Isidro López (musician)

Isidro López (May 17, 1929 - August 15, 2004)[1] was a Corpus Christi, Texas-based Tejano bandleader, influential in Latin American music in the United States in the 1950s. Óscar Martínez joined the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1954 and penned "El Tejano Enamorado," Lopez' first hit.[2][3][4] Signed to Ideal Records in 1954, he released more than sixty singles and eight LP records in the 1950s and 1960s for that label.[5]

References

1. "Isidro Lopez". The Guardian. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
2. Dále kranque, Chicano music and art in South Texas p15 Johannes Riedel, Santos Martinez - 1982 "ISIDRO "INDIO" LOPEZ: BEGINNING OF THE GOLDEN VOICE ERA (Isidro Lopez was born in 1933 in Bishop, Texas. ... an unprecedented string of hits after skyrocketing to stardom with his first major song, "El Tejano Enamorado""
3. Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music Ramiro Burr - 1999 0823076911p197 "In 1954 bandleader Isidro Lopez became the father of modern Tejano music when he added conjunto elements — like accordions, polkas, and rancheras — and his lead vocals to his orquesta. Tejano anthems include "El Tejano Enamorado" ..."
4. Guadalupe San Miguel Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century 2002 1585441880 p47 "The two indisputable kings of orquesta Tejana, Beto Villa and Isidro Lopez, for instance, emphasized the new sound of the saxophone in the orquesta.44 Occasionally a small piano or an accordion was used as the key melody instrument
5. San Miguel, Guadalupe (2002). Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 50. ISBN 1-58544-159-7.