On this date in 1975, WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS by FREDDY FENDER entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #83 (Jun 21, 1975) Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" was written in the late 1950s with the singer planning on releasing the track himself. But, after he was caught and arrested for possession of marijuana, the song was eventually recorded and released many years later by the rock band Sir Douglas Quintet in 1971. Fender's cover version of his own song eventually came out in 1975 and

Remembering American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician FREDDY FENDER (Jun 4, 1937 – Oct 14, 2006) known for his work as a solo artist with his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. FREDDY FENDER was one of the few Hispanic stars in country music, a singer and songwriter whose work was defined largely by its strong Latin sensibility. He began in the 1950s a