Trini Lopez

Genres:	Comedy • Documentaries • Folk • Latin • Pop / Rock • Vocals • War
Descriptive "tags":	oldies • 60s • pop • soul • rock n roll • male vocalists • latin • folk
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	IMDb • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Trinidad Lopez III, 15 May 1937, Dallas, Texas, USA. Trini Lopez took folk songs and rocked them up into Latin rhythms, recording 14 chart albums and 13 chart singles between 1963 and 1968. Propelled by a strong R&B-influenced backbeat (usually provided by bass player Dave Shriver and drummer Gene Riggio) and his own incessantly rhythmic guitar, Lopez was at his best when playing live. A number of his nightclub performances were recorded and released as albums. Lopez listened to R&B music while growing up, and formed his first band in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the age of 15. At the recommendation of Buddy Holly, Lopez went to the producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, but Lopez did not record with him as Petty wanted to record only instrumental music. In 1958, however, Petty did secure Lopez and his group the Big Beats a contract with Columbia Records, which released the single ‘Clark’s Expedition’/‘Big Boy’, ironically, an...

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