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2. Bachata (music) - Wikipedia

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   Bachata arose in the poor and working class areas of the country. During the 1960s and early 1970s, while bachata was known as amargue music, it was seen as music of the lower class by middle-upper-class Dominicans. The genre's popularity rose in the 1980s and early 1990s when the rhythm began to reach the mainstream media.

3. Héctor Acosta (singer) - Wikipedia

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   Héctor Acosta (singer) Héctor Elpidio Acosta Restituyo, better known as Héctor Acosta "El Torito " (Héctor Acosta "The Little Bull") or simply Héctor Acosta, is a Dominican singer of Merengue and bachata music. Acosta was the lead singer for the Dominican band Los Toros Band (The Bull Band). They were mostly a merengue band who in the late ...

4. Frank Reyes - Wikipedia

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   Frank Reyes (born June 4, 1969) is a Dominican singer. Known as the Prince of Bachata, he is regarded as one of the best known bachata artists of all time and famous throughout Latin America. [1] He is a 7 time Bachata of the Year winner at the Soberano Awards, making him the most awarded artist in that category. [2]

5. Bachata Rosa (song) - Wikipedia

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   Bachata Rosa (song) "Bachata Rosa" (English: Rose Bachata) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released in 1991 and served as the lead seventh and final from his fifth studio album Bachata Rosa (1990). [1] Along with Estrellitas y Duendes and Como Abeja Al Panal, is one of Guerra's first international hits and ...

6. José Manuel Calderón (musician) - Wikipedia

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   José Manuel Calderón (El Maestro de Bachata) is considered the first musician to record bachata [1] with "Borracho de amor" and "Condena", in 1962 at the Radio Televisión Dominicana studios. [2] Calderón's voice was unlike typical bachateros, in that he sang in baritone. He also innovated instrumentation in bachata, applying strings, horn ...

7. Monchy & Alexandra - Wikipedia

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   Around this time, she had dubbed herself La Reina De La Bachata (The Queen of Bachata), thus going under the name Alexandra La Reina (Alexandra The Queen). Reunion and Monchy going solo (2019-present) In 2019, the duo reunited to collaborate on a track "Años Luz" with Romeo Santos for his fourth studio album, Utopía. Prior to the making of ...

8. Traditional bachata - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. Bachata (dance) - Wikipedia

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   Bachata is a social couple dance with a lead and follow that can be performed in open, semi-closed or closed position. The basic step involves an eight-count side-to-side movement, with many variations and styles that can be added. On counts 4 and 8, bachata includes an exaggerated hip check that gives it a characteristic look and ...