Kinito Mendez
Kinito Méndez (born November 18, 1961 in Padre La Casas, Azua province ) is a Dominican merengue singer.
Life
From the mid-1980s he was active in various bands. In 1988 he founded the Cocoband with Alfonso "Pochi" Vásquez . He also founded the band Rokabanda in 1993 . He left this in 1995 and has since been extremely successful as a solo artist under his nickname El Hombre Merengue , which is also the title of his debut solo album.
His plays have been used in the films Kindergarten Cop and Eye for an Eye , among others .
In 1996 Méndez wrote a song about American Airlines flight 587 , which ran between New York City and Santo Domingo in the morning and which he used from time to time. To his lyrics from Flight 587 came the vocals of Johnny Ventura . After the plane crashed on November 12, 2001, the song was reissued under the new name The Plane and El Avion (Spanish). Papi LaFontaine, the former manager of Méndez, was killed in the plane crash.
Discography
- 1995: El Hombre Merengue (August 15, 1995)
- 1997: El Decreto
- 1998: A Caballo
- 1999: Su Amigo (August 10, 1999)
- 2000: D 'Colores (October 31, 2000)
- 2001: A Palo Limpio (October 23, 2001)
- 2002: 20 exitos (July 23, 2002)
- 2002: Sigo Siendo El Hombre Merengue (December 10, 2002)
- 2004: Celebra Conmigo (November 2, 2004)
- 2006: Con Sabor A Wed (September 19, 2006)
- 2008: La Fábrica (November 24, 2008)
Awards
- 2002: Best Merengue Album - A Palo Limpio (nominated)
- 2003: Best Merengue Album - Sigo Siendo El Hombre Merengue (nominated)
- 2005: Best Merengue Album - Celebra Conmigo (nominated)
- 2007: Best Merengue Album - Con Sabor A Mi (nominated)
Web links
- Kinito Méndez in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kinito Méndez on sabordominicano.com (Spanish) ( Memento from July 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Seth Kugel: Now Boarding, Dreams on nytimes.com, November 18, 2001, accessed December 3, 2011
- ↑ Robert Dominguez: Joyful Song's Tragic Tug ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from nydailynews.com on November 14, 2001, accessed December 3, 2011
- ↑ Patrick Smith: Ask the pilot on salon.com, November 5, 2004, accessed December 3, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Méndez, Kinito |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican merengue singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Padre La Casas, Azua Province |