The Texas Balladeer

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The Texas Balladeer
Studio album by
Released1979
Genre Tejano
Label Starflite Records
Freddy Fender chronology
Tex-Mex
(1979)
The Texas Balladeer
(1979)

The Texas Balladeer is an album by Freddy Fender that was released in 1979. [1] It contains his covers of two hits on the U.S. pop charts, "Squeeze Box" and "Share Your Love."

Track listing

  1. Yours
  2. Squeeze Box
  3. My Special Prayer
  4. Walk Under a Snake
  5. Trapped
  6. Share Your Love
  7. He's Got Nothing On Me but You
  8. Gotta Travel On
  9. Turn Around
  10. Rock Down in My Shoe

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References

  1. "The Texas Balladeer". Discogs .