Isidro López (May 17, 1929 – August 15, 2004) was a

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bandleader, influential in

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in the 1950s. Óscar Martínez joined the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1954 and penned "El Tejano Enamorado," Lopez' first hit. Signed to

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in 1954, he released more than sixty singles and eight

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s in the 1950s and 1960s for that label.
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