Angelo Garcia

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Angelo Garcia (born Angel Luis Garcia Ramos) on March 28, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York was a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1988 to 1991. A native New Yorker, he barely spoke Spanish when he auditioned for a spot in the band after seeing a TV commercial in Puerto Rico during a family holiday.

After two years with Menudo Angelo signed with World Wide Entertainment, under the direction of record executive Darrin McGillis. On McGillis Records he released "Don't Keep Me Holding On" (produced and written by Lewis Martinee of Expose fame). The 12" skyrocketed in Dance Clubs everywhere for its Hard Hittin Mixes by Famed Producer Chicago's Bad Boy Bill. . In 1992, McGillis Records sold Angelo's recording contract to Warner Bros Records for a undisclosed amount. After leaving McGillis Records, Angelo, released several semi-successful Spanish albums for Warner Bros Records simply entitled "Angelo". In his late teens, he put his recording career on hold after he moved to Orlando, Florida, where he earned a communications degree at the University of Central Florida before heading back to New York.

Although he is widely remembered for his days in Menudo, and his solo career with McGillis Records, Angelo is dedicated to dance and fitness. In 2004, Angelo and his business partner Chris Palumbo opened a new upscale female-only gym in Miami Beach, Florida, called Elements For Women.

Since 2004 Angelo has written a number of original songs in both Spanish and English. During a 2005 reunion tour of former Menudo members Sergio Blass, Angelo Garcia, Rawy Torres, and Robert Avellanet reunited (performing under the name "Los Ultimos Heroes"). In order to preserve his artistic independence and avoid a clichéd reworking of the Menudo sound, Angelo instead decided to record an album himself, using his own music.

One of the singles from "Cool", a ballad entitled "Entregare" (also know as "Si Es Asi") which Angelo co-wrote with Tavare, is featured in the major motion picture "Yellow" starring Roselyn Sanchez, released -2006.