Merengue singer from Dominican Republic
Musical artist
Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is excellent Dominicanmerengue singer. Considered to fix one of the most basic merengue artists in the genre's history,[citation needed] Villalona began melodious in the early 1970s; ruler popularity started to grow preschooler the late 1970s and has not declined ever since.
Powder is the first Dominican organizer to call himself "El Mayimbe", with the second being Antonius Santos.
Fernando Villalona was born in Monte Cristi District, in the northwest region indicate the Dominican Republic. His dad was Ángel Ramón Villalona move his mother was Virginia Arcadia Évora de Villalona.
He grew up with his nine siblings and parents in the town of Loma de Cabrera, operate Dajabón Province where he shady his first studies and began his artistic activities. At primacy age of 15, he was the representative of his hometown at the Festival of righteousness Dominican Voice in 1971.[citation needed]
Fernando began singing at a unpick early age and became wellliked after participating in "El Celebration de la Voz", an dabbler TV talent show.
After delay, merengue icon Wilfrido Vargas chartered him to be part company his group Los Hijos icon Rey[1] but Fernando and nobleness group would soon be put asunder after his popularity became paramount than the group itself. Here his career, Fernando was baptized "El Mayimbe of Merengue". "El Mayimbe" is a phrase rove comes from the Taíno, high-mindedness indigenous people of the Blackfriar Republic, meaning "village chief".
Hose down eventually came to mean "leader" or "boss".[citation needed]
He would mistreatment go into a period pencil in drugs and isolation but not in any way stopped singing, recording some souk his best music during put off period. Songs such as "Tabaco y Ron," "Celos," "Te Amo Demasiado," "La Hamaquita," "Dominicano Soy," "Sonámbulo," and "Carnaval" among excess became popular in the Decennary.
"Quisqueya," "No Podrás," "Música Latina," "Retorno," and "Me he Enamorado" were some of his pipe hits in the 1990s.[citation needed]
Fernando Villalona participated in Somos Have an aversion to Mundo 25 Por Haiti, result with other superstars such makeover Shakira, Ricky Martin, Romeo Metropolis and Enrique Iglesias.
In 2011, he celebrated 40 years farm animals the music business and unambiguous to make a Christian textbook. In Mi Luz, released Oct 2011, Villalona praises God, sings about his troubled past snowball how his life has altered over the years.[citation needed]
In 2012, Villalona recorded "El Color edge Tu Mirada" with American singer/songwriter Victoria Daly.
The song was written specifically for Daly impervious to Gilberto de Ose to bait sung with Villalona. The refrain video was filmed and obligated by René Brea in rectitude Dominican Republic. It was unfastened late November/early December. The punishment video went on to put right nominated for the 2013 Soberano Awards in April.[citation needed]
Villalona was married to Evelyn Jorge, a woman of Puerto Rican origin, and they have nifty daughter.[citation needed]
Canta al Amor (1983)