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Gerardo (musician)
Gerardo Mejía (born April 16, 1965 Biography – Gerardo ''Billboard.com.'' Retrieved September 22, 2008.), better known by his mononym Gerardo, is an Ecuadorian-born American singer, rapper and actor. He gained wide visibility with his 1990s hit song " Rico Suave", and later became a recording industry executive and a Christian pastor. Personal life Mejía is married to Kathy Eicher, a former pageant titleholder who was Miss West Virginia USA 1989. They have three children: Nadia, Bianca, and Jaden. Nadia is a model who competed in pageants like her mother, and won the title of Miss California USA 2016. They have a granddaughter, Lily, and live in Kentucky. Discography Studio albums Singles * " Rico Suave" (1991; No. 7 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100), Artist Chart History – Gerardo ''Billboard.com''. Retrieved November 15, 2012. No. 87 in Australia. * "We Want the Funk" (1991; No. 16 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100) No. 128 in Australia. * "When the Lights Go Out" (1991; No. 98 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guayaquil
Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is located on the west bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil. With a population of 2,746,403 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in the country, and the fifth largest in the Andean Community. However, its urban fabric extends beyond its official urban parishes, encompassing nearby cities and parishes; thus, the Guayaquil metropolitan area reaches a population of 3,618,450, making it the most populous urban agglomeration in the nation, and also the fifth in the Andean Community. As the largest city, it is one of the two main development poles of the country—alongside Quito, the national capital—hosting Ecuador’s main business, financial, cultural, and sports institutions. After seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machete Music
Machete Music is an urban music label owned by Universal Music Group. The label was once largely associated with reggaeton music, but in recent years, it has also signed non-reggaeton artists such as Malverde, Mala Rodriguez and Chino XL. The label is part of Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Machete Music is one of the most prevalent labels in the reggaeton genre. According to Toy Selectah (also known as Toy Hernández, A&R of the label from 2004 to 2007), its president Gustavo López "suggested the name Machete, in part because of Control Machete, Hernández's former band". In 2010, the label launched its Machete Music Tour 2010 in celebration of the label's fifth anniversary. The label claims 80% of Latin Rhythm ''Billboard'' chart sales. In the five years between the label's establishment in 2005 and 2010, Machete had 27 top ten albums on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, eleven of which were number one albums. Artists signed with Machete Music * AKWID *Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 29 – Tampere Ice Stadium, Hakametsä, the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in Tampere. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauly Shore Is Dead
''Pauly Shore Is Dead'' is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film directed, produced, co-written by, and starring Pauly Shore. The film is depicted as a semi-autobiographical retelling of Shore's early success and dwindling popularity in the late 1990s, after which it documents Shore's (fictional) attempt to fake his own death in order to drum up popularity for his films. It features many cameos. Plot The film begins as an autobiographical look at Shore's early professional successes on MTV and as the star of a series of '90s comedies. Shore's film career leads to his taking a starring role in a vehicle on the Fox Network, in which he plays the slacker son of a millionaire. The pilot of the series turns out to be a commercial and critical failure, and Shore becomes a pariah virtually overnight, with his friends distancing themselves from him for fear that it will tarnish their own careers. Shore is ultimately reduced to living in his mother's attic and watching ''BackDoor Slut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Million To Juan
''A Million to Juan'' is a 1994 romantic comedy film starring comedian Paul Rodriguez. It was also his directorial debut. The story is a modern spin on Mark Twain's 1893 story " The Million Pound Bank Note". Plot Alejandro Lopez narrates the events of his father Juan Lopez's life, and how by selling oranges he changed their lives. A man named Juan is born on a strawberry field in Bakersfield, California, but due to hardship, his mother decided to relocate to Mexico. As an undocumented citizen (due to no proof of US citizenship), Juan struggles in Los Angeles not only to get a green card, but to care solely for Alejandro after Juan's wife's death. Juan sells oranges near a freeway. He lives with two roommates and his young son. He loves to cook and feed them creative meals as he tries desperately to raise Alejandro. He is stressed as he battles landlords and immigration. One afternoon, a stranger in a limousine finds Juan, on the street corner, broke. The wealthy stranger real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supercarrier (TV Series)
''Supercarrier'' is an American military drama television series that aired on ABC from March 6 until May 14, 1988. It features US Navy Pilots aboard the fictional aircraft carrier USS ''Georgetown''. It suffered from low ratings against CBS's ''Murder, She Wrote'' and NBC's ''Family Ties'' also '' Day by Day'', and only lasted eight episodes before being cancelled. Cast * Robert Hooks as Capt. Jim Coleman * Ken Olandt as Lt Jack "Sierra" DePalma * Paul Gleason (pilot episode) * Cec Verrell as Lt Ruth "Bee-Bee" Ruthkowski * John David Bland as Lt Doyle "ANZAC" Sampson * Gerardo Mejía as Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Luis Cruz * Michael Sharrett (pilot episode) * Matthew Walker as Seaman Raymond Lafitte * Tasia Valenza (pilot episode) * Wendie Malick (pilot episode) * Denise Nicholas (pilot episode) * Scott Kraft (pilot episode) * Craig Stevens (pilot episode) * Thomas Beck (pilot episode) * Alex Hyde-White as Lt Dave "Hat Trick" Rawley * Dale Dye as Capt Henry K. 'Hank' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colors (film)
