Trini Lopez Biography

Trini Lopez, Musician
Born asTrinidad López III
Occup.Musician
FromMexico
BornMay 15, 1937
Dallas, Texas, United States
Age87 years
Trini Lopez is a Latin American vocalist. He was first discovered in 1962 by producer Don Costa when he was executing at the PJ Club in Hollywood.

In 1963 he launched his debut album, Trini Lopez Live at PJ's. The album included his best-known track If I Had A Hammer, that got to No. 1 on the charts in 25 countries. This Land Is Your Land was additionally an extremely successful title.

As a result of the resulting popularity, the Gibson Guitar Corporation employed him to develop a guitar. Trini Lopez concurred as well as established the Trini Lopez Standard, a rock and roll guitar, which was based on the Gibson ES-335, and the Lopez Deluxe, a variation of the Gibson archtop. Dave Grohl used a slightly different type of this version as a major guitar considering that the development of the Foo Fighters.

From 1965 he tape-recorded many cover variations of pop music, including Lemon Tree (1965), I'm Coming Home Cindy (1966), La Bamba (1966) as well as Sally Was a Good Old Girl (1968).

In the 1960s and-70s, he tried his hand as a star, however without much success, so he committed himself once more to songs and visited Europe as well as Latin America. His most significant role remained in Robert Aldrich's film The Dirty Dozen.

Trini Lopez has actually gotten a number of honors, consisting of inclusion in the Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2003.

Our collection contains 1 quotes who is written / told by Trini.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Dave Grohl (Musician)

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1 Famous quotes by Trini Lopez

Small: I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation
"I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation"