Hans Worst Hits of the 90’s- Rico Suave- by Gerardo. The less said about this probably the better. Gerardo- was an Ecuadorian singer-rapper who referred to himself as the Latin Elvis, The Latin Frank Sinatra- not even close buddy. This song which went to #7 in 1991- was written by four people- it took four people to write this? Produced by Michael “Flashdance” Sambello. The song samples a James Brown song- Give It Up Or Turn It Loose” and a Venezuelan group named Daiquiri. Gerardo had one other hit on the Billboard charts- We Want The Funk #16 and that was it. The story does have a strange turn though- the rap- singing career died out and Gerardo must not be as stupid as he seemed- he became an A&R executive at Interscope records and had some success- he was given credit [or blame] for bringing Enrique Iglesias to the record label’s attention and signing rapper Bubba Sparxx. He is now a pastor in Ashland, Kentucky. His daughter was Miss California USA 2016 Nadia Mejia. Gerardo is now 53. Glad to see he found success- singing wasn’t a strong point.
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I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard this song before. It made me chuckle at the start: “Rrrrico. Suave.” Then it got repetitive and I’d heard enough.
You never heard this? You were lucky!!!
OH. DEAR. GOD. O.o
I noticed the Mariachi player hid behind his hat. He wanted no association with this video. first and last time hearing this basura (garbage)
I thought it amazing that he walked away from this garbage and has had a decent kind of life. He didn’t make a good first impression.
He certainly didn’t! I guess that’s what machismo is all about…
Oh man…throw this turkey in with the finalists for the worst song ever.
Even Gerardo probably doesn’t wanted to be reminded of this today…
It’s so bad that it almost does the loop around to being good again haha
He has a terrible voice. It sounds like a “stand in” voice, you know, the people they get to read lines in unfinished recordings before the star does the final sound? I like the dancing a lot, though!
What I do like about him- is I think he realized he was lucky with that hit- and it didn’t take long for him to change careers.
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