It was sixty-something years ago when Sunny Ozuna’s parents  would drag the 66-year-old musical living legend and his siblings to a good spot on W. Houston Street and they would watch the Fiesta Flambeau Parade seated on a tall cone-shaped tomato basket, which his father paid a dime for each one.

"El Rey Feo was the big thing because he had this colorful hat and uniform full of medals," Ozuna said as he reminisced of days gone by.

"So I really don’t remember seeing any famous movie or television stars," he added.

In April, the tables turned for the revered entertainment icon when he was honored with his own float as Honorary Grand Marshal and got to be a part of the world famous parade.

In 1963, the consume showman climbed to the top of Billboard magazine’s Top Ten charts and appeared on Dick Clark’s "American Bandstand" thus earning a place in the annuals of American mainstream music.

In spite of his fame, the Grammy Award winner has always been known to be generous and unselfish. So when he was selected to be Honorary Grand Marshall, he asked permission to share his float and the spotlight with five other Tejano music living legends.

"The theme of the parade was ‘Legends in Music’ and I said to myself, ‘what, if I were to invite a handful of oldies artists from my era?’

"Those that had no commitments or chose to give up a Saturday night gig were fellow "American Bandstand" alum Rene Rene, Jimmy Edward, Joe Bravo, Rudy Tee of the Reno Bops plus Gilbert Rodríguez of the Blue Notes."

Thus the ever the humble star scored another hit and gave parade goers the opportunity to see so many musical legends all at once.

That is the story behind this photo of the legends atop Sunny’s float.