article_snippet: There was Rita Moreno and Gloria Estefan and ...
article_snippet: The March 31, 1995, death of the Mexican-American singer plunged many Latino listeners into mourning and brought the Mexican-American singer music to the attention of English speakers who would soon become fans.
article_snippet: her father taught the family band and named the family band Los Dinos after her father own group from earlier years.
article_snippet: Selena's brother, A.B., played bass, and the Mexican-American singer sister, Suzette, played drums.
article_snippet: When the family moved to Corpus Christi, his own group from earlier years started getting gigs at local parties and weddings.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer was only 15 when the Mexican-American singer won female entertainer of the year at the Tejano Music Awards.
article_snippet: That got the Mexican-American singer a record contract, and several albums followed.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer eventually married the Mexican-American singer guitarist, Chris Perez.
article_snippet: In 1994, the Mexican-American singer won a Grammy for best Mexican-American album for "Selena Live!" and seemed poised for mainstream stardom.
article_snippet: When the president of the Mexican-American singer's fan club shot the Mexican-American singer to death the following year in a Texas motel room, the Mexican-American singer first English-language album was months from release.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer was 23 years old.
article_snippet: Twenty years later, the Mexican-American singer influence is still being felt.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer official Facebook page still has more than 2 million likes, and fans are remembering the singer who crossed barriers and made fans sing and dance to the Mexican-American singer blend of Tejano music.
article_snippet: Fans will celebrate the Mexican-American singer life and legacy at the commemorative Fiesta de la Flor in Corpus Christi in mid-April.
article_snippet: Here are five things you may not know about the Mexican-American singer.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer had to learn Spanish.
article_snippet: A third-generation Texan of Mexican descent, the Mexican-American singer didn't grow up speaking Spanish.
article_snippet: Neither did the Mexican-American singer husband, Perez, who played guitar in the Mexican-American singer band and fell in Love with the Mexican-American singer on the road.
article_snippet: In Mexico, the Mexican-American singer mangled the Mexican-American singer conversations in Spanish like the rest of us, but not for long.
article_snippet: " "the Mexican-American singer said, 'It'll be cool.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer got better and better, to the point where I'd have to ask the Mexican-American singer to slow down so that I could understand what the Mexican-American singer was saying.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer sold out the Astrodome.
article_snippet: the Mexican-American singer performed several times at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Astrodome to sold-out crowds of more than 60,000 people.