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Freddy Fender (born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, USA on 4 June 1937 – 14 October 2006) was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". In 1959, Fender recorded the blues ballad "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights." The song became popular in 1959, but he was beset by legal troubles after he...

The Fender Four, led by guitarist Randy Holden, were one of the toughest, futuristic, and original surf combos ever comitted to vinyl. Their five instrumentals, "Everybody Up!", "MarGaya", "Highway Surfer", "Little Ollie", and "Malibu Run", and their lone vocal garage masterpiece "You Better Tell Me Now" stand out as true genre-defining works of genius. Relocating to Southern California from Baltimore, Randy & the boys caught the surf wave relatively late in 1964. Holden would go on to play in seminal early garage/psych groups The Other Half and The Sons Of Adam before joining Blue Cheer in 1968. .

In 1960, the Fendermen, Phil Humphrey and Jim Sundquist, a couple kids from Madison, Wisconsin, rode to the top of the Billboard Charts with their hit "Mule Skinner Blues." They recorded some great music and toured the country, playing anywhere with a stage until parting ways in 1961. People who saw them never forgot the power and excitement generated by just two guys and their guitars. Today, Jim Sundquist, Jim Chuesberg and a revolving group of friends still play 52 weekends a year under the Fendermen moniker, delighting crowds with their effortless recapturing of the original Fendermen spirit, and the...

There are two groups with this name. If you are looking for the Young Offenders from Nova Scotia, Canada, please redirect yourself here Young Offenders (Canada). .

The group Defenders of the Faith is comprised of two notable Canadian hip hop foundation-builders, Checkmate and Concise. Hailing from the West Coast, of Canada the two have paved their own paths by putting in over a decade of hard dedication and strong work ethic. Their debut album as a group, African Kings, was released on November 11th, 2008. .