Sixto Rodriguez was a rock star who didn't even know it for years. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) Sugar man. SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went ...
The musician Rodriguez has died at age 81, a long life by any standard, but especially for his most passionate fans who once thought he died decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) MALIK ...
Detroit musical artist Sixto Diaz Rodriguez died at 81 years of age on Tuesday. The sixth son of a Native American mother and a Mexican-American steelworker, his music reached a significant US ...
Who were the most important American songwriters after Woodstock? Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Rodriguez. Everyone knew that where I was growing up, among the malcontent teenagers of white suburbia in ...
A remembrance of musician Sixto Rodriguez. The singer-songwriter was catapulted to stardom, late in life, with the documentary, "Searching for... Remembering Sixto Rodriguez, South Africa's surprise ...
SIMON: Released two albums in the early 1970s. They went nowhere in America. But in South Africa, he became a megastar. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) For a blue coin, won't you ...
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