Abraham Quintanilla

**Abraham Issac Quintanilla, Jr.** (February 20, 1939 – December 13, 2025) was a Mexican American singer.

He was the father and manager of Tejano singer Selena, becoming her manager throughout her life.

## _Los Dinos_ era

Abraham and his close friends formed a Mexican American doo-wop band called, _Los Dinos_ beginning in the 1950s. _Los Dinos_ took to the road everywhere their music was much appreciated. Through struggles, Los Dinos signed numerous minor Texas based record companies. By the 1960s Los Dinos switched their musical styles to Tejano music due to their low popularity. Abraham quit the band to tend to his family full-time soon after his third and final child, Selena was born in 1971. Abraham began managing his children's music abilities, soon after his daughter Selena had the ability to sing high notes in perfect pitch tune and memorization.

## Selena y Los Dinos era

In the late 1970s, Abraham formed a new group composed of his three children, which was named _Selena y Los Dinos_. Abraham opened a Mexican American restaurant in 1982, which featured performances by his musically gifted children. Unfortunately, the restaurant was unsuccessful and closed in its first year. By 1984, Abraham became the children's manager full-time for live concerts, performance on television shows, and so forth with the help of the "Selena Tour Bus". In 1993, Abraham opened up his own recording studio, Q-Productions which he managed with various artists. In the same year, the "Selena Fan Club" was formed by Yolanda Saldivar who later took Selena's life. In 1995, Abraham was no longer the manager of Selena and her band Selena y Los Dinos due to an upcoming crossover album that would have propelled Selena into the main strain American pop. On March 31, 1995, Abraham's youngest child, Selena was murdered at the age of 23. Soon after her death, Abraham and his family created The Selena Foundation, a charitable organization which would help children in crisis.

## Personal life

After Selena's death, Abraham Quintanilla continued to produce new acts in the music business and film with his record company, Q-Productions. Along with this Abraham Quintanilla appeared in numerous television Selena specials.

Abraham died in Corpus Christi on December 13, 2025, at the age of 86.

## Discography

- Studio albums

|align="left"|Album information|
| --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Los Dinos** (The Guys) ** Released: 1963?|
|align="left"|**Con Esta Copa** (With This Cup) ** Released: 1964|
|align="left"|**The Dinos** (Falcon release) ** Released: 1965|
|align="left"|**2000** ** Released: 1962?|
|align="left"|**Unknown fifth release** (Bernal release) ** Released: 1967?|
|align="left"|**Unknown sixth release** (Bernal release) ** Released: 1974?|

## Filmography

|colspan=4 style="background:#b0c4de;"|Film||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997|_Selena_||Executive Producer||
|1997|_Selena Remembered_||Producer||
|2003|_Greatest Hits DVD_||Producer||
|1995–present|_Tejano Music Awards_|himself, receiving awards for Selena|rowspan="12"|TV appearances|
|1998?|_American Justice: Selena episode_|himself|||
|1998|Behind The Music: Selena the movie|himself|||
|1999|_Corpus: A Home Video for Selena_|himself|||
|2004|_Noche de estrellas: Premio lo Nuestro 2004_|himself, receiving awards for Selena|||
|2005|_Don Francisco presenta_|himself|||
|2005|_Selena: Noche de estrellas_|himself|||
|2005|_Selena !VIVE!_|himself|||
|2005|_Selena ¡vive!, acceso total_|himself|||
|2007|_Selena: Queen of Tejano_|himself|||
|2007|_Making of Selena: 10 Years Later_|himself|||

## Other websites

- IMDB profile
- Q-Productions.com web site

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Abraham Quintanilla
- **image**: Abraham Quintanilla.png
- **caption**: Quintanilla in 2020
- **birth name**: Abraham Isaac Quintanilla Jr.
- **birth place**: Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
- **death place**: Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
- **genre**: Chicano music, Chicano, doo-wop, Tejano music, Tejano
- **instrument**: Guitar
- **years active**: 1956–2025