René y René was a

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duo from Laredo,

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. Composed of René Ornelas (born August 26, 1936) and René Herrera (born October 2, 1935; died December 20, 2005), the group scored two

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s in the

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in the 1960s. 1964's " Angelito" ("Little Angel") peaked at #43 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100

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Allmusic.com and 1969's "Lo Mucho que Te Quiero (The More I Love You)" hit #2 on the

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, #14 on the Hot 100 chart, and #15 in Canada. René y René were among the first

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artists to appear on ''

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'' (August 8, 1964). They were inducted into the Tejano Music Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame in 2001.http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/entertainment&id=3753090 KTRK Houston: Pop-tejano musician dies at age 70 René Ornelas was still performing (under the name "René René") as of 2010.

Selected discography

Singles: * Angelito / Write Me Soon 1964 * Little Vagabond / Little Peanuts 1964 * Yo Te Lo Dije (I Could Have Told You) / Pretty Flower Fade Away 1964 * Please Don't Bother / Undecided 1964 *

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/ I'm Not The Only One (No Soy El Unico) 1965 * Loving You Could Hurt Me So / Little Diamonds 1965 * Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You) / Mornin' 1968 * Las Cosas / You Will Cry 1969 * Enchilada Jose / Lloraras 1969 * Love Is For The Two Of Us / Sally Tosis 1969 * My Amigo Jose / Good Ole Days 1970

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* * * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXDb5ktGQ_8 "Angelito" - Performance on American Bandstand * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX1d_dWxoro "Este Amor de los Dos" - Performance on the Val De La O Show * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHDesR_GlTg "Tequila" - Music Video Musical groups from Texas 1936 births Living people American musical duos Tejano musicians White Whale Records artists {{US-musician-stub

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