Milly Quezada was Born the 21st of May in Santo Domingo, thatsDominican as Milagros Quezada Borbón. She is without question that’s Dominican female Merengue artist of her homeland. Better known as “La Reina Del Merengue” (The Queen of Merengue) Milly Quezada’s career spans from 1975 and carries on until today. Since young, Milly Quezada has enjoyed music, having four siblings (all who are also musicians) they migrated to New York where she attended highschool and college where she graduated with high honors from New York City College. Her start in music was with her siblings, Rafael, Martín and Jocelyn, and together formed what was then known as “Milly Jocelyn y Los Vecinos,” they would perform locally…
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Aventura Just for you on That’s Dominican
Aventura is the most popular Bachata group period, let’s be clear… These are the kings. The group consists of Anthony (Romeo) Santos, Henry Santos, and Max (Mikey) Santos and Lenny Santos. Although they all share the same last name, the group is actually formed of 2 cousins, and two brothers, Romeo (the lead singer) and Henry (who is said to be the choreographer but also sings at times) are cousins, and Mikey (Bass player) and Lenny (lead Guitar) are brothers. They are one or maybe only one that sings songs with traditional Dominican slang words. The band started in the Bronx, NY in 1994 as “Los Teenagers” along with now solo act Toby Love,…
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Olivia Peguero
Olivia Peguero is a contemporary artist who was born in the Dominican Republic, and grew up in the small towns of Miches and Las Salinas. She came into national prominence during the last decade when she was commissioned to paint a visualization of the poem “The Emerald Hills of Quisqueya”. Common themes present in Olivia Peguero’s art are Dominican landscapes and her very vocal pride in Dominican heritage. In 2005, she made news when a private collector requested a commission and was turned down for asking her to paint a beach in the DR but label the art as it was from another Caribbean country. In 2007, Peguero dedicated proceeds from…
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Antony Santos
Antony Santos (Antoni Santo) was Born Domingo Antonio Santos Muñoz the 5th of May, 1967 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz Dominican Republic. He is considered to be the best Bachatero of his time, and is also the one who has had the most success since he started his career in the 80′s until now. Considered to be the King of Bachata by many, he is best known by his Moniker El Mayimbe de La Bachata, a name taken as an ode to Fernandito Villalona who is known as El Mayimbe (Of Merengue music). Antony Santos is best known for his romantic slant on the music that was mostly known as being…
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Fernando Villalona
Fernando Villalona, the first artist named “El Mayimbe” (born in Loma de Cabrera, Dajabón Province on May 7, 1955 Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora is a Dominican merengue singer whose popularity started to grow in the late 70s and has not declined ever since. 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 but Fernando and the group would soon be separated after his popularity became larger than the group itself. Fernandito is credited with also bringing in…
