Country-music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s, including “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died. He was 73.

Mexican music and country music said almost the same thing, just in different languages,' the late singer said in a documentary.

Johnny Rodriguez, the award-winning Tejano artist and legendary country music star, has died at 73. His daughter Aubry Rodriguez announced the singer’s death Friday in a heartfelt post on social media.