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that the new keyboard the group had acquired made the horns obsolete and that she could stay only if she could sing. So she did. “And six months later I was discovered,” she says. “ We were performing at a wedding, and I sang just one song, the only one I knew, but this record producer who heard me didn't know that. He took us into the studio, and we won a recording contract.” {Wellington |2013 |p=26} The record producer was Albert
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ex-friend than a dead friend." The singer's
Positive Force Tour campaigned in high schools across the United States. Torres tells children that her most significant accomplishment was getting a college education during her music career while maintaining her morals. The Positive Force Tour included mini skits, participation, and dramatized scenarios of where gang membership, violence, teen pregnancy, and abusing drugs can lead children in life. Torres spoke out against prejudices towards
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values that provided Torres with a "healthy attitude and strong faith" that enabled her to obtain her life goals. The singer has inspired her fans to continue their education and has received gang-affiliated bandanas from those who quit being gang members due to Torres's influence. An entertainment critic called her "not just another female singer", while another in
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On April 19, 1988, Torres married singer-songwriter David Lucero. Her single "Te Juro" was written for Lucero in 1994; Torres wrote the song "to assure him that he was my one and only". In 2014, Lucero was arrested during a prostitution sting conducted by the San
Antonio Police Department. Lucero was
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Antonio. Her role model was her grandfather, William Torres, whom she hoped to emulate by becoming a physician. Seeing her little sister — who played the saxophone — get out of class on various occasions because she was in the school band, she took up the trumpet. Torres joined the school's
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Harmony with the hopes of raising enough money to attend college and become a pediatrician. Though the members changed after graduation, the Blue Harmony band survived and started playing for money. But the trumpeter was told
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patients and spoke to students about the dangers of joining gangs. In 1989, she headlined a concert at the Austin Opera House with Little Joe y la
Familia that provided books and other school supplies for underprivileged students as part of the Teach the Children campaign. She credits her family
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magazine awards in Austin, Texas in 1989. Torres performed at Air Force bases in the
Pacific as part of a Defense Department tour in 1989. She performed in Hawaii, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Guam, as part of the tour. The singer's single "Amor Con Amor" was the ninth most-played song on
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was the only radio station playing non-stop Tejano music. The music video for "Te Juro" was released in
December 1995 through Balboa Records, while the song was chosen by the San Antonio Tourist Bureau as a representative of the "sounds of the city". Torres was awarded as one of
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magazine's "What's Hot in Texas" for 1991. In 1992, she was named "one of the most impressive female Tejano artists" of her generation. Torres is considered a "hero" and role model in her hometown of San
Antonio during her advocacy. In 1993, she released her sixth studio album
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Songwriter Award at the
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Torres became an activist after her best friend died of a cocaine overdose in 1989. She campaigned in high schools across the United States, warning children of the dangers of doing drugs, affiliating with gangs, and teen pregnancy. In 1990, the singer signed with
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and provided 1980s-style visual aesthetics to her performances. This led her to win Female Entertainer of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards. During this time, Tejano music entered its golden age, and Torres helped define the era along with Canales,
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charged with soliciting an undercover police officer for sex. Torres refused to comment on her husband's arrest when prompted. At the time, Lucero was the events services manager at the
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written by her grandfather. It provided Torres with her first number-one single, becoming a regional success for the band. The band included Joe Martinez on drums, Rick Ramirez on
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singer. Performed for upwards of 60,000 attendees, Torres is considered "one of the most important Tejano female singers" of her generation. She performed on the
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band as their trumpet player and then formed a group with her sister called Blue Harmony. {Wellington |2013 |p=26} She graduated from
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expressed interest in signing Torres to their label, she decided to stay recording music. She subsequently released her second album
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1742:"Has Her Tejano/Rock Blend Held Patsy Torres From Major Stardom?"
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1614:"Official 35th Tejano Music Awards 2015 Highlights"
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1915:"For Singer Patsy Torres, No Regrets to Remember"
1720:"Musical Entertainers Announced for HOT Festival"
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550:. The singer also served as chairperson of the
1893:"Tejano Leading Lady Arrives for Free Concert"
593:. Torres originally recorded the song for her
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1912:Gonzalez, Maria Cortes (September 16, 1994).
