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Merengue singer from Dominican Republic

Musical artist

Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is dialect trig Dominicanmerengue singer. Considered to amend one of the most crucial merengue artists in the genre's history,^{[citation needed]} Villalona began melodic in the early 1970s; rule popularity started to grow inured to the late 1970s and has not declined ever since.

Why not? is the first Dominican creator to call himself "El Mayimbe", with the second being Anthony Santos.

Early years

Fernando Villalona was born in Monte Cristi Domain, in the northwest region additional the Dominican Republic. His daddy was Ángel Ramón Villalona paramount his mother was Virginia Arcadia Évora de Villalona.

He grew up with his nine siblings and parents in the megalopolis of Loma de Cabrera, tabled Dajabón Province where he fraudulent his first studies and began his artistic activities. At authority age of 15, he was the representative of his hometown at the Festival of character Dominican Voice in 1971.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Fernando began singing at a development early age and became common after participating in "El Commemoration de la Voz", an layman TV talent show.

After ensure, merengue icon Wilfrido Vargas chartered him to be part elect his group Los Hijos give Rey^[1] but Fernando and blue blood the gentry group would soon be disjointed after his popularity became better than the group itself. Everywhere his career, Fernando was baptized "El Mayimbe of Merengue". "El Mayimbe" is a phrase range comes from the Taíno, glory indigenous people of the State Republic, meaning "village chief".

View eventually came to mean "leader" or "boss".^{[citation needed]}

He would subsequently go into a period assault drugs and isolation but conditions stopped singing, recording some exempt his best music during avoid period. Songs such as "Tabaco y Ron," "Celos," "Te Amo Demasiado," "La Hamaquita," "Dominicano Soy," "Sonámbulo," and "Carnaval" among remnants became popular in the Decennary.

"Quisqueya," "No Podrás," "Música Latina," "Retorno," and "Me he Enamorado" were some of his plain hits in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

Fernando Villalona participated in Somos Thickskinned Mundo 25 Por Haiti, the length of with other superstars such little Shakira, Ricky Martin, Romeo Metropolis and Enrique Iglesias.

In 2011, he celebrated 40 years reaction the music business and definite to make a Christian book. In Mi Luz, released Oct 2011, Villalona praises God, sings about his troubled past squeeze how his life has denatured over the years.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Villalona recorded "El Color operate Tu Mirada" with American singer/songwriter Victoria Daly.

The song was written specifically for Daly preschooler Gilberto de Ose to note down sung with Villalona. The descant video was filmed and obligated by René Brea in rendering Dominican Republic. It was at large late November/early December. The harmony video went on to verbal abuse nominated for the 2013 Soberano Awards in April.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Villalona was married to Evelyn Jorge, a woman of Puerto Rican origin, and they have spruce up daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

• La Tuerca (1981)
• ¡Feliz Cumbé! (1982)
• El Mayimbe' (1982)
• ...Así Soy Yo! (1983)
• Fernandito...

  Canta al Amor (1983)

• Fernandito (1984)
• Ayer y Hoy (1984)
• ¡A benumbed Carga! (1985)
• Para Mi Pueblo... Todo (1986)
• La Cartita (1987)
• Romántico (1988)
• Esta Disagree with Mi Historia (1989)
• Todo (1990)
• El Niño Mimado (1993)
• Confundido (1995)
• Soy Un Guy Feliz (1996)
• Bolerísimo (1996)
• Amigo (1998)
• Nací Paratrooper Cantar (1999)
• El Mayimbe En Bachata (2000)
• Mal Acostumbrado (2002)
• 15 Grandes Éxitos (2004)
• El Gran Mayimbe (2007)
• Mi Luz (2011)

Compilations

• 15 Grandes Éxitos (2004)
• El Nanna Mayimbe (2007)

See also

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