- Ramon Orlando
Ramón Orlando Valoy is a
merengue music ian and son ofCuco Valoy .He was born in
Manoguayabo , then part of Santo Domingo, D.N. (the capital city) and now part ofSanto Domingo Province . He studied music at National Conservatory of Music in theDominican Republic .In the 70s, after his father left Los Compadres Guitar
quartet , he formed his first group,Los Virtuosos , with his father as the lead singer. His father kept the group and renamed it as Cuco Valoy y Orquesta (Cuco Valoy and his Orchestra) where he hired singersPeter Cruz andHenry Garcia . Ramon Orlando went to form another group. Years later, Cuco Valoy group disintegrated and he moved to Colombia due to his political differences with then Dominican presidentJoaquin Balaguer . Ramon Orlando then went onto a more ambitious project. He and then famous merengue singers Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed La Orquesta Internacional (The International Orchestra), where he was supposed to be the composer and director whereas Cruz and Garcia were to be the singers. However, of the first ten single production, Ramon Orlando wanted to sing four of them himself, which caused the group to split. Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed their own groups which didn't last long. Ramon Orlando quickly hired a couple of boys with similar voice tones to Cruz' and Garcia's to interpret the songs already on the radio.He was a nominee in the
Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 .External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:ehuj6jp77180~T1 All Music]
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