Johnny Rodriguez, the chart-topping Hispanic nation music star and “That’s the Method Love Goes” singer, has died. He was 73.
Rodriguez’s daughter, Aubry Rodriguez, introduced his demise on social media on Friday.
“Dad was not solely a legendary musician whose artistry touched tens of millions world wide, but additionally a deeply beloved husband, father, uncle and brother whose heat, humor, and compassion formed the lives of all who knew him,” she wrote in an Instagram publish. “We’re immensely grateful for the outpouring of affection and assist from followers, colleagues and associates throughout this time of grief.”
“Whereas the world has misplaced a unprecedented expertise, we have now misplaced somebody irreplaceable — and we ask for privateness as we navigate this painful second collectively,” Aubry concluded.
Rodriguez was one of many first Hispanic nation music stars, discovering success at first of his profession after shifting to Nashville at 21 and signing a take care of Mercury Data. His first single with the label, 1972’s “Go Me By (If You’re Solely Passing By),” reached No. 9 on Billboard’s Sizzling Nation Songs chart.
His first No. 1 hit on the nation charts arrived in 1973 together with his monitor “You At all times Come Again to Hurting Me,” together with his music “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” additionally reaching No. 1 later that yr.
Rodriguez’s debut album, Introducing Johnny Rodriguez, turned a No. 1 album on Billboard’s Prime Nation Albums chart in 1973. That very same yr, he acquired essentially the most promising vocalist honor on the Academy of Nation Music Awards and was nominated for single document of the yr for “Go Me By.”
In whole, he had six No. 1 tracks on the Billboard Sizzling Nation Songs chart, together with “That’s the Method Love Goes,” “I Simply Can’t Get Her Out Out of My Thoughts,” “Simply Get Up and Shut the Door” and “Love Put a Track in My Coronary heart.”
He later signed with Epic Data in 1979 and labored alongside producer Billy Sherrill. In 2007, he was inducted into the Texas Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
Survivors embody his daughter, Aubry, whom Rodriguez shared together with his ex-wife, Debbie McNeely.