Ramón Enrique Acevedo Kerkadó (born December 21, 1971 in
Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
is a Puerto Rican pop music singer, actor, and visual artist who was a member of the Puerto Rican
boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...
Menudo. He now lives in New York.
He was a soloist when in 1985, Acevedo joined Menudo after his second audition when he was 13 years old. (
Ricky Martin
Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...
is three days younger than Raymond Acevedo.) In a concert in Japan, when they believed they didn't need a security deal, they were surprised when they were overcome by fans.
Acevedo sang such hits as "En San Juan me Enamore", “Pañuelo Blanco Americano", and "It's You and Me All The Way", which became an international hit. Along with his fellow Menudo members, Acevedo starred in the Argentina
soap opera
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''Por Siempre Amigos''. The soap opera aired in 1987, and ran for 100 episodes. Acevedo left Menudo on August 2, 1988 and soon after moved to the United States.
Living in New York, Acevedo worked on Off-Broadway productions in
New York City
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and wrote songs with cross-culture appeal.
In 1999, Acevedo and Aurelio Laing III collaborated on lyrics and music, ultimately creating Afterworld Records. During the winter of 2000, they recorded their first album, "Amor Oculto" ("Hidden Love"), in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, releasing it in 2001. In 2005, the two collaborated again on an alternative English release of his ''Age of Anxiety'' album.
In 2007, Acevedo performed a series of shows in Brazil and Latin America with a group called .
In recent years, Acevedo released two guitar-driven pop songs “Addictive Love” and “La Vi En Paris” were recently released, along with music videos. He was also to appear in the play “Noches De Vellonera”, a musical/comedy performance, in
Central Florida
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.
Acevedo also creates charcoal drawings and
oil paintings
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...
, having attended a
visual arts
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school in New York.
In 2018, Acevedo spent time on a TV and radio tour promoting his song in Puerto Rico.
Discography
With Menudo
* ''
Menudo'' (1985)
* ''
Ayer y Hoy'' (1985)
* ''
Viva! Bravo!
''Viva! Bravo!'' (1986) is Menudo's 20th album (first and only in Italian).
It features Charlie Massó, Robby Rosa, Ricky Martin, Raymond Acevedo, and new member Sergio Blass. Sergio replaced Roy Rosselló. According to a book written by Raymond ...
'' (1986)
* ''
Refrescante'' (1986)
* ''
Can't Get Enough'' (1986)
* ''
Menudo'' (Portuguese) (1986)
* ''Somos Los Hijos del Rock'' (1987)
* ''In Action'' (1987)
* ''Sons of Rock'' (1987)
References
External links
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Ray Acevedeo 2017 interview on YouTubeRay Acevedeo 2016 interview on YouTube
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1971 births
Living people
People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Menudo (band) members
20th-century Puerto Rican male singers
Puerto Rican rock singers
21st-century American male singers
21st-century American singers