Freddy Fender is best known for his 1975 country and pop music crossover hits "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."
From 1953 to 1956, Fender served in the Marine Corps as a gunner on an M47 Patton tank. In 1955, he was
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