ЛОПЕС ТРИНИ (Lopez Trini) (Trinidad Lopez III) (р. 15 мая 1937, Даллас, Техас), американский фолк-певец. В начале 1960-х годов успешно конкурировал в американских чартах с PETER, PAUL AND MARY и нередко переигрывал трио на его собственной территории.
В конце 1950-х годов он собрал группу и отправился на Юго-Запад, где играл в калифорнийских клубах. К началу 60-х годов группа распалась, а Трини зарабатывал на жизнь в Лос-Анжелесе, исполняя модные песни в клубах Голливуда и Сансет-стрип. Для шоу-бизнеса его открыл штатный продюсер Reprise Дон Коста, когда Трини пел под аккомпанемент ритм-гитары на сцене известного клуба PJ"s. Коста в точности воспроизвел эту непринужденную атмосферу домашней вечеринки, записав в исполнении Трини песню Пита Сигера If I Had A Hammer. В октябре 1962 «каноническая» версия PETER PAUL AND MARY поднялась до 10-го места, а в сентябре 1963 более живой и веселый вариант Трини достиг второй строки.
На протяжении следующего года с неизменным успехом в Топ 40 попадали Kansas City, America, La Bamba Ритчи Вэйленса, I"m Comin" Home, Cindy и Lemon Tree (из репертуара PETER PAUL AND MARY). Вышедший в конце 1963 альбом «Trini Lopez At PJ"s» стал «золотым» и был включен в список лучших работ года журналом Cash Box.
С 1963 по 1967 четырнадцать альбомов Лопеса побывали в чартах, причем девять из них — в Топ 50! Некоторые из них (например, «Transformed By Time») и поныне продолжают выпускаться, пользуясь спросом, в качестве идеальной музыки для вечеринок.
В середине 60-х годов Лопес был популярен в Латинской Америке и в Европе, особенно во Франции. Позднее он стал поющим киноактером, сыграл роль Педро Хименеса в ленте The Dirty Dozen (1967).
Дискография:
Trini Lopez At PJ"s (Reprise, 1963)
More Trini Lopez At PJ"s (Reprise, 1963)
On The Move (Reprise, 1964)
The Latin Album (Reprise, 1964)
Trini Lopez At Basin Street East (Reprise, 1964)
The Folk Album (Reprise, 1965)
The Love Album (Reprise, 1965)
Latin Album (Ariola, 1966)
The Trini Lopez Show (Midi, 1969)
More Of Trini Lopez (King, 1969)
Teenage Love Songs (King, 1970)
Transformed By Time (Roulette, 1970)
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now (Reprise, 1972)
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Trini Lopez (born Trinidad López III, 15 May 1937) is an American (Chicano) singer, guitarist and actor. Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, UK on Ashland Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood.
Lopez made his name on the club circuit of the Southwestern United States before being 'discovered' in 1962 playing at the club PJ's in Hollywood, California, by record producer Don Costa. Costa was taken with Lopez's latinized versions of contemporary hits and signed him up to Frank Sinatra's record label, Reprise Records. His debut album, Trini Lopez Live at PJ's, was released in 1963. The album included a version of If I Had a Hammer, which reached number one in 36 countries (No. 3 in the United States) and was a radio favorite for many years. He also performed his own version of the traditional Mexican song La Bamba on the album; his recording of the tune was later re-issued as a single in 1966.
His popularity led the Gibson Guitar Corporation to ask him in 1964 to design a guitar for them. He ended up designing two: The Trini Lopez Standard, a rock and roll model based on the Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow body, and the Lopez Deluxe, a variation of a Gibson jazz guitar designed by Barney Kessel. Both of these guitars were in production from 1964 until 1971 and are now highly sought after amongst collectors. Some owners of the guitar include Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.
He scored 13 chart singles through 1968, including "Lemon Tree" (1965), "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" (1966) and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" (1968). On the adult contemporary chart, he ranked up 15 hits, including the Top 10 singles "Michael" (1964), "Gonna Get Along Without Ya' Now" (1967) and "The Bramble Bush" (1967). Beyond his success on record, he became one of the country's top nightclub performers of that era, regularly headlining in Las Vegas, Nevada.
During the 1960s and 1970s Lopez moved into acting, though his film career was not as successful as his music. His first film role was in Marriage on the Rocks (1965), in which he made a cameo appearance in a nightclub scene; Lopez's soundtrack song, "Sinner Man", became a hit single (No. 54 pop/No. 12 adult contemporary). He was one of The Dirty Dozen (1967) and starred in Antonio (1973). He made two appearances (playing different characters) on the television program, Adam 12. He continued his musical career with extensive tours of Europe and Latin America during this period; an attempt to break out by releasing a disco album in 1978 proved a flop.
Since then, Lopez has done charitable work and received honors such as being inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2003. He was still recording and appearing live in the early 2000s. Recently he took part in a benefit concert to raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.