Who recorded "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights?"
Freddy Fender Freddy Fender (born Baldemar Garza Huerta; June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006) was an American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".
Tigers and Fireflies Tigers and Fireflies is an album released by Lynsey de Paul in 1979 on the Polydor record label. It was launched at a special event at the Mayfair Club in London, with de Paul looking similar to the 1940s film star Veronica Lake. Recorded at Long View Farm Studios and produced by Rupert Holmes, the album features lead single "Hollywood Romance" (co-written by de Paul and David Jordan) which was well received and became a radio hit, and the follow-up single "Tigers and Fireflies". Other tracks include "Losin' the Blues for You" and "Melancholy Melon", both co-written by de Paul and her boyfriend at the time, the actor James Coburn, "'Twas" was a piano bar song with a blues tinged feel that was co-written with the album's producer, Rupert Holmes. De Paul teamed up with former Eurovision singing partner Mike Moran to write the jaunty, jazzy and uptempo "Without You". The album also featured an updated, rerecording of her earlier hit single "My Man and Me", giving it a more blues/country style than the original ballad.