Zambrano on late Tejano superstar Selena's impact: 'Seeing someone already achieve that makes me believe I can do the same'

Thursday (March 31) marks 27 years since Tejano music superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez was murdered by her fan club president at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi. Though Selena is gone, she continues to influence lots of people, especially Houston musician Daisy Zambrano.

According to a report from Houston ABC affiliate KTRK, Zambrano said that it's crazy for anyone not to be a fan of the late Lake Jackson-born singer.

Born in 1971, Selena emerged from humble beginnings to establish herself as the face of a music genre that was predominantly male, the Houston Daily reported. 

Selena's journey from a little girl singing in VFW halls to a young adult drawing thousands to shows was essentially a family affair, with father Abraham Quintanilla serving as producer and manager, older brother A.B. playing the bass and acting as chief songwriter and composer and older sister Suzette handling the drums, the publication reported.

"Seeing someone already achieve that makes me not only dream but believe [that you can do] the same," Zambrano said, according to KTRK.

Zambrano told KTRK that she took up music the same way Selena did. 

"My dad was also a musician," Zambrano told the station. "He had this idea one time of setting it up and we all got our assigned instruments."

That idea emerged into a band consisting of Zambrano and her four sisters. Zambrano said she plays the accordion.

Selena's biggest hits include “Como la Flor,” “No Me Queda Mas," "Amor Prohibido,” “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” “La Carcacha” and “Dreaming of You."

The latter song is the title track of the album that was supposed to launch her crossover into mainstream pop. 

Selena's connections to the Houston area are broad, the Houston Daily reported. 

Aside from her birth and subsequent childhood in Lake Jackson, according to the publication, she performed numerous shows in the area, most notably the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Astrodome for three consecutive years in the early 1990s.

In an interview with Houston CBS affiliate KHOU three decades ago, Selena said a Michael Jackson performance at HLSR inspired her to work toward appearing on the event's famous slowly rotating star-shaped stage. 

Her 1995 performance set the all-time HLSR attendance record with 66,994 people. 

San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS reported that Warner Music will release a new album consisting of what her father calls "beautiful arrangements" of her songs next month.