Caleb Avilés

Caleb Avilés

Caleb Einar Avilés Reyes (born July 28, 1979 in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known plainly as Caleb Aviles, is a former singer and member of the well known boy band MDO.

Biography

Caleb Avilés demonstrated interest in becoming involved in the show business world since childhood. As a teenager, Aviles actually had a solo singing career, although he obtained little success at the time.

Avilés, who lived for many years in Wisconsin, performed in plays and musicals and worked in other fields, becoming a bartender and a cook among other things. These jobs would support him financially.

In 1994, Caleb became part of the Puerto Rican teen group Explosion under the direction of international record executive Darrin McGillis. While in Explosion he recorded the title track of there first CD "Que No Se Detenga" [http://www.mcgillismusic.com/Explosion%20Cass%20Pictures%202007.jpg] on McGillis Records. Once the group disbanded with huge success in Latin America after promoter Darrin McGillis decided to take band mate Joel on a solo career, Caleb immediately auditioned for a job as a singer for MDO aka Menudo. Avilés was chosen to participate in MDO, becoming the first Puerto Rican in some years to join the formerly all-Puerto Rican band. In MDO, he joined Abel Talamantez, Didier Hernandez and Pablo Portillo. He substituted Troy Tuminelli in the band.

After only one CD with MDO, (the English release "Piece of Heaven"), Caleb Aviles left the band in 2002, surprising many of his fans. Some admirers suggested managerial problems with Edgardo Diaz, as Talamantez had left the group a few months before Aviles did also because of managerial problems with the band's director.

Aviles has led a quiet life apart from show business since then.

ee also

*List of Puerto Ricans

External links

* [http://www.mcgillismusic.com/explosion.htm Explosion Official Web Site]
* [http://www.mcgillismusic.com/Caleb.htm McGillis Music Caleb Web Page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/mcgillismusic FREE Caleb Videos on YOUTUBE]
* [http://elizel.tripod.com/calebbio.htm fan site]


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