Sunny and the Sunliners, Carinito Vinyl LP: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sunny and the Sunliners, Carinito Vinyl LP: recording artist: Sunny and the Sunliners. maker: Key-Loc Records. Object Name: sound recording.
The object in the museum catalogue
This vinyl LP contains the “Carinito” album by Sunny & the Sunliners issued by Key-Loc Records during the late 1960s. Each side of the LP contains six songs that were produced by Rudy Guerra. Sunny and the Sunliners was a Chicano group from San Antonio that specialized in Tejano songs. Tejano music became increasingly popular in Texas around 1965. Lead singer Sunny Ozuna teamed with business manager Johnny Zaragosa to form Key-Loc Records and distribute Tejano music around the southwest United States.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording artist: Sunny and the Sunliners
- maker: Key-Loc Records
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- place made: United States: Texas, San Antonio
- ID Number: 2013.3092.02
- nonaccession number: 2013.3092
- catalog number: 2013.3092.02
- Credit Line: Gift of Norma E. Cantu
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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