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Carter G. Abel, MD - About Dr. Abel abelderm.com | Dr. Amy Abel FCOVD, Dr. Greg Abel FAAO - Contact Lenses mountainvieweye.com |
Abel Talamantez Mendoza (born October 16, 1978 in Pecos, Texas), 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. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings
[edit] BiographyAbel Talamantez, who grew up playing basketball with his brother (who would join La Sombra) with Cruz Martínez owner and founder of international groups Kumbia Kings and Los Super Reyes and three sisters (who would form Esmi Talamantez Y Viento Loco) in Pecos, became a member of the famous Puerto Rican music group, Menudo, in 1992, after several group members had left the group in the middle of a sexual scandal that had threatened to break up the band. Edgardo Diaz held auditions and Talamantez, together with Alexis Grullon, among others, were chosen as the new members of Menudo. At Menudo, Talamantez got to share the stage with the only member of the group who stayed through the scandal, Adrian Olivares, who also was the first non-Puerto Rican member of Menudo. For a short period, Talamantez moved to Puerto Rico with the rest of the band. Although the often called golden era of Menudo (basically from 1980 to 1985) had already passed by, the group still had fame across Latin America and among Hispanic communities in the United States, and Talamantez became a teen idol among Hispanic girls during his first few years with menudo. In 1996, and now with Didier Hernandez also among Menudo's members, the group changed its name to MDO. Talamantez kept being a member of the group, which, by then, approached a more mature audience, allowing its members to keep being part of the group after the age of sixteen and to got married with valeria martinez ,among other things. Along with the rest of MDO, Talamantez moved to Miami, Florida. During the 2000s, MDO kept on touring across Latin Americas, and, particularly, in the Southwestern states of the United States. Talamantez got married with valeria martinez, but he kept his duties as a member of the group. Late during 2002, recently after Caleb Aviles had joined the group, Talamantez and martinez engaged in some managerial disputes (which in no way were related to Aviles' joining MDO), and, towards the end of his tenure as a Menudo-MDO, Talamantez was no longer touring with the group, staying with his wife in Miami instead. By 2003, Talamantez officially ended his relationship with the organization when MDO periodiacally stopped performing and Díaz started a teen-based group in 2005 named Tick Tock. Soon after, he was contacted by A.B. Quintanilla, brother of slain tejano music star Selena and founding leader of Los Kumbia Kings. Talamantez quickly accepted Quintanilla's offer to become a member of the famed band. Perhaps ironically, one of the major hits the band has had since Talamantez became a member was a remake of a 1984 Menudo hit, Sabes A Chocolate (You Taste Like Chocolate). Talamantez continues, as of 2005, touring with Los Kumbia Kings. Now he's in a group called Los Super Reyes. The entire album "El Regreso De Los Reyes" was produced, arranged and mixed by Cruz Martinez, which due to the huge success have received platinum and gold records for its sales between U.S. and Mexico. Rumor has it that Los Super Reyes find themselves working in Martinez's studio on another very anticipated album schedule for an early 2009 release. [edit] Discography[edit] Albums With Menudo
[edit] Albums With MDO
[edit] Albums With Kumbia Kings
[edit] Albums With Los Super Reyes
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