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Ferreira entered onto the bachata scene in 1997 with his debut album, Me Liberé. The album won the prestigious Dominican music award, the Cassandra. Three years later his second album, El Triste, won the award for him for a second time. [2] Ferreira became the first bachatero to perform at the Festival de Presidente. [2]
Luis Segura (born in Mao, Dominican Republic year 1939), is a popular traditional Dominican singer often referred to as 'The Father of Bachata'. [1] [2] He is considered one of the best interpreters of traditional bachata with hits like "Pena por ti", "Dicen", and "No me celes tanto". Segura's first recordings were in the 1960s but it wasn't ...
In 2020, he was featured in a medley of songs with Dominican Bachata singer Luis Segura. The medley was part of Segura's collaborative album El Papá De La Bachata, Su Legado - Añoñado 3 (2020). On February 26, 2021, he released the music video for "Nadie Es Eterno". The audio single was released a year later.
The original term used to name the genre was amargue ("bitterness", "bitter music"), until the mood-neutral term bachata became popular. Bachata originates from the pan-Latin American style called bolero and son. The genre mixed these and the troubadour singing tradition common in Latin America (and later, from the mid-1980s, merengue).
After issuing his music through an independent label called José Luis Records, Sony Discos (now Sony Music Latin) signed him in 1996, releasing Volvio el Dolor in 1997. He is the first bachata artist signed to Sony Music Latin. [8] Antony Santos, considered by some to be one of the most influential bachata musicians of all time, was his güira ...
In 2020, he was featured in the song "No Voy A llorar" with Dominican bachata singer Luis Segura. This was a modernized remix of one of Segura's songs and it is part of Segura's collaborative album El Papá De La Bachata, Su Legado - Añoñado 2 (2020). On February 14, 2020, he released the first single for nineteenth studio album titled Decidí.
Traditional bachata is a subgenre of Bachata music genre. It refers to the acoustic style of bachata that was popular in the Dominican Republic from the 1960s until about 1990. For most of that period, bachata was performed with two nylon string guitars (often with fishing line for string), an acoustic upright bass or marimbula, maracas, and ...
Perez was known as one of the most authentic representatives of bachata. Just minutes after the Radio Dial news broadcast of his death, the city of San Pedro de Macoris became a sea of tears and grief for such a huge loss. His funeral is remembered for being one of the most emotional and well attended events in the history of the city.