вЂњLittle by little, he started to convince his father to get Joe and I to join the band.вЂќ Astudillo went on to co-write вЂњComo la FlorвЂќ with A.B., and he also helped to write SelenaвЂ™s hits вЂњBidi Bidi Bom BomвЂќ and вЂњAmor Prohibido.вЂќД«y the time Selena released Ven Conmigo in 1990, A.B. вЂњWe built a really good friendship with all of the band, but there was a really good connection with A.B.,вЂќ Astudillo said. who convinced Abraham to let him and keyboardist Joe Ojeda join Selena y Los Dinos. As vocalist and songwriter Pete Astudillo told The Houston Chronicle, it was A.B. He was also integral to building out the band and paving their path to success. He later went on to write SelenaвЂ™s other hits like вЂњComo la Flor,вЂќ вЂњAmor Prohibido,вЂќ and вЂњNo Me Queda MГЎs.вЂќДЄnd A.B. Eventually, he began to move into more of a writing and producing role, penning songs like вЂњDame un BesoвЂќ with keyboardist Ricky Vela. Per Patoski, he started learning about studio electronics and radio exposure after they signed with Bob GrevГ©rвЂ™s Cara label.

started to learn more about the nuts and bolts of being a musician. When the restaurant shut down, the band hit the road, and A.B. on bass, Selena y Los Dinos often performed at their family restaurant, Papagayos, during dinner. With Selena singing, Suzette on drums, and A.B. had вЂњan obvious gift for music as well as artвЂќ and was a вЂњtalented, if somewhat introverted, guitarist in the jazz ensemble.вЂќ Rod Cannon, their teacher at Brazoswood High School in Texas, told Patoski that A.B. Though Abraham gave up his dreams of his own music career, A.B., Suzette, and later Selena all showed an aptitude for music, which led him to form the family band, Selena y Los Dinos. The bandвЂ™s popularity waned by 1969, so Abraham quit and settled down to raise A.B. According to Joe Nick PatoskiвЂ™s book Selena, Abraham would often be gone on tour for so long that A.B. was born, Abraham was still trying to make his music career with Los Dinos work.

13, 1963, the first of Marcella and AbrahamвЂ™s kids. The bassist turned songwriter helped to pen several of her hit singles, including the well-known вЂњComo la Flor.вЂќ After SelenaвЂ™s untimely death in 1995, he continued to create music and carry on her legacy, which is told in NetflixвЂ™s Selena: The Series.ДЄbraham Isaac Quintanilla III was born on Dec.

Selena Quintanilla was the face and voice of Selena y Los Dinos, but SelenaвЂ™s brother, A.B., was also a driving force behind her most famous songs.

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