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Description of Merengue

 
This fast, syncopated song-and-dance music of the Dominican Republic is a musical and cultural melting pot. It features vocals in Spanish, accordion (which hails from Germany and Italy), the guiro (a scraper dating back to the Arawak Indians, who first populated the island of Hispaniola), and African percussion, especially tambora and conga. More recently, Merengue artists have added saxophone and electric instruments to the mix. The style continues to mutate and spread through Haiti, Venezuela, and New York City via emigrants from these places.
 

Merengue Key Tracks

 
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1. Abusadora Wilfrido Vargas
2. La Ultima Copa - Tono Rosario Tono Rosario
3. Habia Una Vez Un Merengue Sergio Vargas
4. Me Gustas Limi-T 21
5. No Me Enamoro Gisselle
6. Se Me Sube Manny Manuel
7. Que Bonita Parada Joven
8. La Cosita Ilegales
9. Como Mueve La Cintura Grupo Mania
10. Caribe Bonny Cepeda
 

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Merengue Key Artists

 
Elvis Crespo

Elvis Crespo is a rare bird in
pop music: he's truly
good-looking, and he's
honestly a talented singer
and performer.

Gisselle

Latin Popster Gisselle rocks
dance parties with her
throaty singing and a potent
mix of dance beats,
Merengue and Salsa.

Grupo Mania

Led by Puerto Rico's
Serrano brothers, this
group launched Elvis Crespo
and has fared very well
since he went solo.

Ilegales

This merengue band
originated in 1995 under the
direction of Vladimir Dotel.
Los Ilegales were named for
Dominicans born in the U....

Juan Luis Guerra

Massively popular in his
native Dominican Republic,
Guerra has achieved
success worldwide. Juan
Luis Guerra won six Latin...

La Makina

Limi-T 21

Los Hijos De Puerto Rico

Los Toros Band

Los Toros Band count
themselves among the
Dominican Republic's best
bachata and Merengue
bands.

Olga Tanon

Puerto Rico's Merengue
queen has been fronting
unstoppable dance bands
since the early 1990s.

Oro Solido

Crafting some of the highest
energy Merengue on the
market today, New York's
Oro Solido corner the
market on dance music.

Sergio Vargas

Tono Rosario

Wilfrido Vargas

Trumpeter and bandleader
Wilfrido Vargas did more to
bring merengue to the
world stage than almost any
other musician.

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