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Damaris L Mercado, started her production career with her father while in her teens. She moved up the ranks from
Production Assistant on concerts and music video projects traveling to different cities and countries and landing in Miami. There she worked out of the RMM Records office based in the Sony
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Nenadich, who has been with Sirius XM Radio on the Caliente channel for the last 11 years as host of the very popular classic salsa program "Salsa Nation" on Caliente, every Saturday morning at 10:00am EST, as well as Rumbon (a 24Hour classic salsa channel launched by George Nenadich with the
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program La Jungla de Rumbon every Friday night at 7pm EST), became part of RMM Records in
November 1988 as Promotions Director. One of the first employees of the label along with Martha Cancel (who was there prior and managed the everyday operations of the label at that time, including promotions).
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Debra A. Mercado, starting in the early 1990s, was RMM's
National Director of Publicity, as well as overseeing international promotions generated by RMM International. She also was in charge of public relations for four other enterprises: RMM (Management), Ralph Mercado Presents, Caribbean Waves
280:(September 29, 1941 – March 10, 2009) was born in Brooklyn to a Puerto Rican mother and Dominican father. He entered the music business as a teenager, organizing parties and dances as president of a neighborhood social club. In the 1960s, he promoted R & B and soul artists like
304:. He established a network of businesses that promoted concerts, managed artists, and led to the foundation of the record label Ritmo Mundo Musical (RMM). Following the bankruptcy of RMM in 2000, Ralph Mercado returned to artist promotion.
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Discos headquarters as
Manager of Production & Manufacturing eventually making her way back to New York City during the transition to Universal Music and culminating her position as Director of Global Production & Manufacturing.
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totaling over $ 11 million, plus interest, contributed to the end of RMM Records. On June 25, 2001, as part of the
Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the acquisition of RMM’s assets.
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music. At its peak, RMM Records employed 55 staff members and had distribution deals in 42 cities around the world, occupying 9,000 square feet in two floors at its Soho headquarters. The label was established by
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1037:Universal Music Group sold rmm catalogue.
355:1994 (recorded at Miami Arena, July 1993)
363:1996 (recorded at Cannes, February 1995)
284:and paired them with Latin artists like
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27:American Latin music record label
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428:Isidro Infante & La Elite
703:Antonio Cabán Vale "El Topo"
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998:"Universal Music Group"
918:List of record labels
841:Super Cuban All Stars
653:July Mateo "Rasputín"
604:Puerto Rico All Stars
393:(also known as Yanko)
272:Founder and key staff
257:Universal Music Group
227:, the New York Band,
45:Universal Music Group
328:Combinación Perfecta
259:. According to the
864:TropiJazz All-Stars
844:José Manuel Taveras
520:Los Hermanos Moreno
344:Recordando a Selena
321:Familiar recordings
1092:Jazz record labels
1050:"Debra A. Mercado"
978:The New York Times
665:Angelito Villalona
450:Orquesta de la Luz
360:European Explosion
891:RMM International
848:Juan Pablo Torres
785:La Orquesta Joven
570:Charlie Sepulveda
558:Matecaña Orquesta
534:The New York Band
494:Luis Perico Ortíz
473:Antonio Cartagena
460:Guayacán Orquesta
278:Ralph Mercado Jr.
251:Empire and legacy
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770:Pancho Gómez
723:Alto Voltaje
719:Checo Acosta
685:Jerry Medina
650:César Flores
636:Aníbal Bravo
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861:Familia RMM
832:Sandy Reyes
823:Orchestra 7
712:Cali Alemán
694:Hilton Ruiz
668:Grupo Heavy
629:Jandy Feliz
526:Grupo Caneo
523:Ray Perdomo
437:Tito Nieves
408:Tito Puente
282:James Brown
181:Tito Nieves
166:Tito Puente
149:Latin music
145:RMM Records
95:Sony Discos
36:RMM Records
18:RMM Records
1076:Categories
983:2014-04-12
959:2014-11-07
929:References
855:Wellington
791:Los Bravos
788:Latino Man
755:Bobby Cruz
699:Fausto Rey
639:Vivanativa
633:Tres Equis
621:Cuco Valoy
564:Sin Limite
442:Celia Cruz
421:Miles Peña
379:Van Lester
294:Latin rock
290:Latin Jazz
221:Miles Peña
170:Celia Cruz
121:Latin jazz
1021:Billboard
906:RMM Rocks
901:Merengazo
896:TropiJazz
773:Grupo ABC
764:DJ Karlos
729:Azucarado
581:Yari Moré
554:Limi-T 21
375:Tony Vega
205:Tony Vega
160:promoter
1060:26 April
912:See also
689:Raul Paz
511:La India
298:Merengue
261:NY Times
233:La India
153:merengue
135:Location
117:tropical
113:merengue
1031:9 April
1004:9 April
744:Chrissy
740:Cherito
737:Celinés
709:He'Pepo
647:Paymasi
476:Corinne
425:Vanessa
391:Guianko
368:Artists
352:En Vivo
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578:Yorman
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105:Genre
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