Johnny Rodriguez

Johnny Rodriguez: Biography in Details

Who is Johnny Rodriguez?

Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. Some of his songs are I Can’t Stop Loving You And If I’d Left It Up To You.

He is best known as a Latin-American country singer, who infusing his music with Latin sounds. He sings in Spanish.

What is the birth sign on Johnny Rodriguez?

He was born Juan Raul Davis “Johnny” Rodriguez on December 10, 1951, in Sabinal, Texas, USA. His ancestry and mother’s name is unknown.

Johnny was the second youngest in a family of 10 children living in a four-room house. However, when he was sixteen years old, his father died of cancer, and his older brother, Andres, died in a car accident the same year.

He was a good student in school and an altar boy for his church. Johnny was the captain of his junior high school football team.

Both incidents had such an effect on Rodriguez that in 1969, at age eighteen, he ended up in jail. He is currently 68 years old.

Johnny Rodriguez: Struggle Before Fame

In 1971, Shahan, who was the owner of the Alamo Village vacation spot employed Johnny to perform at his spot on one of his sets.

At that time Tom T. Hall was a 21-year-old vocalist who went to Nashville with just a guitar in his hand and $14 in his pocket. He was the one who found work for Rodriguez fronting his band, as well as writing songs.

Later, Hall took Rodriguez to the heads of Mercury Records’ Nashville division to try out with the record mark.

In the wake of playing out the tunes “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “In the event that I Left It Up to You,” Johnny was offered an agreement with Mercury. And started working in the Nashville studio.

Johnny Rodriguez: Professional Life, Career

After working with Mercury, he was soon on the way to becoming famous. Johnny’s first single to be released for Mercury was 1972’s “Pass Me By.”

This recording was a big success, going to number nine on the Hot Country Songs list that year, and making him a country star overnight.

In 1979, he switched to Epic Records. Under Epic, he worked with the legendary producer Billy Sherrill, who produced some of the biggest names in the business at the time.

Johnny’s first hit from Epic came that year with the No. 6 country hit, “Down on the Rio Grande.” In 1993, Rodriguez recorded an album for Intersound Records called Run For the Border.

In the mid-1990s, the indie label High-Tone released the album You Can Say That Again.

On the past 40 years, he has released 35 albums and charted 45 singles.

Johnny has beat pavement touring in every state of the USA. Also, he enjoys a huge fan following when touring different places internationally, like Switzerland, England, France Spain Canada, and Mexico.

Reissues

Different labels have re-issued music of Rodriguez. The UK-based Hux Records re-issued adaptations of his initial two collections “Introducing” and “All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing.”

Recognition, Hall of Fame

Rodriguez is one of the rarest people that has been honored by three different U.S. presidents like Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Rodriguez played at George H.W. Bush’s inaugural ball.

On August 18, 2007, Rodriguez was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, located in Carthage, Texas.

On October 23, 2010, Johnny received the Institute of Hispanic Culture Pioneer Award, in recognition of his achievement as the first major Hispanic singer in country music.

The song raced through the nation charts and put him in the fast lane of the country music world. Johnny’s next single song didn’t stop until it hit the top of the first of eleven consecutive Platinium number-one records.

Fifteen of his singles went to the top ten, six of which were number-one hits. “Pass Me By” was the first of the singles to reach number one.

How much is the net worth of Johnny Rodriguez?

Johnny has an estimated Net Worth of $7 million as of 2023. His source of income is from $40 million -$50 million.

Johnny Rodriguez: Controversy, Criminal Charges

In August 1998, Rodriquez shot and killed a 28-year-old associate in his Texas home. He mistook the man to be a burglar. In October 1999, he was vindicated by a jury and the charges were overturned.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

He has brown hair color with light brown eyes. He has a height of 6 feet 1 inch and weighs about 80 kg.

Social Media

This singer is not active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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