was a group Menudo adolescents in Puerto Rico who revolutionized pop music in the 80's. Menudo rule was that at a certain age, or when hormonal changes were quite obvious, the member had to leave the group. This helped to keep the group as a "group of teenagers," because its members have always been teenagers. The group began in 1977 and still exists today, although recently changed its name to MDO, in the nineties. During the late 70's, the group released several albums that were moderate successes, during which new members replace the original. However, it was in 1981 that the album I want to be the group launched to stardom. The line-up of the band at this time was René Farrait, Johnny Lozada, Xavier Serbia, Miguel Cancel, Ricky Melendez, the only original member. The album includes hits like "I Want To Be", "Subete A Mi Moto", "Rock In The TV", "Clarity" and "Mi Banda Toca Rock."
The group became very popular throughout Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina, including Brazil. During that time, Diaz was able to afford a Lockheed JetStar that had belonged to U.S. President Richard Nixon and the Shah of Iran. The plane is named Menudo on both sides of the fuselage and made the boy band with their first own private jet. The group also had a fan base in Spain and the rest of Europe. In 1982, René Farrait was replaced by Charlie Masso Menudo and debuted with the album In Love During this surge in popularity, terms like "Menuditis" and "Menudomania" appeared in popular language, like the years before Beatlemania. His popularity was such that even starred in his own movie called An Adventure Called Menudo. The film starred Gladys Rodriguez as "My Lady" and included songs like "Clara" and "A Fly."
In early 1983 during his first visit to New York Xavier Serbia gave way to new members by Ray Reyes. Your American fan base grew, especially among young people, as evidenced by "Menudo on ABC", a series of announcements of music than four minutes that aired during the Fall 1983 season of youth-oriented American Broadcasting Company programming block Saturday morning. He also sang the theme song for ABC Rubik the Amazing Cube. Miguel Cancel became the first member to leave the group voluntarily. According to an interview in 1998, he was glad he was not able to sing their songs after a sudden change of voice and chose to leave before its scheduled departure time, therefore being replaced by Roy Rosello. In 1984, Johnny Lozada was replaced by Robby Rosa (now known as Robi Draco Rosa). With Robby, Menudo released their debut album in English for the first time reaching out to include the theme song "Like a Cannonball" for the Hollywood movie Cannonball Run 2 and their first Portuguese album Mania, both versions of some of their hits in English. a tour took place in the U.S. and Brazil during the first half of 1984.
In July 1984, Ricky Melendez, who was the only remaining original member, left the group in a big concert in your city native Caguas, Puerto Rico. He became the only member of Menudo, which lasted seven years in the group. Was replaced with student who became the group's most popular worldwide, Ricky Martin. Martin, Menudo recorded their next album Evolution in English. His popularity even parts of Asia, including Japan and the Philippines. Menudo also made English commercials for Pepsi, Scope, McDonald's and Crest during that time. He also made a guest appearance on the streets of American popular children's program Sesame. For much of the surprise of fans and himself Ray Reyes, who was the next to leave the group because a growth spurt and voice change. In a 1998 interview, said he was caught off guard when Menudo was interviewed in 1985 and the interviewer asked him what was about to leave when Edgardo Diaz said Ray was next given that Charlie was the largest at this point and was the largest group was replaced by Raymond Acevedo in 1985. During that time, Menudo released their second English album, Menudo, which contains the songs "Hold Me" (# 62 Billboard Hot 100, RCA 14 087) and "Explosion", both with the main voice of Robby Rosa. They also released their next album Yesterday and Today English and Portuguese second album A Festa Comecar Vai. Often held a successful tour in Brazil, performing in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. However, there were reports that the tour was poorly organized. At a concert in Rio de Janeiro, the capacity was 60,000 but 70,000 tickets were sold. Two women died. In São Paulo, a stadium capacity of 100 thousand were sold, with 200,000 people. In a stadium in Campinas, a city of São Paulo, it rained, and the concert, therefore, was delayed 4 hours. The film, Mixed Blood, presented scenes of Menudo was indirectly, as a Menudo with a poster on a wall and people who made purchases in a "Menudomania" store.
In 1986, Roy Rosello was replaced by Sergio Blass. Not carried out farewell concert. The group continued to release several albums this year, beginning with his solo album entitled Viva Italian! Bravo! showed in Italy in the Music Festival of San Remo. Refreshing albums in English as the album Can not Get Enough English and Portuguese Menudo album were released, respectively, over this year, followed by tours in the United States, Latin America, including Brazil and the Philippines .
internal conflicts and makeover
In January 1987, Charlie was replaced by Ralphy Rodríguez. Then the group began to meet some internal conflicts. First, Robby Rosa leaves the group without notice in the middle of a tour of Brazil, becoming the second member to leave the group voluntarily. He had apparently written a song and presented the idea to the manager who refused and allegedly taunted him, forcing him to leave. They did this so they can use the song without compensating him Robby. Robby lawyer prevented from using their song. In addition, the group withdrew from the International RCA due to record sales. As a result, signed a contract with International Melody Mexico. Charlie was asked to return the group to complete the Brazilian tour and start the summer on the U.S. tour of the street and introduce new members of Ruben Gomez.
At this point, the group underwent a complete makeover, changing its appearance to a more rugged, robust and rock image. This also applies to his music that had been described before and pop gum. We released the English album Sons of the Rock, followed by an album in English, Tagalog, the Philippines entitled Action with Ralphy and Ruben. In late 1987, Ralphy was removed from the parent group citing inadequate treatment by management. This finally came to light in 1991 when the sex scandal broke Menudo. Once again, Charlie was asked to fill in for the tour of the Philippines, which would be the last of Menudo as their popularity waned.
In early 1988, a new member of Angel Garcia joined Menudo by Ralphy Rodríguez. His final album in English entitled Children of the Rock, was released having an international hit "You Got Potential" and with "TLC" with lead vocals by Ricky Martin. In August 1988, Raymond Acevedo's contract was about to be finished, but decided to leave before the auditions were held replacement. As a result, Menudo performed as a quartet for a few months. Raymond was replaced by Robert Avellanet and Shadows and Shapes album was released later this year.
In July 1989, after five years with the group, Ricky Martin left and was replaced by Rawy Torres. Ricky Martin's last concert with Menudo was in the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The group released the album Last Heroes. This production was restored Menudo's popularity in Latin America, especially in Venezuela, where a five-part miniseries was shot to promote the album.
Although the new group is not the amazing phenomenon than it was before, now, 15 years after the group's best years, has beaten back Menudomania. Six of the most popular former have often been met in the "15 Years Later ... The Reunion" and went on a tour across America, relive the nostalgia of their old fans with a wave of Menudo things like some of the old vinyl re -released albums on CD and get the attention of all six concerts sold out in Puerto Rico and a live concert album.
This is the video of his greatest classics: Clarity!
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