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    • Dec 10, 1951
    Johnny Rodriguez is born in Sabinal, Texas. He becomes country's first mainstream star of Hispanic descent, emerging out of Tom T. Hall's band in 1972. He records numerous songs in Spanglish, with a line of hits that stretches from 1972-1983
    Sep 7, 1970
    Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall hear Johnny Rodriguez sing at San Antonio's Alamo Village theme park. They lay the groundwork for Rodriguez to move to Nashville, where he becomes a member of Hall's band
    Sep 11, 1972
    Johnny Rodriguez records "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" at the Mercury Recording Studio in the first Nashville session of his career
    Nov 21, 1972
    Johnny Rodriguez makes his first attempt at recording "You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)" during a morning session at Nashville's Mercury Recording Studio
    Jan 16, 1973
    Two months after he first attempted the song, Johnny Rodriguez records "You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)" at the Mercury Recording Studio in Nashville
    Jan 23, 1973
    Studio musicians Pete Drake, George Tidwell and Jerry Kennedy work on the Johnny Rodriguez single "You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)" during an overdub session at the Mercury Recording Studio in Nashville
    Feb 26, 1973
    Johnny Rodriguez takes Most Promising Male Vocalist in the eighth annual Academy Of Country & Western Music awards, hosted by Dick Clark at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California
    Mar 15, 1973
    Oops! Tom T. Hall performs at New York's landmark Carnegie Hall for the first time, mistakenly playing the first few songs with his fly open. Opening acts Mike Seeger and Johnny Rodriguez remain zipped up
    May 16, 1973
    Johnny Rodriguez records "Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico" at the Mercury Custom Studio in Nashville
    May 26, 1973
    "Introducing Johnny Rodriguez" rises to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
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