Editing Ray Reyes (section)

==Career==
He was born in New York City and was raised in [[Levittown, Puerto Rico|Levittown]], a neighborhood in [[Toa Baja, Puerto Rico]], the son of Ramon Reyes and Carmen Leon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z67YpFmAcY|title=Gugu Liberato entrevista Ray Reyes, direto de Orlando/USA -Programa Viva a Noite -SBT -1984.|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> He became a member of [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]] in early 1983. Reyes came to substitute [[Xavier Serbiá]] in the band, and joined the band right in the middle of Menudo's golden era.

Reyes amassed great popularity among Menudo fans, although he was known as the ''chubby one'' of the band. That nickname was started because, when he joined Menudo, [[Edgardo Diaz]] put him on a strict diet. That information was leaked out to all gossip magazines, which published the information immediately.

Ray's first album with Menudo was 1983's [[A Todo Rock]], where he sang lead vocals on "Si Tu No Estas", "Chicle De Amor", and "Zumbador". He continued through the time when Menudo had the number 1 hit ''Indianapolis'' from the same album and when Menudo started making it to the covers of [[Tiger Beat]] and other major teen magazines, and also when Menudo became famous in Brazil, the [[Philippines]], and Japan.

His next 3 albums recorded as a member of the band were all recorded in 1984. ''[[Reaching Out (Menudo album)|Reaching Out]]'' was the first one of '84 and the band's first album in English. Ray sang lead vocals on "That's What You Do". ''Mania'' was the second album of '84 and the band's first album in Portuguese. Ray sang lead vocals on "Quero Ser". ''Evolución'' was the third album of '84, it was also the last album recorded in 1984. Ray sang lead vocals on "Persecución" and "Yo No Fui". It was also Ray's last album recorded as a member of Menudo.

Ray was forced to leave the band after only 2 years in the group due to a sudden growth spurt. In 1986, the solo album ''Una Y Otra Vez'' was released in Spanish and the album ''Minha Musica'' in Portuguese. In 1988, he joined former Menudos [[Rene Farrait]] and [[Johnny Lozada]] in [[Proyecto M]], once again substituting Serbiá. Proyecto M went on to enjoy great success in [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Venezuela]].

In 1997 he came up with the idea of doing an ex Menudos' concert and reunited 6 of the golden era with former Menudo bandmates Miguel Cancel, Ricky Melendez, Charlie Massó and Johnny Lozada as well as Farrait for a single concert named [[El Reencuentro]] in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum (12,000 capacity) in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. The concert did so well, that they finished doing 7 shows in two weekends and then went on a worldwide tour. They also had the record of most performances in that coliseum with 11 concerts.<ref name="Lannert">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Ray+Reyes%22+menudo&pg=PA47|title=Latin notas|last=Lannert|first=John|date=May 2, 1998|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=47|accessdate=August 6, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Vibe">{{cite book | title=Los Spice boys| date=November 1998 | publisher=Vibe Media Group | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jisEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA128 | access-date=June 14, 2020 | pages=125–128}}</ref> He produced their [[Gold certification|gold-certified]] live album [[El Reencuentro: 15 Años Después]] released by [[Fonovisa Records]].