Freddy Fender inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame

Freddy Fender

El Bebop Kid, San Benito’s very own Baldemar Huerta better known as Freddy Fender, has recently been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for his 1975 hit, “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights.”

Fender joins an elite group of recording artists who in 2012 will share the honor of being inducted in the HOF, including legends whose albums made the cut, such as the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St., Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., Paul Simon’s Graceland, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjá Vu.

Then there are those who, like Fender, were inducted for their hit singles that have stood the test of time: Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” Gene Autry’s “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message,” and the “I Have a Dream” track off of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 Freedom March On Washington.

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