Abraham Isaac Quintanilla Jr. (born February 20, 1939)Patoski page 2 is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. He is the father of

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singer

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and was her manager throughout her life. Quintanilla was born to a Mexican-American family in

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. He began his music career as a member of the singing group the "Dinos" in 1956. He left the group in the late 1960s and initially retired from music to raise a family. After discovering Selena's singing talent, he created the band

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composed of Selena and her two older siblings to develop her talent. Under his management, the group became a major success in

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by the late 1980s, allowing Selena to begin a solo career and become one of the most celebrated

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artists of all time. Following Selena's

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in 1995, Quintanilla became an executive producer of a biographical film about her life, in which he was portrayed by actor

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Early life

Quintanilla was born on February 20, 1939, in

, the middle child of six siblings, to Abraham Gonzalez Quintanilla Sr. and Maria Tereza Calderon. Quintanilla's parents worked along the

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in Texas,

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vegetables, cotton and fruits. When he was fourteen, his parents left the Catholic Church and converted to

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.Patoski page 9 Quintanilla's father later worked as an autobody repairman.Patoski page 33 Quintanilla attended

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and soon joined with two of his friends to form a high school choir called the ''Gumdrops''. Abraham dropped out of Roy Miller High School when he was a senior to pursue his career.Patoski page 10 Maria strongly disapproved of her son's desire to become a professional singer.

Career

Early years

In 1956, Quintanilla encountered his alumni classmates performing at a high school dance. He immediately recognized their voices and was hooked. While learning that one of their lead vocalists was quitting the band: Abraham immediately approached the "Dinos" and asked if he could be part of their singing group. The group decided to give Abraham a chance by inviting him to practice with them. Quintanilla's request was granted when the Dinos crowned him as the "third voice". During the beginning stages of the group, the Dinos were paid thirty US dollars in booked venues. Los Dinos cited their musical inspirations as having originated from the musical ensembles

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and

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. In 1959, Los Dinos released their first single "So Hard to Tell" on the J.W. Fox label that was owned by Johnny Herrera. The single became a classic hit on ''

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'' and helped the band to obtain bookings at

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s in Corpus, Kingsville and Woodsboro, Texas. The Dinos' second single "Give Me One Chance", which was composed by Teddy Randazzo who had written songs for Little Anthony and the Imperials, sold 150,000 copies. The single began getting extensive airplay throughout south Texas and on KILT-FM.Patoski page 21 Los Dinos' popularity prospered after the record sales of "Give Me One Chance". The band recorded ten English-language

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s and

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songs of

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, Ray Stevens, Johnny Tillotson,

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and the Five Americans. {{Listen, filename=Con Esta Copa - Los Dinos.ogg, title="Con Esta Copa" (1964), description=One of Los Dinos' most-known songs during their era in the 1960s. The band's next singles "Twistin' Irene", " Ride Your Pony", and " Lover's Holiday" sold poorly. In October 1961, Quintanilla joined the

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. After boot camp, he was stationed at McChord Air Force Base in

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. While there, he met the half-Mexican American and half-

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Marcella Samora. Samora's father originated from Amarillo, while her mother was from Colorado. Quintanilla and Samora married on June 8, 1963. After Quintanilla's discharge from active duty in November 1963, his wife gave birth to their first child, Abraham "A.B." Quintanilla III on December 13 of the same year. Within a month after their son's birth, the family moved out of Washington to Corpus Christi, Texas. Following the return to his hometown, Quintanilla re-joined Los Dinos and began singing American pop and

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music. While performing to a crowd of concertgoers of Mexican descent, Los Dinos were chided to play Spanish-language Mexican music. When they continued playing their planned pop and rock music lineup, they were heckled and called "queers" by their fellow Mexican-Americans. The people at the club were refunded their money after the band confessed to not knowing any Mexican music. This angered people who wanted to dance and they chased the band out of the building. Local Corpus Christi police had to be called in to escort the band out. The band changed their musical genre to Chicano rock due to costs in creating English-language

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and the popularity of the band. Los Dinos recorded their first record ''Con Esta Copa'' (''With This Cup'') in 1964 on Arnoldo Ramirez label Falcon Records. The single "

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" became an instant hit in Texas and had heavy airplay at the time of its release on Epitome. The single was also played in neighboring states. The band released three more records with Falcon until they moved on to Bernal records. On June 29, 1967, Marcella gave birth to their second child and first daughter, Suzette Michelle Quintanilla. By 1969, Los Dinos' popularity had faded and their record sales began to decline. Quintanilla later quit the band while the rest of the group went on without him.Patoski page 30 Los Dinos continued to record music and by 1974, the band had recorded twenty 45s and six

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s. The band members then officially ended their careers.

With Selena y Los Dinos

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, putting his passion for music aside. They were settling into life in Lake Jackson when Marcella was told by doctors that she had a tumor that needed to be removed immediately. Marcella and Quintanilla decided to get a second opinion before they agreed to surgery. The second doctor informed them that there was no tumor; Marcella was pregnant. They were told this baby was a boy and began planning for a son. They picked the name Marc Antony (Quintanilla), but Marcella instead delivered a daughter on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital. A woman who shared Marcella's semi-private hospital room suggested the name "Selena". Quintanilla was teaching his oldest child, A.B., to play a guitar when Selena entered and began singing along with her father. Quintanilla noticed Selena's fine voice, and, believing she was truly gifted, wasted no time working to develop her vocal talent. Quintanilla formed a new group and based its name on his childhood band,

(''Selena And The Guys''). Quintanilla, with the help of his former recording studio manager and friend, began recording songs with Selena and building a foundation for a music career for his children.Patoski page 39 {{Listen, filename=Give Me One More Chance - Selena y Los Dinos.ogg, title="Give Me One More Chance" (1984), description="Give Me One More Chance" was one of Los Dino's signature songs in the 1960s. After the band's split, Quintanilla used it to work his daughter,

