Blog # 6

Selena Quintanilla
(1971-1995)

When I was a little girl I remember I use to love listening to Selena. Selena was a famous Latin artist often called "the queen of Tejanao music. "  My mom and dad say I use to imatate her and dance and sing to her music when I was little.(This i dont remember lol ) Only one ocasion when my mom and I were on our way to the store I remember listening to her on the radio and I was singing and the next thing I kno we get hit by a car. That was the only time I remeber me singing along to her music and I was supper scared that we had gotten hit by a car I just stopped singing. But we were ok. My parents say my uncle use to record me all the time but still today I have been able to locate those videos. Good thing because I would be emberrased to see them. lol Here is one of my favorite songs.       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAufRfxKqtU&feature=related

Selena was born to Abraham Quintanilla and Marcela Selena was a great singer though she had to take a lot of critizism as a woman latin singer she was very succesfull. Selena started singing at a young age in a band her father formed consisting of her, her brother A.B. and her sister Suzzete, called Selena y Los Dinos. Selena's father taught her brother how to play the guitar (bass) and her sister was the drummer while she was the lead singer. Mr. Qintanilla was a strict father and would force Selena and her siblings to pratice daily. They would play at their parent's restaurant, parties and fairs. When Selena was fourteen she recorded her first album in Courpus Christi, Texas. Selenas spanish wasn't the greatest and had to learn quickly. Many thought Selena would not be a successful female lead singer in the genre of Tejano music, because of the males dominated the music. Selena's father was determined to make her a successful singer and selena finishes high school thru mail. The Quintanilla family traveled between 1986 and 1989, and Selena released several albums. In 1987 Selena won FEMALE Vocalist of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards, and won for eight consecutive years.  
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkCAwx5BPOA&feature=related

In 1988, Selena met Chris Perez, who previously had his own Rock band, but then became her guitarist. Selena and  Chris began to fall in love with each other, Selena's father was mad and tried to keep them apart and even fired Chris from the band. Mr. Quintanilla thought the relationship between the two would ruin Selena's career.  Even though her father disaproved of him Selena and Chris eloped on April 2, 1992, in Nueces County, Texas. Selena confronted her father the next day after radio stations announced the marriage, her father then accepted the relationship and Pérez in the family.

On March 31, 1995, {my birthday:( } Selena was shot by a woman who worked for her. That day Selena had met up with Saldivar at her hotel who was returning some paperwork she stole from Selena. She told Saldivar she was no longer trusted by her and Saldivar pulled a gun out of her purse and shot Selena in the right lower sholder, hitting a major artery that led from Selena's heart, resulting in a massive blood loss. Selena ran to the hotel lobby and before collapsing to the floor she named Saldivar as her assailant and gave the room number where she had been shot. At 23 years old Selena was pronounced dead at 1:05 pm due to blood loss and cardiac arrest. ;(
Saldivar was taken under arrest and reamains in prison.