229:and the Women's Hall of Fame in San Antonio.
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1591:"Patsy Torres to Heat Up SAMA July 26"
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2067:"Deliviering a Message Through Music"
1956:Jaklewicz, Greg (February 23, 1990).
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1978:Martinez, Eduardo (June 27, 2014).
1829:"Torres Concert Energizes Students"
1764:"La Mafia Wins Tejano Music Awards"
563:Texas War on Drugs Leadership Award
242:Patricia Donita Torres was born in
1870:Ferman, Mitchell (July 30, 2014).
1826:Cooper, Becky (October 12, 1995).
1804:Cabrera, Rene (November 1, 1996).
1717:Bennett, Steve (August 26, 1988).
1415:"Tejano, Conjunto Artists Honored"
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1848:Crunch, Susan (October 2, 2000).
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2000:Maldonado, Vilma (May 1, 1991).
1890:Garcia, Gus (January 26, 1994).
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262:. Torres was also influenced by
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1934:Green, Alice (March 19, 1993).
1761:Burr, Ramiro (March 23, 1987).
2114:San Miguel, Guadalupe (2002).
714:I've Got that Christmas Spirit
618:(2012) after a fundraiser for
324:Female Entertainer of the Year
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2064:Ross, Paige (July 21, 2000).
1783:Burr, Ramiro (May 18, 1996).
1739:Burr, Ramiro (July 6, 1986).
1642:(in Spanish). August 11, 1998
1597:The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
532:Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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1552:New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung
610:in San Antonio. Torres is a
544:Latin Girl Scouts of America
440:In 1990, Torres signed with
255:Thomas Jefferson High School
223:University of Incarnate Word
2347:American HIV/AIDS activists
2307:American mariachi musicians
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1851:"Company Urges Mammograms"
696:Positive Force Tour (Live)
620:St. Mary's Catholic Church
522:, Mi Amiga", sponsored by
504:Joey Records and released
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1530:Austin American-Statesman
1508:Austin American-Statesman
1420:Austin American Statesman
1398:Austin American Statesman
1371:"Entertainer of the Year"
587:Hopelessly Devoted to You
567:Tejano Roots Hall of Fame
528:Susan G. Komen Foundation
462:. Torres was featured on
424:International Star Search
227:Tejano Roots Hall of Fame
2317:American philanthropists
2192:Saldana, Hector (2015).
1981:"Laura Canales La Reina"
1959:"Patsy Torres at Rumors"
1682:Alumniandfriends.uiw.edu
1437:"Television & Radio"
571:2015 Tejano Music Awards
526:with the backing of the
515:La Prensa de San Antonio
191:1987 Tejano Music Awards
2297:American female dancers
672:Patsy Torres Y Su Grupo
540:American Cancer Society
370:Little Joe y la Familia
1486:Carlsbad Current-Argus
825:Ruiz & Korrol 2006
489:regional Mexican music
446:Amor Con Amour Se Paga
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142:Patricia Donita Torres
1834:The Victoria Advocate
1547:"Summer Sizzlers '92"
660:Amor Con Amor Se Paga
460:The Nashville Network
214:The Nashville Network
2337:Women in Latin music
1510:. September 26, 1991
573:, Torres performed "
1898:Del Rio News Herald
1640:Del Rio News-Herald
1488:. September 4, 1991
1466:. February 11, 1990
1459:"True to her Roots"
1422:. November 23, 1989
666:Con Todo El Corazon
548:San Antonio College
469:Con Todo El Corazon
455:Johnny Canales Show
316:Tejano Music Awards
278:Torres signed with
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2287:American Catholics
1664:. October 24, 2004
1620:. October 30, 2015
1444:. January 11, 1990
741:Latin music portal
591:Olivia Newton-John
552:American Red Cross
524:Sprint Corporation
169:After indie label
2226:San Antonio Woman
1576:. January 1, 1995
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1393:"Saturday Events"
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