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In 1979, Quintanilla opened up a Mexican restaurant called PapaGayo's (''Parrots'') and built a stage platform so his children could perform for the restaurant's patrons as they enjoyed their meal. The restaurant suffered from the recession of 1981 and was forced to close. This economy had severe impact on the Quintanillas and other South Texas families. Abraham took his musical aspirations and relocated to Corpus Christi after his family was forced to sell their home to avoid bankruptcy. Selena y Los Dinos and their father performed at street corners, parties, weddings, and any other social function that provided income for the family.{{cn, date=July 2022 In 1984, Selena y Los Dinos were signed to Freddie Records. They recorded and released their début album entitled ''Selena Y Los Dinos''. Selena was criticized by Freddie Martinez (CEO of Freddie Records) for being a young female in a male-dominated genre. Quintanilla transferred his children to Cara Records and released their second album, ''The New Girl in Town''. This album led to Selena y Los Dinos' appearance as musical guests on the ''

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Show''. By 1989 Selena had released eight long plays on Manny Guerra's independent labels, GP Productions and Record Producer Productions. These albums launched Selena's domination of the Tejano Music Awards, beginning in 1986."Fans, Family Remember Selena"
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, the former head of

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Music Latin. Behar signed Selena with Capitol/

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. Selena won the 1993

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for " Best Mexican-American Album" for ''

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''.{{Cite news, title=Grammy Winning Singer Selena Killed in Shooting at Texas Motel, page=1, first=Sam Howe, last=Verhovek, newspaper=

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, date=April 1, 1995 Selena's 1994 album '' Amor Prohibido'' became the biggest-selling Latin album of all time. Amor Prohibido was certified 20× Platinum (Latin type) by the

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for selling over two million copies, and eventually sold over five million worldwide.RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – Amor Prohibido
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in prospective.

Death of Selena

{{Main, Murder of Selena On March 31, 1995, Quintanilla's youngest child, Selena, was murdered by the president of the Selena Fan Club, manager of Selena's boutiques,

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and friend, Yolanda Saldívar. After Selena's death, Quintanilla has been involved in every development of albums, documentaries, and other productions that involves or talks about Selena. Soon after Selena's death, Abraham Quintanilla and his family started The Selena Foundation, a charitable organization which assists children in crisis.{{cite web , url=https://q-productions.com/selenafoundation.html, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060107051918/https://q-productions.com/selenafoundation.html, url-status=dead, archive-date=January 7, 2006, title=The Selena Foundation , access-date=January 2, 2011 Abraham Quintanilla has appeared in numerous television specials about Selena.{{cite web , url=http://www.q-productions.com/selenafoundation.html , title=Management of Q-Productions , access-date=January 2, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616161308/http://q-productions.com/selenafoundation.html , archive-date=June 16, 2011 , url-status=dead Quintanilla continues to produce new acts in the music and film industries with his record company,

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. In the 1997 biopic-film, '' Selena'', Quintanilla was portrayed by

while Quintanilla himself served as co-producer. In the 2020 Netflix miniseries '' Selena: The Series'', he was portrayed by Ricardo Chavira.{{Cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/selena-netflix-series-premiere-date-december-1234592075/, title=Netflix's 'Selena: The Series' Gets December Premiere Date, Trailer, date=October 6, 2020, website=

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, first=Greg, last=Evans, access-date=December 19, 2020, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006134526/https://deadline.com/2020/10/selena-netflix-series-premiere-date-december-1234592075/, archive-date=October 6, 2020, url-status=live In 2021, Quintanilla released his memoir ''A Father's Dream: My Family's Journey in Music .''

Discography

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Filmography

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'' , , Producer , - , 2003 , '' Greatest Hits DVD'' , , Producer , - , - style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=4 style="background:#b0c4de;" , Television , - style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#ccc;" , Year ! style="background:#ccc;" , Title ! style="background:#ccc;" , Role ! style="background:#ccc;" , Notes , - , 1995–present , '' Tejano Music Awards'' , Himself, receiving awards for Selena , rowspan="12", TV appearances , - , 1998 , ''

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: Selena – Murder of a Star'' , Himself , - , 1998 , '' Behind the Music: Selena'' , Himself , - , 1999 , ''Corpus: A Home Video for Selena'' , Himself , - , 2004 , ''Noche de estrellas: Premio lo Nuestro 2004'' , Himself, receiving awards for Selena , - , 2005 , ''Don Francisco presenta'' , Himself , - , 2005 , ''Selena: Noche de estrellas'' , Himself , - , 2005 , ''

Selena ¡VIVE! Selena ¡VIVE! ( en, Selena Lives!) was a benefit concert which was held on the tenth anniversary of the death of Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. The concert was held on April 7, 2005 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas with over ...

'' , Himself , - , 2005 , ''Selena ¡vive!, acceso total'' , Himself , - , 2007 , ''Selena: Queen of Tejano'' , Himself , - , 2007 , ''Making of Selena: 10 Years Later'' , Himself , -

References

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Works cited

*{{Cite book, title=Selena Como La Flor, author=Joe Nick Patoski, date=March 31, 1996, publisher=Little Brown and Company, isbn=0-316-69378-2, url=https://archive.org/details/selenacomolaflor00pato_0, ref=none *{{Cite book, title=Selena: The Phenomenal Life and Tragic Death of the Tejano Music Queen/Selena!, first=Clint, last=Richmond, year=1995, publisher=Pocket Books, isbn=0-671-54522-1, url=https://archive.org/details/selena00rich, ref=none

External links

*{{IMDb name, 0704148
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