Johnny Ventura (1940–2021), legendary merengue singer
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legacy.comJohnny Ventura was a superstar of merengue music who later became the mayor of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.Born Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano, Ventura began his career in the 1950s in the Dominican Republic.
He became widely known after forming his own band, the Combo Show, in 1964. He was an innovator of merengue music, helping the genre evolve from its big-band origins as he brought the energy of rock and roll into the merengue sound.
His band was smaller than those that came before him, and they sped up the tempo of merengue and offered exciting stage shows with flashy costumes.
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