Ramiro "Ram" Herrera

Ramiro "Ram" Herrera stands among the enduring legends of Texas music as a smooth-voiced Tejano singer and songwriter whose career has earned both a Tejano Music Award for Male Entertainer of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Tejano Music Association. He launched his professional path in 1980 as a member of David Lee Garza y Los Musicales, contributing to the albums Cuatro Caminos (1981), Todavia No Me Muero (1982), and Especialmente Para Ti (1983). The year after those releases he departed to form his own group, Ramiro Herrera y Montana, which produced the albums Que Lindo Es el Amor and Rosas Para una Rosas.

Strong regional radio support and a magnetic stage presence soon secured a contract with Sony. His first solo effort, Most Wanted Man, marked his initial English-language recording and achieved gold status while becoming a Tejano classic. The 1989 follow-up The Outlaw repeated that success, prompting the band’s name change to the Outlaws.

Over the subsequent fifteen years Herrera maintained a near-annual release schedule and appeared alongside artists such as Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Selena, who opened for him at a rodeo during one of her earliest performances; footage of that show later appeared in the documentary Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lourdes Portillo. His performances and recordings span cumbias, rancheras, power ballads, salsa, Latin styles, and roots rock & roll. The 2010 album Ungrateful earned a Latin Grammy nomination. Beyond music, Herrera supports numerous charitable causes and received a Humanitarian Award from Texas governor Ann Richards. EMI issued his most recent compilation, Solo Hits, in November 2016.