Rick Trevino
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Ricardo Treviño, Jr. known professionally as Rick Trevino, is a Mexican American
country music
artist. Signed to Columbia Records
in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single, "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish-language versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
charts, and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", spent one week at Number One in 1997.
as well as keyboards.
Trevino graduated from Westwood High School
in Austin, Texas
. Although he was offered a baseball
scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University
. While a student, he played his brand of country music in local clubs. In December 1991, a representative of the Sony label, Paul Jarosik, was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him immediately to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career.
, his first album, Dos Mundos was an almost entirely Spanish country album. Trevino, who is not a native Spanish speaker and needed lessons before he could record the album, was displeased with the decision. "I didn't like that a bit because I didn't want people to think I was a Tejano artist...Everybody thinks I'm a Tejano singer crossing over to the country format." The album was certified gold.
, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light").
In the late 1990s he joined an all-star group of Mexican-American singers, including members of Los Lobos
, Freddy Fender
, Ruben Ramos
, and Flaco Jimenez
, to create the supergoup Los Super Seven
. The group won a Grammy
in 1998 for Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their self-titled debut album. Another two albums followed - Canto in 2001 (also released live on DVD) and
Heard It On The X in 2005 (both albums included Raul Malo
of The Mavericks
among others).
, Learning As You Go also featured a separate Spanish-language version, titled Mi Vida Eres Tú ("My Life Is You").
in 1958).
During this time Trevino began collaborating with Raul Malo, former frontman of country band The Mavericks
. The two had met while working on the second Los Super Seven album. Their collaborations helped bring Trevino to the attention of producer Paul Worley
, who helped Trevino get a contract with Warner Brothers.
song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The title track, "In My Dreams" became a single and remained on the charts for twenty weeks, falling just shy of the Top 40 on the Billboard country charts (although it reached a peak of #34 on the Radio & Records country charts). Trevino was disappointed with the final ranking, but said the album "opened a lot of doors for me. It made people take me a little more seriously than 'Bobbie Ann Mason.'"
^ Spanish-language albums.
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. Signed to Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single, "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish-language versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts, and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", spent one week at Number One in 1997.
Early years
Trevino is the son of Ricardo Trevino, Sr., a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. His music career began when he started taking piano lessons at the age of five. He plays rhythm guitarRhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
as well as keyboards.
Trevino graduated from Westwood High School
Westwood High School (Austin, Texas)
Westwood High School is a public high school in Anderson Mill, Austin, Texas, United States, and is part of the Round Rock Independent School District. It is located approximately 17 miles north of downtown Austin and 12 miles west of downtown Round Rock, Texas...
in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Although he was offered a baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
. While a student, he played his brand of country music in local clubs. In December 1991, a representative of the Sony label, Paul Jarosik, was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him immediately to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career.
1993: Dos Mundos
At the insistence of Columbia RecordsColumbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, his first album, Dos Mundos was an almost entirely Spanish country album. Trevino, who is not a native Spanish speaker and needed lessons before he could record the album, was displeased with the decision. "I didn't like that a bit because I didn't want people to think I was a Tejano artist...Everybody thinks I'm a Tejano singer crossing over to the country format." The album was certified gold.
1993-1995: Rick Trevino
Seven months later, in 1994, Sony released his first English album, Rick Trevino. Rick Trevino was certified gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and featured two Number One hits, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" and "Doctor Time." His debut single, "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón"), appeared in English on Rick Trevino and in Spanish on Dos Mundos, while a version of the song which combined the two languages was also released to radio. This became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish. The album's third single, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", became Trevino's first chart-topper, spending one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.1995-1996: Looking for the Light
The follow-up English album, Looking for the LightLooking for the Light
Looking for the Light is the title of an album released in 1995 by country music artist Rick Trevino. Although its second single "Bobbie Ann Mason" was a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1995, neither of the album's other singles — "Save This One for Me" or the title track...
, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light").
In the late 1990s he joined an all-star group of Mexican-American singers, including members of Los Lobos
Los Lobos
Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The...
, Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender , born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, 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...
, Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos, also known as El Gato Negro, is an award-winning American Tejano music performer. Beginning his music career in the late '60s, Ruben fame as has grown throughout the years as he formed his own distinct sound of music. In March 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Music Awards Hall...
, and Flaco Jimenez
Flaco Jiménez
Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez is a Tejano music accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He began performing with his father at age seven and recording at age fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales...
, to create the supergoup Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven is a predominantly Latin American supergroup which debuted in 1998. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album in 1999 for its self-titled album. The group's musical style has changed with each incarnation, blending sounds from Tejano, mariachi, Cuban,...
. The group won a Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 1998 for Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their self-titled debut album. Another two albums followed - Canto in 2001 (also released live on DVD) and
Heard It On The X in 2005 (both albums included Raul Malo
Raul Malo
Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...
of The Mavericks
The Mavericks
The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...
among others).
1996-1997: Learning as You Go
Trevino's 1996 album Learning as You Go, produced his first and only Billboard Number One single in "Running Out of Reasons to Run". As with Looking for the LightLooking for the Light
Looking for the Light is the title of an album released in 1995 by country music artist Rick Trevino. Although its second single "Bobbie Ann Mason" was a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1995, neither of the album's other singles — "Save This One for Me" or the title track...
, Learning As You Go also featured a separate Spanish-language version, titled Mi Vida Eres Tú ("My Life Is You").
1998: Departure from Sony
Trevino asked to leave his contract with Sony in the hopes of moving in a different musical direction. Sony refused to release him from the contract, and Trevino cut a new album and released the single "Only Lonely Me" in 1998. Before the album could be released, Sony fired Trevino, and the album was shelved. The same year Trevino appeared on compilation CD Tribute To Tradition (released on Columbia label) with a cover version of "City Lights" (#1 country classic recorded by Ray PriceRay Price (musician)
Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...
in 1958).
1999-2002: Continued touring and Mi Son
Undaunted, Trevino continued to tour and released a Spanish-language album, Mi Son, that contained only ballads and had little hint of his country music roots. Without a new album or record deal, however, Trevino's touring schedule slowed, and most of his band quit.During this time Trevino began collaborating with Raul Malo, former frontman of country band The Mavericks
The Mavericks
The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...
. The two had met while working on the second Los Super Seven album. Their collaborations helped bring Trevino to the attention of producer Paul Worley
Paul Worley
Paul Worley is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division as chief creative officer...
, who helped Trevino get a contract with Warner Brothers.
2002-2004: In My Dreams
For his next album, In My Dreams, Trevino "wanted to do a country record that had a Latin flavor to it." He wrote or cowrote every song on the album except for the final track, a cover of the Bryan AdamsBryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The title track, "In My Dreams" became a single and remained on the charts for twenty weeks, falling just shy of the Top 40 on the Billboard country charts (although it reached a peak of #34 on the Radio & Records country charts). Trevino was disappointed with the final ranking, but said the album "opened a lot of doors for me. It made people take me a little more seriously than 'Bobbie Ann Mason.'"
2004-Present: Single releases and Whole Town Blue
Trevino's Warner Brothers single release, "Separate Ways," failed to reach the Top 40 on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart.Personal life
Trevino currently resides in the Austin area with his wife, Karla, and their children. He was featured in the 2007 Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas calendar.Studio albums
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| Rick Trevino Rick Trevino (album) Rick Trevino is an album from Hispanic-American country music singer Rick Trevino. His second major-label album, it was released in 1994 on Columbia Records Nashville. It produced the singles "Just Enough Rope", "Honky Tonk Crowd", "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", and "Doctor Time", which peaked at... [B] |
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| Looking for the Light Looking for the Light Looking for the Light is the title of an album released in 1995 by country music artist Rick Trevino. Although its second single "Bobbie Ann Mason" was a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1995, neither of the album's other singles — "Save This One for Me" or the title track... |
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| Learning as You Go Learning as You Go Learning As You Go is the third English-language album from Hispanic American country music singer Rick Trevino. It features "Running Out Of Reasons To Run", which was Trevino's only number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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| In My Dreams In My Dreams (Rick Trevino album) In My Dreams is the sixth studio album released by country music artist Rick Trevino. It was produced by Raul Malo, former lead singer for the alternative country band The Mavericks. Malo and Jaime Hanna, another former member of the Mavericks , co-wrote the majority of this album's songs with... |
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| Whole Town Blue |
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Compilation albums
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| Best of Rick Trevino |
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| Corazón de Rick Trevino[A] |
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| Super Hits |
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| Mano a Mano[A] |
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| Nuestra Tradición[A] |
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^ Spanish-language albums.
