Pablo Villanueva, Melcochitais on everyone’s lips as a result of the strong statements of his son hussein, who accused him of abandoning him at the age of 13 in the United States. At 84 years old, the comedian has no peace due to his wayward family. But many wonder why he is called Marshmallow. Here your story.
Her life would not be the same if the great Augusto Ferrando had not appeared in her life. Until then, Villanueva had dabbled in art with music, nothing funny.
The attributes of the intrepid young man from the neighborhood born in La Victoria on September 17, 1936, indicated a certain kindness in him. With personality, an improviser and a lover of tropical music, Melcochita gave life to his character of Creole, street and chacotero humor, in the midst of a glorious era of the appearance of talents in Peru.
In the 1950s his nickname was pacocha and with his brothers he had formed the group musical Son Cubillas. And believe it or not, he also recorded some rock songs, very fashionable at the time. In 1969, he even recorded the voices of the third LP of the emblematic band Los York’s, with whom he had previously collaborated on choirs and instruments. That same year he also collaborated on percussion on the first Virgin album by the group Traffic Sound.
Before 1968, Pablo Villanueva Branda was already known as ‘Melcochita’. The artist had done background vocals for the MAG record label. His pseudonym is due to the well-remembered Augusto Ferrando, since the first time he appeared before the public at the ‘Peña Ferrando’, he fell in love with those present. Pablo Villanueva, not only stood out in comedy, but also in the musical world; he is a composer, musician and singer-songwriter.
In 1966, Melcocha, born on September 17, 1936, started working at ‘La Peña Ferrando’ together with
It was the popular ‘Negro’ who gave it the name of Marshmallow. It is that the first time he appeared before the audience, he sweetened the public so much that he gave it that name alluding to the popular national sweet.
Few Peruvians know that Pablo Villanueva is better known in the United States and the Caribbean as a sonero. It is that in 1970 he released a single called ‘The harvest of women never ends, a version of a traditional Colombian song. Some time later he worked with the salsa orchestra and, with whom he would record the LP ‘Acabo con Lima, he fled to New York’ for the Fania Records label.
Melcochita has sung with artists such as Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon, Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.
He broke his silence with Trome after the comedian sat down on Andrea Llosa’s program to tell that he needs help to get one of his grandchildren out of prison. He regretted that every time his father appears on a program, he does not defend him when they call him maintained.
In this sense, he demanded that he clarify that he never gave him anything or kept it. “She has never helped me. I asked him three times and he denied me. What’s more, a couple of years ago I bought a car and my dad came out with his joke of ‘I bought the car from the manganzón,’ ”he narrated.
On the other hand, he assured that Melcochita never helped him to travel to Germanywhere he now lives, and that it was rather his aunt ‘Lita’, the comedian’s sister, who sent him money.
Hussein Villanueva indicated that all his life he felt that his father did not love him. “When I was little I would go to hug him and he always pushed me, he didn’t want to, he told me ‘go there’. Then he went to the United States, he came back after a while to take my sister and my mom told him ‘you take him too’ and that’s why he went to the United States, ”she recounted.
It was at that moment that his son remembered the hard times he experienced in his childhood, when, according to his testimony, the comedian abandoned him in the United States. “When I was 13 years old and my father separated from the commitment he had in USA and that he was raising me, then, he told me on the street ‘take 40 dollars, I have to go, you see what you do’ and he left with another woman. He left me alone and I didn’t see him again after seven years.”revealed.
According to his story, he was forced to live in cars or abandoned buildings, and eat at his friends’ houses. “I got into boxing and other sports to be off the streets of New York. Sport saved my life. I didn’t see my mom again after 22 years.” narrated.
Hussein VillanuevHe also assured that two years ago Melcochita visited him in Germany and that every time he is drunk, he cries and asks for forgiveness. “I know how to forgive, I don’t hold a grudge. I love Pablo Pedro Villanueva Branda, not Melcochita because it does not exist. It’s easy to play the victim when you have the whole country that supports you, they love it and that’s why they don’t want to talk about the past. But now I’m glad he’s a real father to the babies he has. Now he is the father that never was in the past ”he concluded.
