Ralph Mercado | |
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| Birth name | Ralph Mercado Jr. |
| Born | September 29, 1941 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | March 10, 2009 (aged 67) Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack |
| Occupation(s) | promoter of Latin music |
| Website | Claudia Brant Office Website (in English and Spanish) |
Ralph Mercado Jr. (September 29, 1941 – March 10, 2009) was an American businessman and music promoter. He promoted Latin American music — Latin Jazz, Latin rock, merengue and salsa — and 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.