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Merengue singer from Dominican Republic

Musical artist

Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, ), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is a Dominicanmerengue singer. Considered to be one of the most important merengue artists in the genre's history,^{[citation needed]} Villalona began singing in the early s; his popularity started to grow by the late s and has not declined ever since.

He is the first Dominican artist to call himself "El Mayimbe", with the second being Antony Santos.

Early years

Fernando Villalona was born in Monte Cristi Province, in the northwest region of the Dominican Republic.

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His father was Ángel Ramón Villalona and his mother was Virginia Arcadia Évora de Villalona. He grew up with his nine siblings and parents in the municipality of Loma de Cabrera, in Dajabón Province where he attended his first studies and began his artistic activities. At the age of 15, he was the representative of his hometown at the Festival of the Dominican Voice in ^{[citation needed]}

Career

Fernando began singing at a very early age and became popular after participating in "El Festival de la Voz", an amateur TV talent show.

After that, merengue icon Wilfrido Vargas hired him to be part of his group Los Hijos del Rey^[1] but Fernando and the group would soon be separated after his popularity became larger than the group itself. Throughout his career, Fernando was dubbed "El Mayimbe of Merengue".

Fernandito villalona biography of michael jackson Around the time that the English remake version of the song " We Are the World 25 for Haiti " was released, it was announced that Emilio and Gloria Estefan were planning to record a Spanish version of the song featuring musicians of Latino descent. Emilio and Gloria Estefan, along with Quincy Jones and other singers joined forces with Univision to record a Spanish version of "We Are the World" to raise money for Haitian earthquake victims. The song was adapted by Emilio and Gloria Estefan. Univision was a co-producer and distributor of the song. The singer said that she was assigned to interpret a stanza which corresponds to the one Cyndi Lauper sung in the original version.

"El Mayimbe" is a phrase that comes from the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Dominican Republic, meaning "village chief". It eventually came to mean "leader" or "boss".^{[citation needed]}

He would then go into a period of drugs and isolation but never stopped singing, recording some of his best music during that period.

Songs such as "Tabaco y Ron," "Celos," "Te Amo Demasiado," "La Hamaquita," "Dominicano Soy," "Sonámbulo," and "Carnaval" among others became popular in the s. "Quisqueya," "No Podrás," "Música Latina," "Retorno," and "Me he Enamorado" were some of his biggest hits in the s.^{[citation needed]}

Fernando Villalona participated in Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti, along with other superstars such as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Romeo Santos and Enrique Iglesias.

In , he celebrated 40 years in the music business and decided to make a Christian album. In Mi Luz, released October , Villalona praises God, sings about his troubled past and how his life has changed over the years.^{[citation needed]}

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

The song was written specifically for Daly by Gilberto de Ose to be sung with Villalona.

Fernandito villalona biography of michael jackson for kids Considered to be one of the most important merengue artists in the genre's history, [ citation needed ] Villalona began singing in the early s; his popularity started to grow by the late s and has not declined ever since. At the age of 15, he was the representative of his hometown at the Festival of the Dominican Voice in Fernando began singing at a very early age and became popular after participating in "El Festival de la Voz", an amateur TV talent show. After that, merengue icon Wilfrido Vargas hired him to be part of his group Los Hijos del Rey [ 1 ] but Fernando and the group would soon be separated after his popularity became larger than the group itself. Throughout his career, Fernando was dubbed "El Mayimbe of Merengue".

The music video was filmed and directed by René Brea in the Dominican Republic. It was released late November/early December. The music video went on to be nominated for the Soberano Awards in April.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

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

Discography

• La Tuerca ()
• ¡Feliz Cumbé! ()
• El Mayimbe' ()
• Así Soy Yo! ()
• Fernandito Canta al Amor ()
• Fernandito ()
• Ayer y Hoy ()
• ¡A la Carga! ()
• Para Mi Pueblo Todo ()
• La Cartita ()
• Romántico ()
• Esta Es Mi Historia ()
• Todo ()
• El Niño Mimado ()
• Confundido ()
• Soy Un Hombre Feliz ()
• Bolerísimo ()
• Amigo ()
• Nací Para Cantar ()
• El Mayimbe En Bachata ()
• Mal Acostumbrado ()
• 15 Grandes Éxitos ()
• El Gran Mayimbe ()
• Mi Luz ()

Compilations

• 15 Grandes Éxitos ()
• El Gran Mayimbe ()

See also

References