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The love story of Selena Quintanilla and Chris Perez is known to almost everyone. The ‘Queen of the tex-mex’ and the guitar loved each other passionately and faced some obstacles to stay together, they even defended their love with all the weapons of the singer’s father, Abraham Quintanilla , who did not want his daughter to go out with a musician. Nevertheless, there was another member in Tell us what was enamored with Selena.
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Quintanilla and Pérez joined their lives after overcoming various problems, especially the opposition of Abraham Quintanilla, the father of the performer of “Com la flor”, who even fired the guitarist when he learned the romance he kept secret with the his daughter.
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The couple had plans for the future, they wanted to build a house to raise their family and have at least five children. However, his dreams were thwarted when Yolanda SaldívarThe singer’s best friend killed her when she found out he was being robbed.
Selena Quintanilla she was at the pinnacle of success when she was murdered, so her death was a severe blow to her fans and the music world. Although 26 years have passed since this terrible event, her fans still remember her with great affection, especially after the premiere of “Selena: The Series”, the Netflix biopic that relives the most important moments in the life of the Queen of the Tex Mex.
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SELENA QUINTANILLLA: PETE ASTUDILLO, THE FORMER DINOS WHO LOVED THE SINGER IN SECRET
Netflix’s “Selena: The Series” has once again put the story of Selena Quintanilla in the spotlight. While everyone knows the romance between the Queen of Tex Mex and guitarist Chris Perez, few know that another member of Tell Us was in love with the singer in secret.
This is Pete Astudillo, who in addition to being part of the Quintanilla group, also acted as co-author of some songs, such as the hit song “Com la flor”.
Pete was a member of Selena and the Tell Us, from 1989 to 1993, that is, two years before the murder of the singer. He was the voice of support and chorister.
In addition, alongside AB Quintanilla, Pete Astudillo wrote the greatest hits of the queen of the Tex Mex: “Like the Flower”, “Forbidden Love”, “The Carcacha” and “What You Believed”, are some of the songs that had their authorship.
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While part of Los Demos, in 1992 Pete released his solo album entitled “Entrega’t a mi” and a year later released his second album “Com Ningú”.
To focus on his career, Pete left the Quintanilla family grouping. Although he never moved away from Selena’s family as they were close and returned to work together later.
Although no longer part of the group, the musician collaborated on the 1994 album “Forbidden Love”. The production included three songs he composed with AB Quintanilla: Forbidden Love, Techno Cumbia and His One Sometimes.
One says that Pete was enamored with Selena then, besides always collaborating for discs of the queen of the Tex Mex, after its death sent its third album like titled soloist “As I Strange” to you; , which included a song of the same name, is dedicated to the singer.
