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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ricky Martin, Charlie Masso, Xavier Serbia, Ricky Meléndez, Johnny Lozada, Edgardo Díaz, Miguel Cancel, Ray Reyes, Rene Farrait, Roy Rosselló, Fernando and Nefty Sallaberry, Jonathan Montenegro, Abel Talamantez, Sergio Blass, Rawy Torres, Robert Avellanet, La Pandilla, Troy El Romantico, Didier Hernández, Troy Kurtis, List of Menudo Members, Caleb Avilés, Edward Aguilera, Carlos Meléndez, Ricky López, Raymond Acevedo, Ralphy Rodríguez, Pablo Portillo. Excerpt:Abel Talamantez 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 . Biography Abel 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 Talama... ... Read more