Jonny Martinez

Jonny Martinez (born John Martin Martinez, May 6, 1969, San Antonio, Texas) is an Tejano Tejano/country singer, producer, arranger, composer, and songwriter, based in San Antonio, Texas. He has positioned himself as an independent artist who is interested in recording authentic Tejano, Tex-Mex and country music. He has been recording since 1988, to include "Que Bonita"(1991 Carino Records), "Caminos Chuecos" (1995 Joey International), "Ron Con Coca Cola" (1998 AMI Records)), "Mujer Mexicana" (2001 AMI Records Latin), "La Callejera" (2004 AMI Records Latin), "Lo Mejor de Jonny Martinez" (AMI Records Latin 2007) "Dedicado A Mi Madre" (2010 AMI Records Latin)and "Admirando a Mi Padre" (2015 AMI Records Latin). Martinez, owner and producer of AMI Records Latin, signed Rebecca Valadez in 2005 and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2006 for Best Tejano Album. In 2007, he also participated as a recording engineer for Ram Herrera, in which the CD was nominated for Best Tejano Album. In 2008 & 2009, Martinez was involved in yet two more CD projects as an engineer with Grammy Nominations under Sunny Sauceda for Tejas Records.
Martinez is following in the footsteps of his father, Tejano Hall of Fame inductee Anselmo "El Chemiro" Martinez, who has traveled coast to coast, recording 13 albums, writing hundreds of world Tejano music and currently singing and writing Christian music with compositions of 146 original songs. Jonny Martinez has ventured into 28 U.S. states, covering Mexico by touring in Monterrey, San Luis, Potosi and Durango.
By age 16, had his debut on-air radio broadcast on San Antonio’s KEDA-AM radio station, where he sang an old standard hit "La Bamba", and was interviewed by Guero Polkas on KEDA in San Antonio, Texas. In January 1990, Martinez won the All campus Southwest Texas State Talent show as a Sigma Nu by singing his rendition of "La Bamba" and "Twist and Shout". Martinez altered those skills with his father by recording an album on Carino Records, with his new group called John Martinez y Carino. Martinez continued his education at Missouri Valley College and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and an MBA from University of Phoenix. The singer was anxious to record again and began soon after graduating. After interning at Custom Recording Studio with Toby Torres, Jonny Martinez began working as an audio engineer by recording Flaco Jimenez. Joey Records signed two solo artists on July 6, 1994; Jonny Martinez and Michael Salgado.
Discography
Albums in order from newest to oldest
Back To Basics
Te Recomiendo Esa Ingrata
Dona Juana
Un Rinconcito (Featuring Eddie Gonzalez)
Que Chulos Ojos
Mil Noches (Duet with Marco Jaime)
Puno De Tierra (Duet with Marco Jaime)
El Porro De Jaime
Chaparra De Mi Amor (Duet with Pete Gutierrez)
Vida (Featuring Pete Gutierrez)
Por Una Mujer Casada
A Medias De La Noche
Te Recomiendo Esa Ingrata (Long Version)
Admirando A Mi Padre
Caminos Chuecos
Un Raton
Hasta Que Llegaste tu
El Paraiso
Amorcito Consentido
No Olvides Que te Quiero
Mi Nombre Completo
Jamaican Mi Crazy
Anoche
Te Quiero Dar Mi Amor
Mi Ranchito
Los Laureles
Dedicado A Mi Madre
Mi Lindo Tesoro
Fijate Mama/La Mucura/La Media Naranja/
Dos Ojas Sin Rumbo
Maria Isabel
Margaritaville
No Volvere
Cowboy Cumbia
Muy Grande
I've Got a Never Ending Love
Por El Amor A Mi Madre
Con Mis Ojos Llorosos
Un Presentimiento
Jingle Bells
Lo Mejor De Jonny Martinez y Mas
Mi Florecita
Mujer Mexicana
Cumbia Barriente
Mujer Paseada
Rosa Maria
Caminos Chuecos
Para Que Quiero Tus Besos
Esa Morenita
Nadie Nos Separara
La Musiquera
Libro Abierto
Cumbia De La Guitarra
Tu Te Vas
Ritmo De La Ola
Chaparrita De Oro
Fiesta Sabrosura
Tu Traicion
Boom Boom Boom
Nuestro Amor
La Callejera
El Cafetal
La Callejera
Ni Los Pleatos
La Callejera
Nuestro Amor
Tu Tracion
Cumbia de la Guitarra
Fiesta Sabrosura
Esa Morenita
Victors Special #1
Boom Boom Boom
Pobre
Mujer Mexicana
Mujer Mexicana
El Cafetal
Mujer Paseada
Libro Abierto
Mi Guerita
Que Linda Mujer
La Suegra
Simon Blanco
Tengo Un Amorcito
Cambiar de Camino
Ron Con Coca Cola
Ron Con Coca Cola
Chaparrita De Oro
Tu Amor
Cambiar De Camino
Tengo Un Amorcito
Ni Tu Ni Nadie Mas
Rodeo Palace
Bravomania
Mi Guerita
Hijo De Tejas
Caminos Chuecos
Caminos Chuecos
La Musiquera
Pinte Mi Cuarto
Ritmo De la Ola
Nadie Nos Separara
Viejo Libro
Tu Retrato
Porque sin ti
Que Lindos Ojos
Me Enamore
Que Bonita
Que Bonita
Que Bonitos Ojos
Cuando Estare
Como
Cambiar De Camino
Ratoncito
Que Hare Yo
Negrita Linda
Carinito
Nuestros Besos
References
The Caliente Column
Contacto Latino Magazine
The Voice of Tucson Arizona Magazine
Ramiro Burr's Concert Article on Jonny Martinez
Jonny Martinez Album Lo Mejor de Jonny Martinez
Joey International Records
Grammy Awards Category 62 Nominations
Shoot it music Publishing
External links
jonnymartinez.net - Home
KEDA RADIO JALAPEÑO
1969 births
Living people
American male singers
Tejano musicians
American musicians of Mexican descent
Hispanic and Latino American musicians
Spanish-language singers of the United States