It should be common knowledge to all musical historians and biographers that I, Baldemar Huerta, AKA-, El Be-Bop Kid (1957), Freddy Fender (1958), Eddie Medina (1961), Scotty Wayne (1962), and commonly known in the music business as Freddy Fender, is officially documented as The First American Hispanic and Hispanic Rock & Roll Recording Artist In Anglo Latino Musical History. My first two recordings “Ay Amor” (“Holy One”) I wrote in 1955 came out on the flip side of “No Seas Cruel” (“Don’t Be Cruel”) in the spring of “1957”. These were on “Falcon Records” in McAllen TX, also in Mexico, Central and South America. They initiated a wonderful cultural change in music. These records were distributed by Peerless Records out of Mexico. From California, Richie Valens, and from south of the border the latin artists soon followed the initiation of Hispanic Rock and Roll including Spain. Even as late as 1961, Tin Tan, a Mexican actor, comedian and singer, used two of my songs from my Rock and Roll album “Eddie con Los Shades” on Ideal Records out of San Benito, TX and Dominante Records out of Matamoros and Monterrey Mexico in two motion pictures. The songs were “No Esta Aqui” and “Acapulco Rock”. My AKA on this project is Eddie Medina and the cover is a silhouetted illustration of Archie and Veronica, the characters on the comic books “Archie”, done by Paco Betancourt, owner of Ideal Records in San Benito, Texas circa 1961.

It is important that all historical facts of any artist should be respected and recognized. Freddy Fender is disappointed at being neglected and sometimes completely forgotten from the the annals of Tejano Music History. From 1957 to the present day, Freddy Fender AKA Baldemar Huerta, has blazed a trail of music and songs that historically places him on top of the list. It is imperative that he should be recognized as the most significant singer, writer and musician in what is the Mexican American music world. He is definitely the most unique pioneer of all Tex Mex music sprouting all the way from Texas to the rest of the world. This is not including all of his English American ballads, blues, rhythm and blues and rock & roll endeavors from definitive versions like “Wasted Days & Wasted Night” to “Secret Love”, and the versatility of many other veins and forms of music. Freddy Fender has musically given of himself throughout the last fifty years of the 20th century and he just keeps going on.