1975 Career-Defining Classic Was a No. 1 Hit 51 Years Ago Today

A heartfelt country ballad by Freddy Fender climbed to the top of the charts and changed music history on March 14, 1975. His ...
Texarkana Gazette

NOW THERE WAS A SONG | Singer didn't care for "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"

One of the many old sayings we've all heard from our childhoods "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And I suppose that's as true today as back then and that old saying certainly seemed to ...
Yahoo

'El Rey,' 'Before the Next Teardrop Falls' and 'Hamilton' to be added to National Recording Registry

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Illustration by Diana Ramirez/De Los; Photos by The LA Times, Charles Sykes / Invision/AP).) Vicente Fernández’s “El Rey,” ...
Taste of Country

Frank Ray Tributes Freddy Fender With ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ [Watch]

Country newcomer Frank Ray sings Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" like he's living it during this Taste of Country acoustic pop-up video. The "Country'd Look Good on You" singer ...
Stereogum

Al Green – “Before The Next Teardrop Falls” (Freddy Fender Cover)

Al Green is one of the greatest singers in the entire history of American popular music, and he still preaches and sings regularly at his Memphis church. But Green hasn't released any music since 2008 ...
American Songwriter

How Freddy Fender’s Biggest Hit Completed an Unlikely Comeback Story

Freddy Fender’s music career had all but expired when he scored his biggest success. That it came with a song that the performer didn’t think was all that special only makes this story even more ...
Spin

Hear Al Green’s First Song in Over 10 Years “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 11: American soul singer Al Green performs on stage in concert as part of the Sydney Festival 2010 at the State Theatre on January 11, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by ...
Rolling Stone

Hear Al Green’s First New Recording In a Decade

The last time Al Green released a new song, George W. Bush was still in office. That changed today with Green’s first song in ten years, “Before The Next Teardrop Falls,” released as part of Amazon’s ...
BroadwayWorld

Al Green Releases Amazon Original ;Before The Next Teardrop Falls,' His First Single in 10 Years

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. 10 time GRAMMY Award-winning ...
Los Angeles Times

‘El Rey,’ ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ and ‘Hamilton’ to be added to National Recording Registry

Vicente Fernández’s “El Rey,” Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original cast recording of Broadway’s “Hamilton” will be preserved for posterity, the Library of ...