Ralph Mercado Archive

NEW YORK, NY - April 6, 2005: (MANDATORY CREDIT Bill Tompkins/Getty Images) on Ralph Mercado"nBirth name"tRalph Mercado Jr."nBorn"tSeptember 29, 1941"nBrooklyn, New York"nDied"tMarch 10, 2009 (aged 67)"nHackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack"nOccupation(s)"tpromoter of Latin music"nWebsite"tClaudia Brant Office Website (in English and Spanish)"nRalph Mercado Jr. (September 29, 1941 "u2013 March 10, 2009) was a promoter of Latin American music "u2014 Latin Jazz, Latin rock, merengue and salsa "u2014 who established a network of businesses that included promoting concerts, managing artists, Ritmo Mundo Musical (RMM) a record label the most important in the Latin industry during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, as well as a film company, nightclubs and restaurants.Photographed on April 6, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)