Fernando Villalona

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Fernando Villalona
Fernando Villalona at a concert in 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Ramon Fernando Villalona Evora
Also known as	El Mayimbe
Born	(1955-05-07) May 7, 1955 (age 69) Monte Cristi Province
Genres	Merengue, Bachata, Cristiana, Bolero
Years active	1971 – present

Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is a Dominican merengue singer. Considered to be one of the most important merengue artists in the genre's history,^{[citation needed]} Villalona began singing in the early 1970s; his popularity started to grow by the late 1970s and has not declined ever since. He is the first Dominican artist to call himself "El Mayimbe", with the second being Antony Santos.