Fender,Freddy El Bebop Kid - Part 2: In English 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.

1. Freddy Fender ò Mean Woman 2. Freddy Fender ò Holy One 3. Freddy Fender ò Wasted Days and Wasted Nights 4. Freddy Fender ò San Antonia Rock 5. Freddy Fender ò I?Can't Remember When I?Didn't Love You 6. Freddy Fender ò a?Man Can Cry 7. Freddy Fender ò You're Something Else for Me 8. Freddy Fender ò Crazy Baby 9. Freddy Fender ò Wild Side of Life 10. Freddy Fender ò Since I Met You Baby 11. Freddy Fender ò Little Mama 12. Scotty Wayne ò Find Somebody New 13. Scotty Wayne ò Only One 14. Scotty Wayne ò I'm Gonna Leave 15. Scotty Wayne ò Pretty Baby 16. Scotty Wayne ò Sweet Summer Day 17. Freddy Fender ; Boo ò Something on Your Mind 18. Scotty Wayne ò Roobie Doobie 19. Scotty Wayne ò You Told Me You Loved Me 20. Scotty Wayne ò Louisiana Blues 21. Scotty Wayne ò Too Late to Remedy 22. Scotty Wayne ò Go on Baby (I?Can Do Without You) 23. Freddy Fender ò My Happy Days Have Gone Away 24. Freddy Fender ò Our Pledge of Love 25. Freddy Fender ò I?Hope Someday You'll Forgive Me 26. Freddy Fender ò Hello Loneliness 27. Freddy Fender ò My River 28. Freddy Fender ò Quit Shucking Me Baby 29. Freddy Fender ò Bye Bye Little Angel 30. Freddy Fender ò Oh My Love 31. Freddy Fender ò Glow of Your Love 32. Freddy Fender ò Gonna Be Looking