Melina León
Melina León (born Yamillette Aponte Yunqué on 12 July 1973 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican merengue singer and actress. From an early age she performed with several groups including ''The Rubi'', ''Girls of Puerto Rico'' and ''The Cherries'', with whom she appeared in several San Juan hotels. Her first recording, ''Mujeres Liberadas'', appeared in 1997 on the Tropix Music label. This was followed in 1998 with a Sony release, ''Con Los Pies Sobre La Tierra''. By 2003, she was also performing as an actress on television movies such as: "Yo Creo en Santa Claus" in 2004, broadcast by Televicentro in Puerto Rico, and Wapa America in the United States, among others, and has received several popular awards and had several successful albums and singles on the Billboard Tropical and Latin charts. Musical career León started singing as a girl in musical festivals and music contests. At the age of 15, she joined a group called Las Cheris (The Cherries). After that s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Río Piedras () (Spanish language, Spanish for ''stones river'') is a highly urbanized commercial and residential district in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the capital Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico. Adjacent to the Hato Rey business center and concentrated in the Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico, barrios of Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Pueblo, Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Universidad, Hato Rey Sur, El Cinco, San Juan, Puerto Rico, El Cinco, and Monacillo Urbano, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monacillo Urbano, it is about from the Old San Juan historic quarter, Condado (Santurce), Condado and Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, Isla Verde resort areas, and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, SJU airport. It has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, main campus of the University of Puerto Rico since 1903, earning the popular name of ''Ciudad Universitaria'' (college town). The largest health institution in the Geography of Puert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Qué Será De Ti
"Como Vai Você" (English: 'How are you oing; , in Spanish: "Qué será de ti", English: 'What went on with you') is a song made famous by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos from his album ''Roberto Carlos'' (1972). Melina León version In 2001 Puerto Rican singer Melina León covered the song on her album ''Corazón de Mujer''. Her version of the song was included on the soundtrack for '' El Clon''. Charts Thalía version In 2009, Mexican singer Thalía covered the song on her live album Primera fila which was released as the second single from the album. Live performances Thalía performed the song together with a medley of her hits (" Entre el mar y una estrella" and "Amor a la Mexicana") at "Premio Lo Nuestro 2010" awards in which she was honored with "Jóvenes con Legado" award (Young Artist Legacy Award ). Thalía took the award from Gloria Estefan's hands making this honor one of the greatest. "Premio Lo Nuestro 2010" awards honored Thalía for her achievements in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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21st-century Puerto Rican Women Singers
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Merengue Musicians , a musical genre native to Haiti
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Merengue can refer to: *Merengue music, a musical genre which originated in the Dominican Republic **Merengue (dance), a dance form **Merengue típico, a regional variety of merengue popular in the Cibao valley of the Dominican Republic * Venezuelan Merengue *An adjective referring to the Real Madrid football club *An adjective referring to Club Universitario de Deportes * Merengue (band), a Japanese rock band *"Merengue", a song by American rapper Kent Jones See also *Meringue, a type of French dessert (which is spelled ''merengue'' in Spanish) *Méringue Méringue (; ), also called ''méringue lente'' or ''méringue de salon'' (''slow'' or ''salon'' méringue), is a dance music and national symbol in Haiti. It is a string-based style played on the guitar, horn section, piano, and other string ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People From Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
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Living People
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Culebrita
Culebrita Island (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Isla Culebrita,'' meaning "little snake island") is a small, uninhabited island off the eastern coast of the island-Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra in the Spanish Virgin Islands, administratively part of the Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago of Puerto Rico and geographically part of the Virgin Islands, archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Together with ''Cayo Botella'' off the northwestern point, and ''Pelá'' and ''Pelaita'' to the west, Culebrita belongs to the Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrio Fraile, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Fraile of the main island of Culebra. It is a nature reserve and is part of the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge. The island is home to Culebrita Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in the Caribbean. Culebrita is only accessible by private boat from the main island of Culebra. Geography Culebrita is a coral island approximately 1 mile in length and a tourist spot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Merengue Music
Merengue is a type of music and Merengue (dance), dance originating in present-day Dominican Republic which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities. Merengue was inscribed on November 30, 2016, in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. Merengue was developed in the middle of the 1800s, originally played with European stringed instruments (bandurria and guitar). Years later, the stringed instruments were replaced by the accordion, thus conforming, together with the güira and the Tambora (Dominican drum), tambora, the instrumental structure of the typical merengue ensemble. This set, with its three instruments, represents the synthesis of the three cultures that made up the idiosyncrasy of Dominican culture. The European influence is represented by the accordion, the African by the Tambora, which is a two-head drum, and the Taino or aborigina ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Culebra, Puerto Rico
Isla Culebra (, ''Snake Island'') is an island, town and municipality of Puerto Rico, and together with Vieques, it is geographically part of the Spanish Virgin Islands. It is located approximately east of the Puerto Rican mainland, west of St. Thomas and north of Vieques. Culebra is spread over 5 barrios and Culebra Pueblo (Dewey), the main town and the administrative center of the island. Residents of the island are known as c''ulebrenses''. With a population of 1,792 as of the 2020 Census, it is Puerto Rico's least populous municipality. Originally called ''Isla del Pasaje'' and ''Isla de San Ildefonso'', Culebra is also known as ''Isla Chiquita'' ("Little Island"), ''Cuna del Sol Borincano'' ("Cradle of the Puerto Rican Sun") and ''Última Virgen'' ("Last Virgin", due to its position at the end of the Virgin Islands archipelago). History Some sources claim that Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive at the island during his second voyage on November ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |