L.A.'s Julian Herrera in 1956 was an important forebear. (And also had a wild backstory...)
In Texas, younger orquestas also started taking on rock and r&b stylings. Little Joe and the Latinaires, could do more ranchera style, more English-langauge rock/rhythm & blues, and some stuff in the middle.
In Texas, younger orquestas also started taking on rock and r&b stylings. Little Joe and the Latinaires, could do more ranchera style, more English-langauge rock/rhythm & blues, and some stuff in the middle.
By 1964, Mexican-Americans were important in the "garage rock" trend.
The Premieres, from LA, (here in 1964)...
... Cannibal and the Headhunters, also from East L.A., opened for the Beatles on their 1965 tour.
... and ? and the Mysterions, from Detroit. They had their big hit "96 Teardrops" in 1966.
These groups did not overtly highlight the fact that they were Mexican-American, and to a certain degree even masked it. There were some moments in they revealed it, as in the introduction to Texas-born Sam the Sham (Domingo Zamudio) and the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully" from 1965. Thee Midniters of East L.A. did a song called "Whittier Boulevard," an instrumental with a brief "Arriba, arriba!" at the beginning and named after a popular place for cruising ground for young people at the time.
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