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Infobox musical artist| image =Rick Trevino singing in 2007.jpg| image_size = 350 || name = Rick Trevino| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Ricardo Treviño, Jr.| alias = Rick Treviño| birth_date = birth date and age|1971|05|16| origin = Austin, Texas , USA | instrument = singing|Vocals Rhythm guitar Piano Keyboard instrument|Keyboards | genre = country music|Country | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1993–present| label = Columbia Records|Columbia Nashville Vanguard Records|Vanguard Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville | website = http://ricktrevino.com Official website Ricardo Treviño, Jr. (born May 16, 1971, in Houston, Texas ), known professionally as Rick Trevino , is a Mexican American country music artist. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/trevino_rick/bio.jhtml CMT.com : Rick Trevino : Biography 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.
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.cite web | last = Remz | first = Jeffrey B. | title = Rick Trevino strives for overnight success | publisher = Country Standard Time | date = November 2003 | url = http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=814& t=Rick_Trevino_strives_for_overnight_success| accessdate = 2007-04-30 He plays rhythm guitar as well as keyboards.
Trevino graduated from Westwood High School (Austin, Texas)|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 . 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.
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." The album was certified gold.
1993-1995: Rick Trevino
Seven months later, in 1994, Sony released his first English album, Rick Trevino . 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.cite web | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas |authorlink =Stephen Thomas Erlewine | title = Rick Trevino | publisher = Allmusic | year = 2001 | url =Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44731|pure_url=yes| accessdate = 2007-04-30 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.cite journal |last=Hobbs |first=Bill |year=1995 |month=January |title=Family Tradition: Rick Trevino's Perspective from the Top of the Charts |journal=New Country |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=50–52 |accessdate= 2008-02-15
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").
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 . The group won a Grammy Award|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 (musician)|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.
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.
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." 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.'"
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|date=December 2008 He was featured in the 2007 Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas calendar.
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
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Dos Mundos #endnote_A
Release date: September 14, 1993
Label: Columbia
Rick Trevino #endnote_B
Release date: February 22, 1994
Label: Columbia
US: Gold
Looking for the Light
Release date: February 7, 1995
Label: Columbia
Learning as You Go
Release date: June 25, 1996
Label: Columbia
A
Release date: January 23, 2001
Label: Vanguard
In My Dreams
Release date: September 9, 2003
Label: Warner Bros.
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
A
Release date: January 12, 1999
Label: Sony International
Super Hits
Release date: September 14, 1999
Label: Sony BMG Special Products
A
Release date: February 20, 2001
Label: Sony International
A
Release date: July 24, 2007
Label: Norte
;Notes
A #ref_A| ^ Spanish-language albums.
B #ref_B| ^ "Rick Trevino" also charted at number 5 on the US Top Heatseekers chart.
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
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CAN Country cite web
1993
—
—
Dos Mundos
"Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón")
1994
35
29
" She Can't Say I Didn't Cry "
" Doctor Time "
1995
43
30
Looking for the Light
Bobbie Ann Mason "
"Save This One for Me"
1996
2
36
Learning as You Go
" Running Out of Reasons to Run "
1997
7
26
"See Rock City"
1998
52
94
Non-album song
2003
41
*
In My Dreams
"Overnight Success"
2007
59
*
Whole Town Blue
2010
—
*
single only
"Better in Texas"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1993
Greg Aldridge/ Marc Ball
1994
Gerry Wenner
"She Can't Say I Didn't Cry"
"Doctor Time"
1995
Martin Kahan
"Bobbie Ann Mason"
"Save This One for Me"
1996
Jon Small
"Running Out of Reasons to Run"
2003
Peter Zavadil
2007
References
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External links
http://www.ricktrevino.com Rick Trevino Official Website
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