Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, who sang in both English and Spanish and wrote 1970s hits including “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” — about a forlorn ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the first country star of Mexican American descent known for such recordings as “You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” died Friday ...

SAN ANTONIO — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin ...

The Mexican-American singer's daughter confirmed his death on May 9. By Mitchell Peters Johnny Rodriguez, a trailblazing Hispanic figure in country music, has died at the age of 73. His daughter ...

Johnny Rodriguez, a trailblazing Mexican American country music star whose folksy storytelling propelled him to fame in the 1970s, has died, according to reports. He was 73. His daughter ...

Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as ...

Johnny Rodriguez, well-known for hit songs such as Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico, has sadly died at the age of 73. The country music star, who had been inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, ...

George Strait is mourning the loss of a pioneer in the world of Texas country music. On Monday (May 12), he shared a remembrance of Johnny Rodriguez, a country legend who died last week at the age of ...

Johnny Rodriguez, one of country music’s first Hispanic stars and known for 1970s hits “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died at the age of 73.

Born Juan Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas, in 1951, Rodriguez was discovered at 18 by music promoter Happy Shahan after he was heard singing in a jail cell, where he was briefly held for a minor offense, ...