Who is trini lopez

After Holly's death in , Lopez was asked to perform with the pop star's band, the Crickets, so he moved to Los Angeles and eventually embarked on a series of solo club gigs in the early s. At one club, Frank Sinatra saw him perform and signed him to his label, Reprise, for an eight-year term, Guerrero wrote. He received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in Guerrero describes the Trini Lopez sound as one influenced by folk music but with a Latin flare.

Lopez opened for the Beatles in Paris for show series in and later developed a friendship with Elvis Presley. In , Gibson created a Trini Lopez model that the guitar makers says on its website "is also favored by many other famous musicians from Dave Grohl to Noel Gallagher.

Lopez performed full-time until His music was featured in multiple television and big-screen productions , including "Apollo Filmmaker Todd Hughes said by email that he and Ebersole had hoped to release their Lope documentary in early but might debut it sooner.

His character, Pedro Jiminez, dies off-screen after a parachute jump. Lopez recorded more than 60 albums and was a popular headliner in Las Vegas. Singer Pat Boone remembered Lopez as "a great guy and wonderful friend". He wrote on Facebook : "We both knew we were blessed to make a good living doing what we loved - making others happy!

Business partner and musician Joe Chavira said he and Lopez just finished recording a song to raise money for food banks during the Covid pandemic. A documentary about his life, titled My Name is Lopez, is currently nearing completion.

If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Image source, Getty Images. His cover of "If I Had a Hammer" from his first album, which was released in , made it to 3 on the charts, eventually earning a gold disc with sales exceeding one million copies. Lopez's acting career was essentially still-born when he walked off the set of The Dirty Dozen at the urging of Sinatra who supposedly thought his music career would stall if he continued to work on the movie, which had gone over its scheduled shooting date or was fired by director Robert Aldrich for being disagreeable.

He appeared infrequently as an actor over the next 10 years, mostly on television. Sign In. Showing all 11 items. His first big break came from Frank Sinatra , who recognized his talent and signed him to an eight-year contract with his label - Reprise Records.