Tejano Music was coined (first said or established) in the early
1980's. It was a product of the combination of La Onda Chicana and
Conjunto Music. To understand the roots of Tejano Music you must
understand that at one time it was two distinctive music groups. La
Onda Chicana's past goes back to Chicano music and even further
before all the way back to Beto Villas Orquestra and even further
back. On the Conjunto end it can be traced back as far as Conjunto
Bernal and further. Currently the origins of Tejano Music are still
argued and do not have a set form of definitions. There are a few
pioneers of Tejano music still alive and around for information.
You might want to try locating Marcelo Tafoya he was the first
lifetime achievement award winner at the Tejano Music Awards (TTMA)
and was the first DJ to play Tejano Music on the air fulltime.
Tejano became big in the 90's when the "Queen Of Tejano" music
Selena, burst onto the scene. After her death on March 31st 1995
the world was shock but as her music carried on by making her first
English album that was released pothumously, she became one of the
fastest selling females in the world, the first hispanic singer to
go number 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart, one of the most succesfull
latin artists in the world, and has appeared in the Guinness Book
Of World Records 1999 as "Most Dominating Artist".
IMPROVE:
Narciso Martinez (R.I.P.) is the Father of Conjunto Music
starting back in the 1930's. In our Tejano Music Culture we have
Conjunto, Chicano, Tejano, Tex-Mex and Tejano Orchestra Classic
Music. Tejano Music & Entertainment is Unique, there is no
comparison. That why we called it, Our Unique Tejano Music &
Entertainment. In our Tejano Culture we have Tejano Bands and
Tejano Music Bands. Tejano Music Bands plays only Tejano Music.
Nowadays, Tejano Music Bands might play Tejano and Country Music.
while Tejano Bands might play, Conjunto, Chicano, Tex-Mex or
Norteno Music. Norteno Bands are from Northern Mexico while Tejano
Bands are from Texas. Please, try not to confuse Norteno or Banda
Bands with Tejano Bands or versus. True Tejano Music Lovers knows
the differences between the music mentioned above as well as the
differences between these bands. Always remember, Tejano Music is
Unique, there is no comparison.!
Siempre Tejano De Corazon,
Israel aka P.B.T. (10/09/09)