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{{Infobox musical artist
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| Name = Abraham Quintanilla
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Abraham Issac Quintanilla Jr<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/</ref>
| Alias = Abraham, Abraham Quintanilla
| Born = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1939|2|20}}<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/</ref>
| Origin = [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/</ref>
| Instrument = Vocals
| Genre = [[Polka music|Polka]], [[Doo-wop]], [[Tejano music|Tejano]]
| Occupation = Singer-songwriter, record producer
| Associated_acts = [[Los Dinos (Generation I)|Los Dinos]], [[Selena y Los Dinos]], [[Selena]], [[A.B. Quintanilla III]], [[Suzette Quintanilla]], [[Chris Perez]]
| Years_active = 1950s - 1972
| Spouce = Marcella Ophelia Zamora (June 3, 1963 - present)<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/bio</ref>
| Label = [[Falcon Records]]
| URL = [http://www.q-productions.com Q-Productions]
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'''''Abraham Issac Quintanilla Jr''''' (born: February 20, 1939) is a [[Mexican American]] singer-songwriter and record producer who became [[Selena]]'s manager throughout her life.
==Los Dinos era==
Abraham and his close friends formed a Mexican American doo-wop band called, ''Los Dinos'' beginning in the [[1950s]]<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/selena</ref>. "Los Dinos" took to the road everywhere their music was much appreciated. Through struggles, Los Dinos sighed numerous minor Texas based record companies<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/selena</ref>. By the [[1960s]] Los Dinos switched their musical styles to [[Tejano music]] due to their low popularity. Abraham quite the band to tend to his family full time soon after his third and final child, [[Selena]] was born in 1971. Abraham became managing his children's music abilities, soon after his daughter Selena had the ability to sing high notes in perfect pitch tune and memorization<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/selena</ref>.
==Selena y Los Dinos era==
In the late [[1970s]], Abraham formed a new group including his three children under the ''[[Selena y Los Dinos]]'' title<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref>. Abraham created a Mexican American restaurant in 1982, including his musical gifted children, who performed altogether on the dance floor. Unfortunately, due to the low economy the restaurant was forced to close before it's first year<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref>. By 1984, Abraham became the children's manager full time for live concerts, performance on television shows, and so forth with the help of the "Selena Tour Bus"<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref>. In 1993, Abraham opened up his own recording studio, [[Q-Productions]] which he managed with various artists<ref>http://www.q-productions.com/about.html</ref>. In the same year, the "Selena Fan Club" was formed from [[Yolanda Saldivar]] who later took Selena's life<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref>. In 1995, Abraham was no longer the manager of [[Selena]] and her band [[Selena y Los Dinos]] due to an upcoming [[crossover (music)|crossover]] album that would've impelled Selena into the main strain [[American pop]]<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref>. On March 31, 1995, Abraham's youngest child, Selena was murdered at the age of 23. Soon after her death, Abraham and his family decided to release [[The Selena Foundation]] a [[charitable organization]] which would help children alike in crisis, due to Selena's popularity to young children<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref><ref>http://www.q-productions.com/selenafoundation.html</ref>.
==Personal life==
Abraham Quintanilla continues to produce new acts in the music business and film<ref>http://www.q-productions.com/film.html</ref> with his record company, [[Q-Productions]]<ref>http://www.q-productions.com/about.html</ref>. Since Selena's death, Abraham Quintanilla appeared in numerous television [[Selena filmography|Selena specials]]<ref>http://i-search-design.com/search/+Abraham+Quintanilla</ref><ref>http://www.q-productions.com/management.html</ref>.
==Discography==
;Studio albums
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!align="left"|Album information<ref name="TMA10">{{Cite episode |title=30th [[Tejano Music Awards]] |episodelink= |series= |serieslink= |credits= |network= |station= |airdate=11 July 2010 |season=30 |seriesno=301 |number= |minutes=80 |quote= |language=[[Spanish language|Spanish]]}}</ref>
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|align="left"|'''[[Los Dinos (album)|Los Dinos]]''' (The Guys)
**Released: 1963?
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|align="left"|'''[[Con Esta Copa (album)|Con Esta Copa]]''' (With This Cup)
**Released: 1964
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|align="left"|'''[[The Dinos (album)|The Dinos]]''' (Falcon release)
**Released: 1965
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|align="left"|'''[[2000 (Los Dinos album)|2000]]'''
**Released: 1962?
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|align="left"|'''Unknown fifth release''' (Bernal release)
**Released: 1967?
|-
|align="left"|'''Unknown sixth release''' (Bernal release)
**Released: 1974?
|-
|}
==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ;
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#b0c4de;" | Film
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/ |title=Abraham Quintanilla's filmography |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[imdb.com]] |accessdate=2 January 2011}}</ref>
! style="background:#ccc;" | Film
! style="background:#ccc;" | Role
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
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|1997
| ''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]''
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| Executive Producer
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| 1997
| ''[[Selena Remembered]]''
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| Producer
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| 2003
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Selena album)|Greatest Hits DVD]]''
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| Producer
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#b0c4de;" | Television
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;" | Year
! style="background:#ccc;" | Title
! style="background:#ccc;" | Role
! style="background:#ccc;" | Notes
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| 1995–present
| ''[[Tejano Music Awards]]''
| himself, receiving awards for Selena
|rowspan="12"| TV appearances
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| 1998?
| ''[[American Justice|American Justice: Selena episode]]''
| himself
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| 1998
| [[Behind The Music|Behind The Music: Selena the movie]]
| himself
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| 1999
| ''Corpus: A Home Video for Selena''
| himself
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| 2004
| ''Noche de estrellas: Premio lo Nuestro 2004''
| himself, receiving awards for Selena
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| 2005
| ''Don Francisco presenta''
| himself
|-
| 2005
| ''Selena: Noche de estrellas''
| himself
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Selena !VIVE!]]''
| himself
|-
| 2005
| ''Selena ¡vive!, acceso total''
| himself
|-
| 2007
| ''Selena: Queen of Tejano''
| himself
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| 2007
| ''Making of Selena: 10 Years Later''
| himself
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704148/ IMDB profile]
*[http://www.q-productions.com Q-Productions.com web site]
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|NAME = Quintanilla, Abraham III
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer-songwriter
|DATE OF BIRTH = February 20, 1939
|PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], United States
|DATE OF DEATH =
|PLACE OF DEATH =
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