Before Selena: Lydia Mendoza and More Queens of Tejano Music
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
The Library of Congress recently inducted the 1997 film Selena into the National Film Registry. In today's post, learn about the women who were Queens of Tejano music before Selena's all-too-brief reign.
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