By Joe Nick Patoski – CowboysIndians.com – Image Not Credited.
Image: Record Cover For Lydia Mendoza.
Tejano trailblazers Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez, and Bruno Villarreal were among the first Mexican-Americans in Texas to make records. Mendoza, a singer known as the Lark of the Border, came from a San Antonio family of traveling musicians.
