Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at ...

9—Freddy Fender has been inducted ... albums between 1975 and 1983 with at least 21 songs — many of them bilingual — making the charts. Fender's songs have been covered the likes of Loretta ...