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| Tex-Mex | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Sugar Hill Studios, Houston Texas | |||
| Genre | Tejano | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Huey P. Meaux | |||
| Freddy Fender chronology | ||||
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Tex-Mex is a 1979 Tejano album by Freddy Fender. [1]
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