Trini Lopez

Recently he has announced a new CD and taken part in a benefit concert to raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The McGuires reside in California. He was still recording and appearing live in the early 2000s. As of 2004, he now only takes engagements which include a few songs and talks on a mixture of topics by both McGuire and his wife, Mari. Since then, Lopez has done much charity work and has received many honours, such as being inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2003. The duo released four albums between 1996 and 2000. He continued his musical career with extensive tours of Europe and Latin America during this period, remaining firmly within his Latin music genre; an attempt to break out by releasing a disco album in the United Kingdom in 1978 proved an embarrassing flop. He returned to the United States in the 1990s, teaming up with Terry Talbot and recording as Talbot McGuire.

He co-starred the war movie The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Antonio (1973) . In the 1980s, McGuire left the music industry and settled for a time in New Zealand. His first film appearance was in Marriage On The Rocks (1965) where he appeared with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. That year he also released a top-selling children's album Bullfrogs and Butterflies for Sparrow's subsidiary label Birdwing. During the 1960s and 1970s Lopez moved into acting as well as recording and playing, though his film career was not nearly as successful as his music. He recorded seven albums on Sprarrow, the best known of which is Cosmic Cowboy, released in 1978. He also recorded covers of other popular songs of the day, including Lemon Tree (1965), I'm Coming Home Cindy (1966) and Sally Was a Good Old Girl (1968). In 1976, he left Myrrh, joining former Myrrh executive Billy Ray Hearn's new label Sparrow Records.

He also performed his own version of the traditional Mexican song La Bamba on this album. He toured with 2nd Chapter of Acts and "a band called David" and in 1975 this collaborative effort resulted in the live double album To the Bride. The album included Lopez's most famous song, If I Had A Hammer, which reached number one in 25 countries and was a radio favourite for many years. In 1974, McGuire released his second Contemporary Christian album Lighten Up, which included a remake of "Eve of Destruction". His debut album, Trini Lopez Live at PJ's, was released in 1963. This album is also notable for the backing vocals provided by the family trio that would become known as the 2nd Chapter of Acts. Costa was greatly taken with Lopez's Latinized versions of contemporary hits and signed him up to Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. In 1973, he joined the Myrrh label and released the album Seeds.

Born Trinidad Lopez III in Dallas, Texas, he made his name on the club circuit of the American Southwest before being "discovered" in 1962 by the record producer Don Costa while playing at the PJ Club in Hollywood. McGuire converted to Christianity in 1971. Trini Lopez (May 15, 1937- ) is a Latin American singer/guitarist. He also starred for a year in the Broadway musical Hair. Official site (http://www.trinilopez.com/) (A detailed biography is available at this site.). McGuire appeared in the 1967 movie The President's Analyst with James Coburn and in Werewolves on Wheels in 1971. It includes a version of California Dreamin' with The Mamas and the Papas singing backing vocals.

The album This Precious Time was released in 1966, his second with Dunhill Records. McGuire was never again to break into the Billboard Top 40, qualifying him to hold down slot 183 in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits as well as pages 188 and 189 in The Billboard Book of One Hit Wonders. That same day the single of that name went to #1 on both charts. McGuire's LP, The Eve of Destruction reached its peak of #37 on the Billboard album chart during the week ending 1965 September 25.

Sloan. As a folk-rock solo singer in the 1960s, he was best known for his hits "Eve of Destruction" and "Sins of the Family", both written by P.F. In 1963, McGuire wrote a the Christys’ first and greatest hit single: “Green, Green.” He left the Christys in January, 1965, after recording the album "Cowboys and Indians". They both joined the New Christy Minstrels in the Spring of 1962.

In 1961, he formed a duo with Barry Kane. After living as a drifter in his late teens and early twenties, McGuire got a job singing in a bar. At age 16 he joined the United States Navy, but was discharged ten months later for being under age. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and moved to California in early childhood.

Barry McGuire (born 15 October 1935) is an American singer-songwriter.