Johnny Rodriguez has been played on NTS shows including Bump City w/ Billy Goods , with El Encuentro first played on 11 May 2018.

Johnny Rodriguez (born Juan Raoul Davis Rodriguez on 10 December 1951; died 9 May 2025) was an American Tejano and Texas country music singer remembered for infusing his music with Latin sounds, including singing verses of songs in Spanish. He was the first charting Latin American country music singer

Rodriguez got his break after being discovered by Bobby Bare and parlayed that into a gig playing in Tom T. Hall's backing band. By the early 1970s he had moved on from being Hall's "secretary" of the road, scribbling down Hall's ideas, into his own chart success as one of country music's most successful male artists of the 70s and 80s. He recorded a string of hit songs, including "You Always Come Back To Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He recorded six No. 1 country hits during his career.

Rodriguez was honored by three U.S. presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He played at George H.W. Bush's inaugural ball.

On August 18, 2007, Rodriguez was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, located in Carthage, Texas.

On October 23, 2010, Rodriguez received the Institute of Hispanic Culture Pioneer Award, in recognition of his accomplishment as the first major Hispanic singer in country music.