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Rick Trevino 
Background information Birth name Ricardo Treviño, Jr. Also known as Rick Treviño Born May 16, 1971 Origin Austin, Texas, USA Genres Country Occupations Singer Instruments Vocals
Rhythm guitar
Piano
KeyboardsYears active 1993–present Labels Columbia Nashville
Vanguard
Warner Bros. NashvilleWebsite Official website Ricardo Treviño, Jr. (born May 16, 1971, in Houston, Texas), known professionally as Rick Trevino, is a Mexican American country music artist.[1] Signed to Columbia Records in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single, "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish-language versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", spent one week at Number One in 1997.
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Biography
Early years
Trevino is the son of Ricardo Trevino, Sr., a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. His music career began when he started taking piano lessons at the age of five.[2] He plays rhythm guitar as well as keyboards.
Trevino graduated from Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. Although he was offered a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University.[3] While a student, he played his brand of country music in local clubs. In December 1991, a representative of the Sony label, Paul Jarosik, was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him immediately to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career.[2]
1993: Dos Mundos
At the insistence of Columbia Records, his first album, Dos Mundos was an almost entirely Spanish country album. Trevino, who is not a native Spanish speaker and needed lessons before he could record the album, was displeased with the decision. "I didn't like that a bit because I didn't want people to think I was a Tejano artist...Everybody thinks I'm a Tejano singer crossing over to the country format."[2] The album was certified gold.[3]
1993-1995: Rick Trevino
Seven months later, in 1994, Sony released his first English album, Rick Trevino.[2] Rick Trevino was certified gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and featured two Number One hits, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" and "Doctor Time." His debut single, "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón"), appeared in English on Rick Trevino and in Spanish on Dos Mundos, while a version of the song which combined the two languages was also released to radio. This became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish.[3] The album's third single, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", became Trevino's first chart-topper, spending one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.[4]
1995-1996: Looking for the Light
The follow-up English album, Looking for the Light, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light").[3]
In the late 1990s he joined an all-star group of Mexican-American singers, including members of Los Lobos, Freddy Fender, Ruben Ramos, and Flaco Jimenez, to create the supergoup Los Super Seven.[2] The group won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their self-titled debut album. Another two albums followed - Canto in 2001 (also released live on DVD) and Heard It On The X in 2005 (both albums included Raul Malo of The Mavericks among others).
1996-1997: Learning as You Go
Trevino's 1996 album Learning as You Go, produced his first and only Billboard Number One single in "Running Out of Reasons to Run". As with Looking for the Light, Learning As You Go also featured a separate Spanish-language version, titled Mi Vida Eres Tú ("My Life Is You").
1998: Departure from Sony
Trevino asked to leave his contract with Sony in the hopes of moving in a different musical direction. Sony refused to release him from the contract, and Trevino cut a new album and released the single "Only Lonely Me" in 1998. Before the album could be released, Sony fired Trevino, and the album was shelved. The same year Trevino appeared on compilation CD Tribute To Tradition (released on Columbia label) with a cover version of "City Lights" (#1 country classic recorded by Ray Price in 1958).
1999-2002: Continued touring and Mi Son
Undaunted, Trevino continued to tour and released a Spanish-language album, Mi Son, that contained only ballads and had little hint of his country music roots. Without a new album or record deal, however, Trevino's touring schedule slowed, and most of his band quit.[2]
During this time Trevino began collaborating with Raul Malo, former frontman of country band The Mavericks. The two had met while working on the second Los Super Seven album. Their collaborations helped bring Trevino to the attention of producer Paul Worley, who helped Trevino get a contract with Warner Brothers.[2]
2002-2004: In My Dreams
For his next album, In My Dreams, Trevino "wanted to do a country record that had a Latin flavor to it."[2] He wrote or cowrote every song on the album except for the final track, a cover of the Bryan Adams song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The title track, "In My Dreams" became a single and remained on the charts for twenty weeks, falling just shy of the Top 40 on the Billboard country charts (although it reached a peak of #34 on the Radio & Records country charts). Trevino was disappointed with the final ranking, but said the album "opened a lot of doors for me. It made people take me a little more seriously than 'Bobbie Ann Mason.'"[2]
2004-Present: Single releases and Whole Town Blue
Trevino's Warner Brothers single release, "Separate Ways," failed to reach the Top 40 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Personal life
Trevino currently resides in the Austin area with his wife, Karla, and their children.[citation needed] He was featured in the 2007 Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas calendar.
