{"id":148880,"date":"2025-04-09T06:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/09\/vicente-fernandezs-ranchera-classic-el-rey-added-to-national-recording-registry\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:12:43","slug":"vicente-fernandezs-ranchera-classic-el-rey-added-to-national-recording-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/09\/vicente-fernandezs-ranchera-classic-el-rey-added-to-national-recording-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicente Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s Ranchera Classic \u2018El Rey\u2019 Added to National Recording\u00a0Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLegendary Latin artists Vicente Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a> and Freddy Fender<\/a> are among this year\u2019s inductees into the National Recording Registry, a prestigious honor from the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

\n\tFern\u00e1ndez\u2019s ranchera anthem \u201cEl Rey\u201d<\/a> and Fender\u2019s bilingual country crossover hit \u201cBefore the Next Teardrop Falls\u201d<\/a> join a select group of recordings recognized for being \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRecordings by Amy Winehouse, Celine Dion, Elton John & More Selected for National Recording\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\t\u201cEl Rey\u201d (meaning \u201cThe King\u201d), from the 1973 album El \u00cddolo de Mexico<\/em>, is one of the most recognizable songs in regional Mexican music. Written by Mexican composer Jos\u00e9 Alfredo Jim\u00e9nez in 1971, the song gained even greater prominence when Fern\u00e1ndez recorded his definitive version two years later. <\/p>\n

\n\tWith its kingly themes of resilience and pride, \u201cEl Rey\u201d has become emblematic of Chente\u2019s enduring legacy, even inspiring a 2022 Netflix bioseries of the same name that celebrates his life and career. The mariachi singer \u2014 who died in 2021 \u2014 remains one of Mexico\u2019s most celebrated musical figures, and his induction into the Registry further solidifies his enduring legacy.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Fender\u2019s \u201cBefore the Next Teardrop Falls\u201d stands as a testament to the singer\u2019s ability to bridge cultures and genres. The 1975 single \u2014 which features verses sung in both English and Spanish \u2014 broke boundaries in the music industry by becoming a crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on both the Hot Country Songs<\/a> chart and the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tFender\u2019s emotive performance and heartfelt delivery turned the song into a classic, showcasing the power of Latin voices in country music \u2014 a genre that initially had limited representation from Hispanic artists.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for non-Latin artists, the list also includes Amy Winehouse\u2019s \u201cBack to Black,\u201d Celine Dion\u2019s \u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d, Elton John\u2019s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road<\/em>, Mary J. Blige\u2019s My Life<\/em>, and the cast album for the Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical<\/em>. See the complete 2025 National Recording Registry inductees here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the complete list of Latin recordings in the Registry here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Legendary Latin artists Vicente Fern\u00e1ndez and Freddy Fender are among this year\u2019s inductees into the National Recording Registry, a prestigious honor from the Library of Congress. Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s ranchera anthem \u201cEl Rey\u201d and Fender\u2019s bilingual country crossover hit \u201cBefore the Next Teardrop Falls\u201d join a select group of recordings recognized for being \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}