From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Wed May 15, 2002  1:31 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Trini Lopez
 
TRINI LOPEZ (By Shaun Mather)

Born Trinidad Lopez III, 15 May 1937, Dallas, Texas

Folk-pop singer / guitarist. Heavily influenced by the hispanic sound
of Ritchie Valens, Lopez started his career on King Records where
he recorded rockers very much in the Valens vein. He was taken to
Reprise in the early '60s by producer Don Costa, who discovered him
at PJ's Hollywood Club in Los Angeles. From 1963 to 1966 he had
several big hits - If I Had A Hammer ('63), Kansas City ('63), Lemon
Tree ('65) and I'm Comin' Home Cindy ('66) - not only in the US,
but internationally. [If I Had A Hammer was # 1 in Holland - Dik]
14 LP's charted 1963-67, nine in the top 50. Good party music then.
He hosted his own network television show and co-starred in the 1967
blockbuster, The Dirty Dozen.

Recommended listening:
From the Original Master Tapes - Reprise
Official website: http://www.trinilopez.com