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Trini Lopez, ‘If I Had a Hammer’ Singer and Actor, Dead at 83 From Coronavirus - Rolling Stone
Aug 12, 2020 1 min, 25 secs
Trini Lopez, known for his Sixties hits "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree," has died from coronavirus at the age of 83.

Trini Lopez, the guitarist and singer whose renditions of “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree” climbed the charts in the 1960s and an actor who appeared in films including The Dirty Dozen, has died of complications from COVID-19, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

Born Trinidad Lopez III in Dallas, Texas to parents who were from Mexico, Lopez began his music career at the age of 15, when he formed his first band.

Frank Sinatra caught Lopez performing during his residency and in 1963, Sinatra signed Lopez to Reprise Records.

Lopez’s 1963 Reprise debut, a live album called Trini Lopez at PJ’s, produced several hits, including his rendition of “If I Had a Hammer,” written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays that hit Number One and eventually achieved gold status, and his version of the Will Holt-penned “Lemon Tree.” The album also included his take on the traditional Mexican song, “La Bamba.” He continued to release albums and hits through the Sixties as well as performed nightclubs throughout the U.S., including regular stints as a Las Vegas headliner.

He also designed two guitars for Gibson, The Trini Lopez Standard and the Lopez Deluxe, which were produced from 1964 through 1971.

Trini not only left a beautiful music legacy of his own, but also unknowingly helped shape the sound of the Foo Fighters,” Grohl tweeted via the Foo Fighters’ Twitter account.

“Every album we have ever made, from the first to the latest, was recorded with my red Trini Lopez signature guitar?

Alongside his music career, Lopez also pursued acting

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