Óscar Meléndez Sauri (born 21 March 1966,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...
) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and singer and former member of boy band
Menudo.
Óscar is one of the five original members of Menudo, and the first cousin of group creator
Edgardo Diaz. His older brother,
Carlos Meléndez and younger brother,
Ricky Meléndez
Ricky Meléndez (born Ricardo Omar Meléndez SaurÃ, November 22, 1967 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, lawyer and actor, best known for his tenures as a member of boy band Menudo and of El Reencuentro.
Career
He was raise ...
, were also part of the original group. He was recruited by Edgardo when the group was founded in 1977, and left in 1981 at the age of 15, barely missing out on what would become the group's golden era.
Unlike his brothers, when his career with Menudo ended, he decided not to pursue any other endeavors in the music industry and went back to living a private life. Melendez is, like brother Ricky, a lawyer who works in Puerto Rico.
In pop culture
Melendez is played by
Jossan Sebastian Lopez in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series based on Menudo, "
Subete A Mi Moto".
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Discography
With Menudo
* ''Los Fantasmas'' (1977)
* ''Laura'' (1978)
* ''
Chiquitita
"Chiquitita" ("Little Girl" in Spanish) is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in January 1979 as the first single from '' Voulez-Vous'' (1979), the group's sixth album. Agnetha Fältskog performs the lead vocals. Origin ...
'' (1979)
* ''Felicidades'' (1979)
* ''Mas Mucho Mas'' (1980)
* ''Es Navidad'' (1980)
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
References
1966 births
Living people
Singers from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Menudo (band) members
20th-century Puerto Rican male singers
20th-century Puerto Rican singers
Puerto Rican lawyers
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