- B^ "Rick Trevino" also charted at number 5 on the US Top HeatseekersTop HeatseekersTop Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1993 | "Un Momento Allá" | — | — | Dos Mundos |
| "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón") | 44 | 71 | Rick Trevino | |
| 1994 | "Honky Tonk Crowd" | 35 | 29 | |
| "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry She Can't Say I Didn't Cry "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" is the title of a song written by Troy Martin, Tony Martin and Reese Wilson and recorded by country music artist Rick Trevino. It was released in May 1994 as the third single from his eponymous debut album in 1994... " |
3 | 11 | ||
| "Doctor Time Doctor Time "Doctor Time" is the title of a song written by Susan Longacre and Lonnie Wilson and recorded by country music artist Rick Trevino. It was released in October 1994 as the fourth and final single from his eponymous debut album in 1995... " |
5 | 3 | ||
| 1995 | "Looking for the Light" | 43 | 30 | Looking for the Light |
| "Bobbie Ann Mason Bobbie Ann Mason (song) "Bobbie Ann Mason" is the title of a song written by Mark D. Sanders and recorded by American Country music artist Rick Trevino. It was released in May 1995 and was the second single from the album Looking for the Light... " |
6 | 6 | ||
| "Save This One for Me" | 45 | — | ||
| 1996 | "Learning as You Go Learning as You Go (song) "Learning as You Go" is the title of a song written by Larry Boone and Billy Lawson, and recorded by American country music artist Rick Trevino. Released in June 1996, it was the first single and title track from the album Learning as You Go... " |
2 | 36 | Learning as You Go |
| "Running Out of Reasons to Run Running out of Reasons to Run "Running Out of Reasons to Run" is the title of a song written by George Teren and Bob Regan, and recorded by country music artist Rick Trevino. It was released in October 1996 as the second single released from his CD, Learning as You Go. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country... " |
1 | 16 | ||
| 1997 | "I Only Get This Way with You I Only Get This Way with You "I Only Get This Way with You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and Alan Ray, and recorded by American country music artist Rick Trevino. Released in March 1997, it was the third single from the album Learning as You Go... " |
7 | 26 | |
| "See Rock City" | 44 | 54 | ||
| 1998 | "Only Lonely Me" | 52 | 94 | Non-album song |
| 2003 | "In My Dreams" | 41 | * | In My Dreams |
| "Overnight Success" | — | * | ||
| 2007 | "Separate Ways" | 59 | * | Whole Town Blue |
| 2010 | "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Wasted Days and Wasted Nights "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" is an American country and pop song recorded by Freddy Fender. It is considered by many to belong to the swamp pop idiom of south Louisiana and southeast Texas that had such a major musical impact on Fender.-Song history:... " (with Los Lobos Los Lobos Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The... ) |
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| "Better in Texas" | — | * | Whole Town Blue | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1993 | "Just Enough Rope" | Greg Aldridge/Marc Ball |
| 1994 | "Honky Tonk Crowd" | Gerry Wenner |
| "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" | ||
| "Doctor Time" | ||
| 1995 | "Looking For the Light" | Martin Kahan |
| "Bobbie Ann Mason" | ||
| "Save This One for Me" | ||
| 1996 | "Learning as You Go" | Jon Small |
| "Running Out of Reasons to Run" | Martin Kahan | |
| 2003 | "In My Dreams" | Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil is a music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.-Music videos directed:109 music videos are currently listed here.-References:... |
| 2007 | "Separate Ways" |