Rodriguez's impact on country music was significant as one of the genre's earliest Hispanic stars. The Saving Country Music website paid tribute, saying: "Johnny Rodriguez helped define country ...

Born Juan Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas, in 1951, Rodriguez was discovered at 18 by music promoter Happy Shahan after he was heard singing in a jail cell, where he was briefly held for a minor offense, ...

Johnny Rodriguez, a trailblazing Hispanic figure ... "e Aubry concluded her tribute by calling her father an "irreplaceable" and an "extraordinary talent," and requested privacy for the family ...

The website paid tribute, saying: "Johnny Rodriguez helped define country music as much as anyone in the decade, and continued to mint hit songs well into the 80s." More from Deadline ...