Before The Next Teardrop Falls

artist:Freddy Fender

, writer:Vivian Keith, Ben Peters

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Title: Before The Next Teardrop Falls

Artist: Freddy Fender

Writer: Vivian Keith, Ben Peters

Song Types: Country, Pop

Key: G

Info: Before The Next Teardrop Falls is an album by Freddy Fender.

His first album, it was released in 1974. The album includes the number-one hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". It peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200

"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is an American country and pop song written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters, and most famously recorded by Freddy Fender. His version was a major crossover success in 1975, reaching number 1 on the Billboard pop and country charts.

The song was written in 1967 and had been recorded more than two dozen times. It had achieved modest success in versions by various performers; the original by Duane Dee reached number 44 on the Billboard country chart in early 1968, and Linda Martell sent her version to number 33 in early 1970. Jerry Lee Lewis included it on his 1969 album, Another Place Another Time.

In 1974, record producer Huey P. Meaux approached Fender about overdubbing vocals for an instrumental track. Fender agreed, performing the song bilingual style�"singing the first half of the song in English, then repeating it in Spanish. "The recording only took a few minutes", Fender told an interviewer, "I was glad to get it over with and I thought that would be the last of it"

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Before The Next Teardrop Falls

artist:Freddy Fender

, writer:Vivian Keith, Ben Peters

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