Edgardo Díaz born in Panama City, Panama, is the creator of the "boy band"
MenudoMenudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era....
. The son of
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, Díaz grew up in
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.
Díaz moved to
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after graduating from school and he worked with a group that was widely successful,
La PandillaLa Pandilla was a teen music group of the 1970s. La Pandilla, founded in 1970 by Pepa Aguirre. The group had members of both sexes, unlike most pop music bands....
, which had 4 boys and 1 girl (
Mariblanca, now a Veterinarian in her home country), but after the
La Pandilla members grew up, he moved back to
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, and created Menudo. The group went to achieve world wide fame and success.
Díaz's formula of signing up new members at the age of 12 and changing them for new members once they reached 16, was the secret to Menudo's success, but it also proved troublesome, as sometimes, whenever an individual would leave the group, the millions of fans that individual might have made with Menudo, would leave too.
In 1991, Diaz was accused by ex members of Menudo of Gay sex with Menudo members and in a May 1991 Univision Television Program "Cristina Show", he defended the accusations, watch program by
clicking here. You can read about the Menudo scandal and the various news reports by
clicking here.
Edgardo Díaz has stayed on top of the group from 1977 until now, from
Menudo to the current
M.D.O. among other things.
His dream of creating a famous teen band was inspired by
The Jackson 5The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
.
In 2004, Díaz signed
Daniela LujanDaniela Luján is a Mexican pop singer and actress.-Biography:Born on April 5, 1988 to Miguel Barrios Luján and Amalia Rodríguez Gómez, she is the youngest of three daughters....
to manage the
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singer and actress' career.
See also