They were formed as competition to Menudo, who were very famous in Venezuela, at the time.
Simon Bolivar International Airport at Maiquitea is also one of the places where scenes were filmed, particularly the film's ending scene where Lozada's girlfriend and another girl board a Viasa flight towards San Juan.
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Didier Hernández was chosen as a member of Menudo in 1995; two years later, Edgardo Díaz had sold the band's original name and renamed it MDO.
Aguilera, Montenegro and two other band members left the group after a problematic 1991 year that saw Menudo members Sergio Blass and Ruben Gomez get arrested upon arrival at Miami International Airport while allegedly transporting drugs and the band be almost broken by a scandal in which Ralphy Rodriguez and his father accused Edgardo Diaz and Joselo (Menudo's choreographer), among others, of sexual abuse.
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The comparatively massive leaving of Menudo members at the time opened spaces for Abel Talamantez, Cuban American Ashley Ruiz, Puerto-Rican Andy Blazquez and Dominican Alexis Grullon, among others, to join the group.
Elena is also widely recognized from Spanish sitcoms, Menudo es mi Padre with El Fary, Todo los Hombres Sois Iguales, Raquel busca su sitio and La Vida de Rita.
Es Navidad (1980) is Menudo's sixth Spanish album and the second release in 1980.
In Action (1987) is Menudo's 25th album (4th in English including two songs in Filipino, the Philippine national language).
Examples include songs such as The Damned's "New Rose" retitled "New Rosa", and Eddie and the Subtitles' "American Society" retitled "Mexican Society." The Menudo Incident also contains a version of Tejano/country musician Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", a bilingual hit when released by Fender in the 1970s.
At Menudo, López recorded two CDs: "Imagínate" -translation "Imagine That!"-, which was done in Spanish, and "Vem Pra Mim", which was released in Portuguese specifically for the band's Brazilian fan base.
Avellanet's CD debut came when Menudo recorded Sombras & Figuras, title of an album that produced hits for the group.
Menudo holds the Guinness record for largest audience in a concert, 200 thousand people at Morumbi Stadium, in São Paulo in 1984, while Rosselló was a member of the group.
The album features 11 original songs written by Shery, a song written by legendary Spanish songwriter José Luis Perales, as well as duets with Italian producer / songwriter Francesco Sondelli, Guatemalan singer Jorge "El Bardo" and another with Cuban-American vocalist Daniel René, former member of Latin Pop band Menudo / MDO.
Former Menudo Johnny Lozada also participated at the play for a number of years.
Molded in the way that Menudo, Los Chicos and Los Chamos were, but with some members who physically resembled members of No Authority, Backstreet Boys and Hanson, the group enjoyed wide popularity in Venezuela during the late 1990s.
One of WBBS's notable events occurred in 1984, when the station introduced the teen Latin pop group Menudo (which included a young Ricky Martin), to Chicago's Spanish audiences.
Serbia was known as "El rubio de oro" (The Golden Blond) he was replaced by Ray Reyes at Menudo in 1983, and later on, went to try a solo career.