Person

Alberto Beltrán

Alberto Amancio Beltrán (Palo Blanco, La Romana, 5 May 1923 - Connecticut, 2 February 1997) was a Dominican singer, known as "El Negrito del Batey", after his first signature tune. He mainly sang in the genres of bolero, son montuno, mambo, merengue, and guaracha. After recording in the Dominican Republic with René Hernandez' orchestra, he moved to New York City in 1961 to work with La Sonora Mata…

Read more on Wikipedia. Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license.

Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Dominican Republic
Born
May 5th, 1923
Died
February 2nd, 1997
Genres
Labels
Seeco
Peerless
ECO
Carnaval
Last updated: May 15th, 2012·MusicBrainz

Similar artists