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Gerardo
By: 'LA'Ritmo.com
Mar 29, 2002
A Photo Gallery Collage of
* Thump Records' CD release party for Gerardo on March 21, 2002 at the Conga Room in Los Angeles.
* Gerardo in Concert
* Publicity Photos
Left to right: Conrad Martinez, VP Discos Fama (label on Thump); Jon Henriquez, Thump record promotion director; Pauly Shore, comedian/actor; Gerardo; Bill Walker, president of Thump Records; Jim Chiado, consultant; Pebo Rodriguez, VP Thump Records
Gerardo (left) and Eduardo Berestaine, Latino film/TV star (right)
Pauly Shore & Gerardo
Gerardo - English Bio
Look out he's back! That's right Gerardo AKA Rico Suave is back with the SMASH follow up to his 1990 anthem "Rico Suave" - "Sigo Siendo Rico" (Still Rico) is already catching fire at Latin radio stations in the United States and beyond.
Born Gerardo Mejia on April 16th in Ecuador, Gerardo has had a long and prosperous career both in front and behind the music industry scene. In 1991 Gerardo hit the charts with "Rico Suave" the huge hit from his debut album Mo' Ritmo which rose to number seven on the charts. "Rico Suave" was followed up with an equally successful single release of "We Want to Funk." Mo' Ritmo topped the charts and solidifed his platinum status as an artist. Gerardo also established himself as the first breakthrough Latin dance artist in music with his blend of English and Spanish raps which became known as "Spanglish."
As the years past Gerardo retired from being a headlining artist to residing in his office at Interscope Records as head of A&R for the dance division. As the first artist on Interscope Records Gerardo was an asset not to be overlooked. Gerardo is responsible for signing and developing Enrique Iglesias as well as Valeria to name a few.
Gerardo also tried his hand in the movie industry landing roles in "Colors" and "Can't Buy Me Love" but felt most at home finding and developing Latin dance talents. As the Latin market continues to grow you can be sure Gerardo will be on the heels of new talent.
Time went by and now firmly rooted in his career and with his growing family Gerardo is ready to be in front of the camera again with the release of "Sigo Siendo Rico" and a steaming hot video to boot. Gerardo is soon to be back on the lips and minds of music fans.
Gerardo Bio - en Espannol
Antes que Ricky Martin moviera su Bon-Bon y Enrique Iglesias ofreciera 'Bailamos', ya existía GERARDO, el Rico Suave, quien regresa con un nuevo sencillo 'Sigo Siendo Rico', este fue producido por Fernando Garibay (Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony) y los remixes por el legendario Mijangos (Gloria Estefan, Paulina Rubio).
Nacido en Ecuador, Gerardo Mejia ha tenido una larga y prospera carrera en la música y la actuación, sus primeras experiencias las realizó en el baile, ganó dos concursos de baile en television nacional que le sirvieron para ser contratado junto a Sean Penn y Robert Duvall en la película COLORS y con John Cusack en CAN'T BUY ME LOVE. Ahorrando de sus actuaciones preparó varios demos siendo Interscope Records quien finalmente le ofrecio un contrato y por coincidencia ser el primer artista de esta importante compañia.
En abril del 91, Interscope Records presentó el primer sencillo: 'Rico Suave', el cual fue un enorme éxito de su álbum debut: 'Mo Ritmo'. Este álbum vendió más de 750 mil copias, su siguiente material seria 'Gerardo Dos', el crossover al Español lo realizo con 'Asi es' y 'Derrumbe'. Con estos cuatro discos logro vender más de 2 millones de copias que lo situaron como el primer Artista de su genero.
Al paso del tiempo, Interscope Records le ofrece el departamento de contrataciones y desarrollo de nuevos talentos (A & R), siendo el responsable de la firma de Enrique Iglesias además de otros lanzamientos en proceso.
Ahora, GERARDO esta listo para presentar su música con 'Sigo Siendo Rico' que Thump Records ha producido y es distribuido por Universal Music, el álbum contiene varios temas inéditos y estara listo en Agosto del 2001.
www.thumprecords.com
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