Eddy Herrera

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Eddy Herrera (2012)

Eddy Herrera (born April 30, 1964 in Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic ), actually Eduardo José Herrera de los Ríos, is a Dominican merengue and bachata musician .

Career

Herrera started his musical career early by participating in various singing competitions. At the age of 15 he won the Festival de la Voz in his hometown of Santiago de Los Caballeros. Herrera studied architecture for a few semesters at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra before joining Wilfrido Vargas' band against his mother's wishes. His first big international hit was "El Jardinero". From 1984 to 1990 Herrera was active in the Vargas group. In 1990 he began a solo career after signing with the record label MP Records. In 2008 Herrera made a major tour through Venezuela , Curaçao , Aruba , Peru , Ecuador , Panama , Costa Rica and in the USA to cities such as Houston , New Orleans , Atlanta , New York City , Boston and Los Angeles .

Prizes and awards

Herrera won the Casandra Award for best male artist seven times.

Discography

  • Independiente (1990)
  • Mi more (1991)
  • Ámame (1994)
  • Lluvia de amor (1994)
  • Los hombres calientes (1997)
  • Alma Gemela (1998)
  • Me enamoré (2000)
  • Atrevido (2001)
  • Para siempre (2003)
  • Amor de locos (2005)
  • Paso Firme (2009)

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Spanish voting competition
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.pucmm.edu.do
  3. ↑ well-known Dominican merengue musician
personal data
SURNAME Herrera, Eddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrera de Los Ríos, Eduardo José (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican merengue and bachata musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic