Leonardo Paniagua | |
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Born | Las Yayas, La Vega, Dominican Republic | August 5, 1945
Genres | Bachata |
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Years active | 1970–present |
Labels | Discos Guarachita & Kubaney Records |
Leonardo Paniagua (born August 5, 1945) is one of the Dominican Republic's most popular bachata musicians. [1] He emerged from obscurity to overnight stardom in the 1970s, when he recorded his first 45rpm record, "Amada, Amante" for Discos Guarachita. [2]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Paniagua's bachata albums were the best-selling. With his soft voice and romantic style, he appealed beyond bachata's usual working-class audience. He was also one of the first artists to form a movement of romantic-bachateros, artists who helped the genre emerge into mainstream music. [3] Some of his greatest hits include song like "Mi Secreto", "Ella Se LLamaba Marta", among others. It also included the song "Chiquitita" which is a bachata cover of a song by the Swedish pop-rock supergroup, ABBA.
Paniagua still tours and performs today in the US, Europe, and the Dominican Republic.
In 2018, He played with his orchestra at one of several inaugural events in Arecibo, Puerto Rico's well known Pulguero Bajo Techo. (Puerto Rico's largest roofed flea market) and at Stratford, CT on April 27, 2018.
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