A Look Back to Joel Nava and The Border's Massive Hit 'Para Que'

Back in the nineties, Tejano music brought us so many big hits from all over Texas and Mexico, including here in the Crossroads. Back in 1995, Port Lavaca's own Joel Nava released "Para Que" and took over Tejano radio.

Joel Nava's 'Para Que' was filmed at a Texas dancehall.

Of course, many of us saw Joel Nava perform during the dancehall days at places like the Sun Valley in Victoria or the Texas Grand in Beeville. Everywhere that Joel performed was packed. "Para Que" was written by Ron Morales and Miguel Spindola. Side note: the video 'Para Que' was filmed at the Texas Grand in Beeville. This is still one of the best Tejano songs of the 90s.

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Back when the major record labels backed Tejano music.

One of the cool things about this song is that it was released under the major record label, BMG/Arista Texas. You know, back when the major labels backed Tejano music. It was off of Joel's 1995 self-titled album. The album was a mix of Tejano and Country songs that was accepted in both markets. That is something you don't really see these days.

This was around the same time that Emilio was making that crossover push between Tejano and Country. 1995 was also the year that Emilio released his all-Country album "Life is Good" under the Capital Nashville record label. At the same time, Emilio was still releasing his Tejano album under the Capitol EMI Latin label.

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Joel Nava and Emilio started the Tejano Country genre.

In my personal opinion, it was Emilio and Joel Nava that started and made a push for the Tejano Country crossover category. Joel Nava continues to perform with the Texas Border and some of his shows include Mr. David Valadez on the accordion, also from Port Lavaca.

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