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El Condor Pasa by Trini Lopez

Artist Biography For Trini Lopez

Trini Lopez Born Trinidad López III In Dallas TX On 15 May 1937 Died 11 August 2020 Was An American Singer Guitarist And Actor. His First Album Included His Version Of "If I Had A Hammer" Which Earned A Golden Disc For Him. Other Hits Included "Lemon Tree" "I'm Comin' Home Cindy" And "Sally Was A Good Old Girl". He Designed Two Guitars For The Gibson Guitar Corporation Which Are Now Collectors’ Items. Lopez Made His Name On The Club Circuit Of The Southwestern United States Before Being 'discovered' In 1962 Playing At The Club PJ's In Hollywood California By Record Producer Don Costa. Costa Was Taken With Lopez's Latinized Versions Of Contemporary Hits And Signed Him Up To Frank Sinatra's Record Label Reprise Records. His Debut Album Trini Lopez Live At PJ's Was Released In 1963. The Album Included A Version Of If I Had A Hammer Which Reached Number One In 36 Countries No. 3 In The United States And Was A Radio Favorite For Many Years. He Also Performed His Own Version Of The Traditional Mexican Song La Bamba On The Album His Recording Of The Tune Was Later Re-Issued As A Single In 1966. His Popularity Led The Gibson Guitar Corporation To Ask Him In 1964 To Design A Guitar For Them. He Ended Up Designing Two The Trini Lopez Standard A Rock And Roll Model Based On The Gibson ES-335 Semi-Hollow Body And The Lopez Deluxe A Variation Of A Gibson Jazz Guitar Designed By Barney Kessel. Both Of These Guitars Were In Production From 1964 Until 1971 And Are Now Highly Sought After Amongst Collectors. Some Owners Of The Guitar Include Dave Grohl Of Foo Fighters And Noel Gallagher Of Oasis. He Scored 13 Chart Singles Through 1968 Including "Lemon Tree" 1965 "I'm Comin' Home Cindy" 1966 And "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" 1968 . On The Adult Contemporary Chart He Ranked Up 15 Hits Including The Top 10 Singles "Michael" 1964 "Gonna Get Along Without Ya' Now" 1967 And "The Bramble Bush" 1967 . Beyond His Success On Record He Became One Of The Country's Top Nightclub Performers Of That Era Regularly Headlining In Las Vegas Nevada. During The 1960s And 1970s Lopez Moved Into Acting Though His Film Career Was Not As Successful As His Music. His First Film Role Was In Marriage On The Rocks 1965 In Which He Made A Cameo Appearance In A Nightclub Scene Lopez's Soundtrack Song "Sinner Man" Became A Hit Single No. 54 Pop/No. 12 Adult Contemporary . He Was One Of The Dirty Dozen 1967 And Starred In Antonio 1973 . He Made Two Appearances Playing Different Characters On The Television Program Adam 12. He Continued His Musical Career With Extensive Tours Of Europe And Latin America During This Period An Attempt To Break Out By Releasing A Disco Album In 1978 Proved A Flop. Since Then Lopez Has Done Charitable Work And Received Honors Such As Being Inducted Into The International Latin Music Hall Of Fame In 2003. He Was Still Recording And Appearing Live In The Early 2000s. Recently He Took Part In A Benefit Concert To Raise Money For The Victims Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami.

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