Honors
- Academy of Country Music (1975) - "Most Promising Male Vocalist"
- Country Music Association (1975) - "Single of the Year" for "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
- Grammy nominations in 1975, 1976, and 1997
- Tejano Music Hall of Fame (1987)
- Inaugural Balls - Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush
- Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album (1990) - for the Texas Tornados
- European Walk of Fame (1993) - in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Freddy Fender Lane (1994) - dedicated in his hometown of San Benito, Texas
- Hollywood Walk of Fame (1999)
- Texas Music Hall Of Fame (1999)
- Nashville Sidewalk of Stars (1999)
- Grammy Award "Best Mexican/American Performance" (1999) - for Los Super Seven
- Louisiana Hall Of Fame (2001)
- Grammy Award "Best Latin Pop" (2002) - for La Musica de Baldemar Huerta
- Annual Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award
Read more about this topic: Freddy Fender
Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“The sire then shook the honors of his head,
And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)