, which are now collectors’ items. His other hits included " Lemon Tree", "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl". His first album included a cover version of Pete Seeger's " If I Had a Hammer", which earned a Golden Disc for him. Trinidad López III (May 15, 1937 – August 11, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and actor. ![]()
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