My father recorded Jimmy Martinez in Spanish in the early 60's and it was a big hit for him. Marty Robbins visited the Rio Grande Valley and was on the local radio station as a guest. Through the air he acknowledged the Spanish version of Jimmy Martinez and asked to meet the person that recorded the Spanish Version.

My father did not respond to Marty Robbins request to meet him, because his fellow musicians told him Marty Robbins was going to sue him for recording the song in Spanish.   Oh! by the way the little town of Reynosa is 17 miles from the border of Mexico. My father received great reviews both on the Spanish rendition of Jimmy Martinez and on his tenor voice on the Billboard of August 1961.

My Father was a very accomplished musician and recorded the song under the MAYTAG LABEL. He was a pioneer of Mexican American Music and had many hit songs through his years in the music industry. Did radio and television performances, but in the local Music Hall of Fame
in the Rio Grande valley many of these pioneers have never been acknowledged for their contribution and my father was one of them.

I inherited my fathers song book case with all his songs and bumped into the Spanish translation of Jimmy Martinez. It is a beautiful ballad and Marty Robbins rendition was beautiful too!