Menudo - If You're Not Here |Lyrics | History |
Reaching Out (1984) is the fourteenth studio album by the boy band Menudo, and their first in English. It features Ricky Meléndez, Charlie Massó, Ray Reyes, Roy Rosselló, and new member Robby Rosa. Robby replaced Johnny Lozada after Johnny reached the group's age limit. The songs on this album are selections from their last four Spanish language albums translated into English, with the exception of “Like A Cannonball″. This song was recorded for the soundtrack to the Burt Reynolds film Cannonball Run II. Robby Rosa is the lead vocalist on six of the ten songs, being the only member fluent in the English language at the time. The album sold 425,000 copies in Brazil. It peaked #108 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's first album to chart in the US.[3] The single "If You're Not Here" sold 270,000 in Brazil.
About Menudo
Menudo (Spanish for "little" (=little boy)—and, in South American Spanish, for "loose change") was a Puerto Rican-based, Latino boy band that was formed in 1977 by producer Edgardo Díaz. Menudo was one of the biggest Latin boy bands in history, 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 and selling some 20 million records worldwide (as of 1992). They are regarded as the M...
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