Anselmo Martinez
Anselmo "El Chemiro" Martínez is a popular Tejano singer, songwriter and musician. He gained prominence in the mid-1960s by recording orchestra music influenced by Glenn Miller, and by subsequently introducing the style coast to coast as he was touring and recording his original compositions. He has released 13 albums, 248 original songs and over 200 popular song recordings. Martínez in his 80s still performs and has written 261 Gospel songs releasing 5 gospel CDs. He is the President of The Guadalupanos at St. Gabriel’s Church. Anselmo “El Chemiro” Martínez, is an inductee to the TTMA Tejano Hall  of Fame. Career. Currently, Anselmo "El Chemiro" Martínez is promoting his latest release Admirando A mi padre under AMI Music Group in San Antonio, Texas. Martínez latest Recording is a Father and Son release with producer and label CEO Jonny Martinez. This CD is predominantly a blast from the brilliant past of Anselmo's career by re-recording Caminos Chuecos and some of his major hits along with the orchestra style of the 1950s that Martínez recorded. As an 88 year old artist Martínez has been able to be included in the Tejano Legends Cruise and will perform on Carnival  Cruise Lines in January 2016 in support of promoting this latest album. In 1949, he began with a small Conjunto called Conjunto Gauna and debut their performance on KVOU radio in Uvalde, Texas. He slowly began climbing the charts with his biggest original hit "Caminos Chuecos" on 45rpm record with the flip side a recording called "Nadie Nos Separara". Born in Dunlay, Texas and raised in the Central part of Texas, comes a living legend in his own rite in which he follows in his father Jesus Martínez' footsteps, originally from Morelos, Coahuila, Mexico. Anselmo Martínez was in the late  1960s at the pinnacle of his career with an orchestrated sound of trumpets and saxophones combined with his own original style. Inspired by the Glenn Miller Band during his younger years, Martínez incorporated his written arrangements to accompany more than 250 Spanish compositions of his own. Traveling the United States from Coast to Coast for more than 15 years, Anselmo Martínez has performed extensively in 40 states. Discography. Albums in order from newest to oldest