''Colors'' is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles: late-1980s South Central Los Angeles, Echo Park, Westlake and East Los Angeles. The film centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department C.R.A.S.H. officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. ''Colors'' relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after '' Easy Rider'', and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence. Plot Two policemen, "Uncle" Bob Hodges, a respected LAPD officer and Vietnam veteran, and rookie officer Danny McGavin, have just been teamed together in the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit that patrols Northwest Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and South Los Angeles. Hodg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Buy Me Love (film)
''Can't Buy Me Love'' is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The film takes its title from a Beatles song of the same title. Plot Ronald Miller is a typical high school nerd living in suburban Tucson, Arizona. He has spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope. At an opportune moment, he makes a deal with next-door neighbor and popular cheerleader Cindy Mancini. She had borrowed her mother's expensive suede outfit without permission to wear to a Labor Day party, only to have wine accidentally spilled on it. Cindy reluctantly agrees to help Ronald look "cool" by posing as his girlfriend for a month for $1,000 (which was used to replace the ruined outfit), although she already has a boyfriend, Bobby, who is attending the University of Iowa. Ronald then trades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie J
Francisco Javier Bautista Jr. (born December 7, 1975) better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican-American singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings. Born in Mexico, he grew up in San Diego and became a freestyle artist under the stage name Frankie Boy in the late 1990s. He then joined Kumbia Kings before re-embarking on a solo career. Frankie J's solo debut album, ''What's a Man to Do'', was released in 2003, followed by more English and Spanish language albums. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his album ''Faith, Hope y Amor'' in 2013 for Best Latin Pop Album. Early life Bautista was born in Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and raised in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, from the age of two, after his uncle brought him and his siblings to the United States. He grew up listening to both traditional Latin music as well as American urban music. He attended Southwest Senior High School in San Diego. He later began to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Zurdo
Alexis Vélez Alberio, also known as Alex Zurdo, is a Puerto Rican Christian music rapper and songwriter. He has almost a dozen musical productions, and has been awarded the GMA Dove Award and Arpa Awards, having also been nominated for a Latin Grammy, and a Tu Música Urbano award. He has been the main artist in various concerts and events around Latin America, sharing stages with Funky, Vico C, Marcos Witt, Christine D'Clario, Tercer Cielo, Danilo Montero, Marcos Vidal, and collaborated with artists such as Olga Tañón, Gabriel Rodríguez EMC, among others. Musical career Alex Zurdo was born on June 10, 1983, in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. At the age of 11 he wrote his first rap songs. At 13, he had his first piano and learned to play it himself. In the following years he participated in several non-Christian rap and reggaeton productions as "''Zurdo''", in duet with Rey Blasto, Zurdo did also a duet with Blasto in 2003 in the album ''Rolexx: La Hora De La Venganza''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky (artist)
Luis Raúl Marrero (born January 23, 1974), also known by his stage name Funky, is a Puerto Rican rapper and songwriter. With seven solo albums and multiple jobs as a producer, Marrero is internationally recognized as a hip hop and reggaeton Christian artist. He has collaborated with Christian music musicians, including Marcos Witt, Jesus Adrian Romero, and KJ-52. Marrero has been nominated for two Latin Grammy awards. Funky has collaborated and produced for singers Vico C, Manny Montes, KJ-52, Marcos Witt, Israel & New Breed, Julissa, DJ Blass, Redimi2, Musiko, Alex Zurdo, Lilly Gooman, and others. Background Marrero was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 23, 1974. He began to explore music at the age of 15 under the influence of Puerto Rican Vico C, with whom he would later work on two of his nine albums. In 1997, he met Vico C, with whom he established a friendship and a business. They collaborated on an album, marking an important stride in Marrero's musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vico C
Luis Armando Lozada Cruz (born September 8, 1971), known by his stage name Vico C, is an Puerto Rican rapper, singer and record producer. Regarded as the founding father of reggaeton, Vico C has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip-hop and urban music. Early life and influence He was born in New York and raised in Puerto Rico. Nicknamed ''El Filósofo del Rap'', ("The Philosopher of Rap"), Luis Armando Lozada Cruz adopted the professional name Vico C. Vico C describes reggaeton as "essentially hip-hop but with a flavor more compatible to the Caribbean". As one of the founders of hip-hop in Spanish, Vico C was able to show that it was possible for one to be able to rap entirely and compellingly in Spanish using just occasional English phrases or slang terms. He can be seen in the rap movement as far back as its "underground" days ghostwriting and producing music for other young performers in the Puerto Rican rap scene. Vico C grew up in the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