Discography
Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US Country
[5]US
[6]US Latin
[7]Dos Mundos[A] - Release date: September 14, 1993
- Label: Columbia
— — 20 Rick Trevino[B] - Release date: February 22, 1994
- Label: Columbia
23 119 — - US: Gold
Looking for the Light - Release date: February 7, 1995
- Label: Columbia
17 121 22 Learning as You Go - Release date: June 25, 1996
- Label: Columbia
17 117 — Mi Son[A] - Release date: January 23, 2001
- Label: Vanguard
— — — In My Dreams - Release date: September 9, 2003
- Label: Warner Bros.
58 — — Whole Town Blue - Release date: March 7, 2011
- Label: Warner Bros.
— — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Compilation albums
Title Album details Best of Rick Trevino - Release date: August 5, 1997
- Label: Sony International
Corazón de Rick Trevino[A] - Release date: January 12, 1999
- Label: Sony International
Super Hits - Release date: September 14, 1999
- Label: Sony BMG Special Products
Mano a Mano[A] - Release date: February 20, 2001
- Label: Sony International
Nuestra Tradición[A] - Release date: July 24, 2007
- Label: Norte
- Notes
- A^ Spanish-language albums.
- B^ "Rick Trevino" also charted at number 5 on the US Top Heatseekers chart.
Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positionsAlbum US Country
[8]CAN Country
[9]1993 "Un Momento Allá" — — Dos Mundos "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón") 44 71 Rick Trevino 1994 "Honky Tonk Crowd" 35 29 "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" 3 11 "Doctor Time" 5 3 1995 "Looking for the Light" 43 30 Looking for the Light "Bobbie Ann Mason" 6 6 "Save This One for Me" 45 — 1996 "Learning as You Go" 2 36 Learning as You Go "Running Out of Reasons to Run" 1 16 1997 "I Only Get This Way with You" 7 26 "See Rock City" 44 54 1998 "Only Lonely Me" 52 94 Non-album song 2003 "In My Dreams" 41 * In My Dreams "Overnight Success" — * 2007 "Separate Ways" 59 * Whole Town Blue 2010 "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" (with Los Lobos) — * single only "Better in Texas" — * Whole Town Blue "—" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positionsMusic videos
Year Video Director 1993 "Just Enough Rope" Greg Aldridge/Marc Ball 1994 "Honky Tonk Crowd" Gerry Wenner "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" "Doctor Time" 1995 "Looking For the Light" Martin Kahan "Bobbie Ann Mason" "Save This One for Me" 1996 "Learning as You Go" Jon Small "Running Out of Reasons to Run" Martin Kahan 2003 "In My Dreams" Peter Zavadil 2007 "Separate Ways" References
- ^ CMT.com : Rick Trevino : Biography
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Remz, Jeffrey B. (November 2003). "Rick Trevino strives for overnight success". Country Standard Time. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=814&t=Rick_Trevino_strives_for_overnight_success. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). "Rick Trevino". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44731. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ Hobbs, Bill (January 1995). "Family Tradition: Rick Trevino's Perspective from the Top of the Charts". New Country 2 (1): 50–52.
- ^ "Rick Trevino Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/rick-trevino/chart-history/36619?f=320&g=Albums. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Rick Trevino Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/rick-trevino/chart-history/36619. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Rick Trevino Album & Song Chart History - Latin Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/rick-trevino/chart-history/36619?f=330&g=Albums. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Rick Trevino Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/rick-trevino/chart-history/36619?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=5mehfaajnul3dkmqdbrigdml27&q1=rick+trevino&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
External links
Compilation albums Best of Rick Trevino · Corazón de Rick Trevino · Super Hits · Mano a Mano · Nuestra TradiciónTop 10 singles "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" · "Doctor Time" · "Bobbie Ann Mason" · "Learning as You Go" · "Running Out of Reasons to Run" · "I Only Get This Way with You"Related articles Categories:- 1971 births
- American country keyboardists
- American country pianists
- American country singers
- American country singer-songwriters
- American male singers
- Living people
- Texas A&M University alumni
- Musicians from Texas
- Musicians from Houston, Texas
- American musicians of Mexican descent
- Columbia Records artists
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