Ricky Martin Honored
Last night we joined the celebrities at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in New York to honor Ricky Martin as the Person of the Year. There were some good things and not so good things.
This is a really big honor and Ricky Martin is a huge star both in the Latin and mainstream worlds. Big stars like Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony attended and sat at Ricky’s table. It was great- a Puerto Rican Power table. Jennifer and Marc kind of stole the spotlight, but not on purpose. You can tell they were really there to support Ricky.
The music was outstanding. Ednita Nazarios sang Volveras, Juan Luis Guerra sang Vuelve, Mari de Chamboa sang La Bomba, Gilberto Santa Rosa sang Lola Lola, Miguel Bose sang I am Made of You, and Calle 13, Don Omar, and Voltio performed a mix of reggaeton styled songs. Ricky even sang Pegate. Others that sang included Luis Fonsi, Hector El Father, Fonseca, and Obie Bermudez. Kike Santander, Ludacris, and Emilio Estefan all spoke as well.
The downside to last night was that, aside from the performers, there were a ton of D-list people floating around, we assume, waiting to get discovered. On the flipside, there were hardly any big time mainstream celebs there. Ricky has worked with the likes of Sting and Madonna, but, nope, not present.
We all know Madonna is in town for her ‘adoption media blitz‘, and we’re just saying it would have been nice to see her support Ricky (sans La Vida Loca madness surrounding him).
Either way, the main focus was to concentrate on Ricky and his trajectory and we congratulate him on this incredible honor!
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rick weil wrote:
Can you give me an email address for Mari de Chamboa? Commercially Ricki Martin is tops
but Mari singing on his unplugged was unique. Superb Flemenco voice. Bought Unplugged DVD and disappointed due to one tke with Mari.
Heard the end of Chamboa, Pokito A Poko.
Imprsssion: faboulous musicians in wrong medium.
Yes they can play anything and although i did not hear it perhaps Mari can sing anything but she did nothing for me.
Heard last 3 or 4 pieces and then during credits they went into Flamenco which was better than pure majic.
They need different arrangements not to show off what great mechanics the singer but their hearts and talent.
She or someone mixed Flamenco with POP and it worked.
It took me 10 seconds to hear Santana, Daddy Yankee, Chelo 2, Calle Trece, Andy Andy, Sidestepper as either talent or genius behind them as well as hundreds of others but talent as we all know has to channelled. Most of us need other’s direction.
01.01.2007 | 10:30 pm | Link
Juan Luis is Grammy’s Person of the Year - Latin Gossip wrote:
[…] We had a blast last year at Ricky’s dinner. See you in Vegas, Juan Luis! […]
08.21.2007 | 10:44 am | Link