Rick Trevino burst onto the country music scene in mid-90's. He followed in the foot steps off other popular Hispanic singers in country like Freddy Fender and Johnny Rodriguez.
A lot of country music stars were a part band or were in a different music genre before landing in hitting it big in country music. Kenny Rogers is no exception. He was part of the group "The First Edition" and before that "The New Christy Minstrels" in the 60's. His big breakthrough would come in the 70's.
On today's "retro rack" is a singer who, when she was growing , would sing in another room because she was too shy to look at company that would come over to hear her.