© 2012 All rights reserved. World famous musicians Ricky Martin This brown-eyed handsome man (whose full name is  Enrique Martin Morales) was born in Puerto Rico on  Christmas Eve, namely December 24, 1971. His  career as an artist began with the onset of his life. In  the early childhood years Ricky, as well as other  people, learned to walk and talk, a little later he  started reading and writing. And along with that he  was learning the basics of music and acting.   Probably every child once gone through the  proverbial stool, on which children have to climb to  the guests and parents to read poems or sing songs.  Statistics show that for most children this process is  worse than a bitter radish. But Martin in fact even  liked it. Despite the fact that the country where Ricky was born was very poor, many people could envy  its cultural life. Puerto Rico of the 70's was really something unusual: the endless carnival,  music, paint, and even a television boom. In that country the cultural life touched absolutely all  residents. So Ricky thanks to his talent and charisma by the time when he was eight years had  shown himself in several commercials and learned the sweet taste of glory. In all other aspects  he was an ordinary kid, living according to the usual schedule "home-school-home."   That calm and carefree life ended when his parents divorced. Ricky Martin, in spite of the fairly  young age, understood the situation well enough, so when he was offered a place in the  ensemble of "Menudo", he was glad to accept it. The main reason for it was to somehow  escape from the troubles in the family and get rid of the school routine.  "I started out with such enthusiasm to work in a group that my parents were amazed at the ease  with which I left on tour away from them. For them it was crazy that a child with such joy may  leave." It was in Menudo where gradually most cherished childhood dreams of Ricky came true.  Now, he traveled, performed, participated in the recordings, made friends with new people.  Martin knew that he was now one of them, now he was an artist.   And of course, there was one more pleasant thing - the attention of the opposite sex. In Ricky  and his colleagues in the group were never short of female attention. The girls loved the band;  their joyful screams at concerts every now and then overlap the music.   Still working in a music group is not just carrots. Endless travels, incidents within the group and  other small and big troubles were very tiring and exhausted nerves. But Ricky was not one of  those who quickly surrendered. He understood that teamwork gives the necessary experience  to further advance of his own solo career.  "Menudo was necessary for me. But after five years, I realized that I had already given them  everything I had, and received from a group all I could. Then I decided to leave it. Staying with  them would be like making no headway." Next Page >>  Our site is dedicated to the well-known musical performers Here you can find biographies of singers and musicians belonging to different styles of music. Pop, rock, blues, jazz, country, chanson, rap find their fans all over the globe. We'll tell you about the personal life and creative path, hobbies and "strangeness" of music stars. Visit our Photo Gallery