Generations of puro locals and fans of smooth ‘60s tunes are mourning the loss of Arturo “Sauce” Gonzalez, the keyboardist for San Antonio’s Sunny & the Sunliners who died Wednesday, June 28, at the ...

In 1959, a group of San Antonio Chicano teenagers formed Sunny and the Sunliners, led by Sunny Ozuna. They called it the Highway 90 sound in reference to the stretch of asphalt connecting New Orleans ...

In the late 1950s, as a 15-year-old student out of San Antonio's Burbank High School, Ildefonso Fraga Ozuna had dreams of becoming a singing sensation. First, though, he needed a catchier stage name ...

Chicano soul groundbreaker Sunny Ozuna has released new music, and we couldn’t be more stoked. Released earlier this month, the single — currently available online — features the bluesy rocker “Giving ...

San Antonio's Chicano soul sound has been heralded this summer with exhibits and record releases. But many of its pioneers are still active and way more fun than black-and-white photos on a museum ...

Since becoming a star right out of high school in the late 1950s, Sonny Ozuna remains a living legend in the Texas and Latin soul scene. Compiled from highly collectible tracks released on Ozuna's ...

His first single “Talk to Me” was an R&B hit that stayed atop the Billboard Magazine music charts for more than four months. He’s a pioneer of Tejano music, a certified country star, a popular Gospel ...

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Since becoming a star right out of high school in the late 1950s, Sonny Ozuna remains a living legend in the Texas and Latin soul scene. Co ...