Trini Lopez, 'If I Had a Hammer' Singer and Actor, Dead at 83 From Coronavirus

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Trini Lopez, 'If I Had a Hammer' singer and actor, has died at age 83 from coronavirus

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, 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. His guitars are prized by musicians, including Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl. “Today the world sadly lost yet another legend, Trini Lopez. 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 theaccount. “Every album we have ever made, from the first to the latest, was recorded with my red Trini Lopez signature guitar. It is the sound of our band, and my most prized possession from the day I bought it in 1992. Thank you, Trini for all of your contributions.

Alongside his music career, Lopez also pursued acting. In 1967, he starred alongside an ensemble cast that included Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas in Robert Aldrich’sand starred in the title role of Claudio Guzman’s 1973 film,Filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes have recently wrapped shooting a documentary about Lopez’s life.

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RIP!

The COVID is a harvester of bitter fruit. Please do your part for the old ones, once young and strong like you.

FYI Trini Lopez 60s singer died, he sang This Land Is Your Land America. He was a real American and he loved this country.

“I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this land!” 💕🙌🏼

MFortet

reviewingstand I guess he won’t be hammering in the mor-or-ning.

VoteAngryNow What a sweet sounding guitar! The sound of celebration. Gorgeous.

Rest In Peace 💐

buckinghamfount RIP Trini

This makes me sad. Growing up I heard a lot of Trini. He was one of my mom’s faves.

This sucks.

Love that song. Sad to read about his passing. Rest in peace Trini Lopez.

It's an important song, and if you heard sam Cooke sing it, youd know why. Its incredibly relevant to everything happening right now and death from covid 19 only adds irony to his death.

1964, going from Cali to NYC for the Fair and family reunion, all the songs we sang along to in the classic Ford Country Squire, his I remember most, then Dirty Dozen! RIP, thanks for it all!!!

sixties hits hit song

NancySinatra

Ohh, sweet memories! RIP

chuckgreeson Dallas guy.

thats sad even tho idk him ☹️

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