Heritage Auctions to offer the entire estate of rock legend Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez With the Beatles Photo.
DALLAS, TX
.- Trini Lopez first appeared in the pages of his hometown newspaper on Feb. 13, 1953, his name listed among those scheduled to perform during the fourth anniversary celebration for the Spanish Club of Dallas. At the time, Trinidad Lopez III was 15 years old, a student about to drop out of Crozier Technical High School. He was not yet a protégéeof Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra s, a topper of pop charts, a friend of the Beatles or Elvis Presley, a performer on The Ed Sullivan Show, a guest on What s My Line?, a cover boy for Time, a member of The Dirty Dozen, a pen pal with presidents and friends with other pop-culture immortals.