Happy Birthday to Johnny Rodrigues 🍻 . 1951 Born on this day in Sabinal, Texas, was Johnny Rodriguez who became the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds. He had the 1973 US #1 Country hit “You Always Come Back to Hurting Me.” . In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music’s most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as “You Always Come Back to Hurting Me,” “Desperado,” “Down on the Rio Grande” and “Foolin’.” He ha