Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951)[1] is an American country music singer.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'."

He sang frequently in his cell and was overheard by Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, who was impressed and told promoter "Happy" Shahan about him.

(The common story told is that he was arrested after he and some friends were caught stealing and barbecuing a goat, although Jackson would later state that Rodriguez was in jail simply for an unpaid fine.

)[3][4] Shahan then hired Johnny to perform at his local tourist attraction called the Alamo Village.

[citation needed] Hall soon found work for Rodriguez fronting his band, as well as writing songs.

In addition to his success in country music, he also had a role on the television show Adam-12 and also made a guest appearance on The Dating Game in 1974.

1 on the country chart: "I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind" "Just Get Up and Close the Door," and "Love Put a Song in My Heart.

Despite the outlaw movement fading from view in the late 1970s, Rodriguez was determined to stay on top of his game.

[1] In 1982, he did a duet with Zella Lehr on the song "Most Beautiful Girl (La Chica Mas Linda)."

In August 1998, Rodriguez shot and killed a 28-year-old acquaintance in his Texas home, believing the man to be a burglar.

Since 1998, Rodriguez has toured the United States and further afield including Switzerland, Poland, UK, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico.

Rodriguez continues to tour and record new material, performing dates in the United States and Canada.

Rodriguez was first married to Linda Diann Patterson, a Southern Airways flight attendant from Conyers, Georgia.

[9] His most recent marriage was to Debbie McNeely, a hair salon owner from San Marcos, Texas, in 1998, with whom he had a daughter, Aubry Rae Rodriguez born in April 1998.