Mickey Taveras

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Mickey Taveras (born September 29, 1970 in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic ) is a Dominican salsa , merengue and bachata musician .

Career

Mickey Taveras was born in Santo Domingo in 1970 to Raúl Almánzar and Modesta Taveras. He completed a musical education and was strongly influenced by the singer Pedrito Fernández. In Puerto Plata he played in a music band for tourists on the beach. Artists like Wilfrido Vargas, Joseíto Mateo, Jhonny Ventura, Félix del Rosario , Fernando Villalona, Juan Luis Guerra , Ramón Orlando, Cuco Valoy, Dioni Fernández , Sergio Vargas , Luís Ovalles and others shaped the merengue style of Mickey Taveras. Eventually he became a singer in the band Orquesta de Wilfrido Vargas and sang Bachatas and Merengues. Bienvenido Rodríguez, president of the record company Karen Records, produced the first solo albums by Mickey Taveras - Lucharé , Más Romántico and Sigo Siendo Romántico . Lucharé with the unique hit A pesar del tiempo was already a great success in Central and South America and the USA . He received gold and platinum records, sold around 500,000 copies and won the 1996 title Me gustas as the best interpreter at the Viñas del Mar Festival in Chile . He was also the only Dominican musician to win the Silver Seagull at this event. This was followed by Más Romántico with the release Historia entre tus dedos , which won the Lo Nuestro Prize and the award for Best Tropical Song of the Year. His third work, Sigo Siendo Romántico, Éxito de la bachata , was proposed for the Latin Grammy and the best contemporary music album. The album Te Esperaré contains salsa, bachata and merengue songs. Mickey Taveras owns his own manufacturing company, Ascap, which is registered in New York and Santo Domingo.

Discography

  • Lucharé (1995)
  • Más Romántico (1999)
  • Sigo Siendo Romántico (2003)
  • Grandes Exitos
  • Románticos de salsa
  • Te Esperaré (2006)

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Besides him, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Olga Tañón won
  2. ↑ Best Tropical Song of the Year
  3. ↑ taringa.net
personal data
SURNAME Taveras, Mickey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican musician
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic