Biography
In the middle of the 1990s Rick Trevino surfaced as one of the earliest successful Hispanic vocalists in country music after the mid-1970s period when Freddy Fender and Johnny Rodriguez placed several singles on the charts. Starting with the 1994 release “She Can't Say I Didn't Cry,” he collected a string of hits over the next few years by merging new-country songwriting with album-rock energy in a style that recalled Garth Brooks.
Trevino grew up in a household centered on music; his father performed with a regional Tejano band. Both parents encouraged his developing interests, so as a boy he absorbed Tejano and country recordings alongside works by classical pianist Van Cliburn and mainstream pop/rock artists such as Elton John and Billy Joel. He soon began formal classical piano lessons and took up the clarinet. After high school he turned down a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University in order to pursue a music degree.
His first album, the Spanish-language Dos Mundos, appeared in 1993. It was promoted by the single “Just Enough Rope,” issued simultaneously in English, Spanish, and bilingual versions and marking the first traditional country single released in both Spanish and English. The English take reached number 44. In 1994 he issued the self-titled English-language album that contained translated versions of most tracks from Dos Mundos plus several new songs. Rick Trevino became a commercial success, spawning the Top 40 single “Honky Tonk Crowd” and the Top Ten hits “She Can't Say I Didn't Cry” and “Doctor Time.”
His second album, Looking for the Light, arrived in 1995 and was also released in a Spanish edition. Although it charted, it proved less dominant than its predecessor, producing only one Top 40 entry, the number-six single “Bobbie Ann Mason.” Learning as You Go, his third album, followed in 1996; Changing in Your Eyes appeared two years later, and Mi Son came out in spring 2001.
Trevino grew up in a household centered on music; his father performed with a regional Tejano band. Both parents encouraged his developing interests, so as a boy he absorbed Tejano and country recordings alongside works by classical pianist Van Cliburn and mainstream pop/rock artists such as Elton John and Billy Joel. He soon began formal classical piano lessons and took up the clarinet. After high school he turned down a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University in order to pursue a music degree.
His first album, the Spanish-language Dos Mundos, appeared in 1993. It was promoted by the single “Just Enough Rope,” issued simultaneously in English, Spanish, and bilingual versions and marking the first traditional country single released in both Spanish and English. The English take reached number 44. In 1994 he issued the self-titled English-language album that contained translated versions of most tracks from Dos Mundos plus several new songs. Rick Trevino became a commercial success, spawning the Top 40 single “Honky Tonk Crowd” and the Top Ten hits “She Can't Say I Didn't Cry” and “Doctor Time.”
His second album, Looking for the Light, arrived in 1995 and was also released in a Spanish edition. Although it charted, it proved less dominant than its predecessor, producing only one Top 40 entry, the number-six single “Bobbie Ann Mason.” Learning as You Go, his third album, followed in 1996; Changing in Your Eyes appeared two years later, and Mi Son came out in spring 2001.
Albums
Singles
