Texas-born Freddy Fender knew from an early age where his destiny lay.
Performing for the first time on the radio station KGBT at the age of ten,
Fender discovered a love for music and entertaining. At the age of 16 he dropped
out of school and enlisted into the US Marine Corps where he spent the next
three years of his life before being dishonorably discharged due to his drinking
problem. Fender returned to Texas where he gave himself the name of El Bebop Kid
and began touring the bars and clubs of his home county.
In 1957 El Bebop Kid released Spanish-language versions of El...