Freddy Fender - El Bebop Kid, Pt. 1 (En Español) (2020)

This unique compilation presents the very best of Freddy Fender's Spanish language recordings between 1957-1961, 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.

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!" - at which point he began to record in English (see JASCD1072).

After being busted in 1960 for a marijuana offence, he was incarcerated in Angola State Prison, Louisiana; whilst inside, he recorded an LP and several 45s as "Eddie Con Los Shades", and further Spanish language sides as Freddy Fender.

01 - No Seas Cruel
02 - Ay Amor
03 - Cantando los Blues
04 - Puerta Verde
05 - Si Estuvieras a Mi Lado
06 - Los Ojos de Pancha
07 - Marianne
08 - Ese Sera el Dia
09 - En Medio de una Isla
10 - El Rock de la Carcel
11 - Enriqueta
12 - Encaje de Chantilly
13 - El Twist
14 - Rocanroleando
15 - Jamas Corazon
16 - Desde Que Conozco
17 - Acapulco Rock
18 - No Esta Aqui
19 - Que Mala
20 - Mi Niena
21 - Lucy, Lucy
22 - Dime Si Me Vas a Ver
23 - No Quiero Nada Con Tu Amor
24 - Dices Que Me Quieres
25 - Vamos a Bailar
26 - Di Que Vas Hacer
27 - Si Si Rider
28 - Bailando el Rock and Roll
29 - El Borracho
30 - Tuve un Amor
31 - Corina-Corina
32 - Ya No