Mexican-American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73

Country-music star Johnny Rodriguez a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the s including I Just Can t Get Her Out of My Mind Ridin My Thumb to Mexico and That s the Way Love Goes has died He was Rodriguez died Friday according to social media statements posted by his daughter Aubry Rodriguez She announced he died peacefully and surrounded by family Dad was not only a legendary musician whose artistry touched millions around the world but also a deeply loved husband father uncle and brother whose warmth humor and compassion shaped the lives of all who knew him she wrote Rodriguez was named the majority promising male vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards and his debut album Introducing Johnny Rodriguez earned a nomination for album of the year in Rodriguez was born in Sabinal Texas a small town about miles kilometers west of San Antonio and about miles kilometers east of the U S -Mexico confines He was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Source