Rick Trevino

Ricardo Treviño Jr. (born May 16, 1971), known professionally as Rick Trevino, is an American country music artist. Signed to Columbia Nashville in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", reached No. 1 on that chart in 1996.

Biography

Early years Ricardo Treviño Jr. was born May 16, 1971, in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Ricardo Treviño Sr., a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. His music career began when he started taking piano lessons at the age of five. He plays rhythm guitar as well as keyboards.

Trevino graduated from Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. Although he was offered a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University. In December 1991, a representative of the Sony label, Paul Jarosik, was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career. It appeared in English on Rick Trevino and in Spanish on Dos Mundos, while a version of the song which combined the two languages was also released to radio. This became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish. The album's third single, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", became Trevino's first chart-topper, spending one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.

The following year in 1995, Trevino was shortlisted for the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Male Vocalist.

1995–1996: Looking for the Light The follow-up English album, Looking for the Light, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light"). The same year Trevino appeared on compilation CD Tribute To Tradition (released on Columbia label) with a cover version of "City Lights" (#1 country classic recorded by Ray Price in 1958).

1999–2002: Continued touring and Mi Son Trevino continued to tour and released a Spanish-language album, Mi Son, that contained only ballads and had little hint of his country music roots. Without a new album or record deal, however, Trevino's touring schedule slowed, and most of his band quit.

Release date: September 14, 1993 Label: Columbia Records — — 20

Release date: February 22, 1994 Label: Columbia Records 23 119 —

US: Gold

Release date: February 7, 1995 Label: Columbia Records 17 121 22

Release date: June 25, 1996 Label: Columbia Records 17 117 —

Release date: January 23, 2001 Label: Vanguard Records — — —

Release date: September 9, 2003 Label: Warner Records 58 — —

Release date: 2009 Label: Self-released — — —

Release date: March 7, 2011 Label: Warner Records — — —

Compilation albums Title Album details Best of Rick Trevino Release date: August 5, 1997 Label: Sony International Corazón de Rick Trevino Release date: January 12, 1999 Label: Sony International Super Hits Release date: September 14, 1999 Label: Sony Special Products Mano a Mano Release date: February 20, 2001 Label: Sony International Nuestra Tradición Release date: July 24, 2007 Label: Norte