Edward Aguilera
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Edward Aguilera is a singer
Singing
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from Spain
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. Aguilera was a member of Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
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boy band
Boy band
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Menudo
Menudo (band)
Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era....
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Singing career
Aguilera became the only EuropeEurope
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an in Menudo in 1991. Edgardo Diaz
Edgardo Díaz
Edgardo Díaz born in Panama City, Panama, is the creator of the "boy band" Menudo. The son of Puerto Ricans, Díaz grew up in Caguas, Puerto Rico....
had plans to internationalize the band's line-up at the time, as all Menudos from past eras had been Puerto Ricans. When Aguilera joined, he became a bandmate of Menudo's first non-Puerto Rican member, Mexico
Mexico
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's Adrian Olivares. Jonathan Montenegro
Jonathan Montenegro
Jonathan Montenegro , is a well known Venezuelan actor and singer. Montenegro was a member of popular boy band Menudo.-Biography:...
, a Venezuela
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n who was the first South America
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n Menudo, also became a member of the group at the time that Aguilera joined. For a small period, Aguilera became a teen idol in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
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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 on arrival at Miami International Airport
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while alleguedly transporting drugs and the band be almost broken by a scandal in which Ralphy Rodriguez
Ralphy Rodríguez
Ralphy Rodriguez is a singer and former member of Menudo. He replaced Charlie Masso.He joined Menudo in early 1987, at a time that the group's worldwide fame was still strong, although it had begun to wane. He was popular among Menudo fans, and was a member of a Menudo line-up that included Ricky...
and his father accuse Edgardo Diaz
Edgardo Díaz
Edgardo Díaz born in Panama City, Panama, is the creator of the "boy band" Menudo. The son of Puerto Ricans, Díaz grew up in Caguas, Puerto Rico....
and Joselo (Menudo's choreographer), among others, of sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
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. The charges against Diaz and Joselo were never proven, but Olivares was the only member not to leave the band.
The comparatively massive leaving of Menudo members at the time opened spaces for Abel Talamantez
Abel Talamantez
Abel Talamantez Mendoza , is a Mexican American singer. He is currently a singer for the band Cruz Martínez Y Los Super Reyes. He used to be in the bands Menudo, MDO, and A.B...
, Cuba
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Ashley Ruiz, Puerto-Rican Andy Blazquez and Dominican
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Alexis Grullon, among others, to join the group.
Edward Aguilera left the group without recording any CDs with them.