Cuco Valoy
A legendary Dominican singer and musician who popularized the shaved head look and songs dedicated to the santos (deities in Afro-Dominican religions). He is nicknamed El Brujo (The Sorcerer) due to his lyrics about Santeria. Born in 1937, he was a soldier in the April 1965 Revolution (a Dominican civil war) and is a national icon. A conservatory-trained multi-instrumentalist, Cuco Valoy is a master of the tambora (a traditional Dominican drum), piano, and guitar. He is famous for making music a family business, most notably with his son Ramon Orlando, and for starting the first Afro-Cuban influenced orchestra in the country, Los Ahijados.
Some of his songs: Juliana, Born a Man, Don't Push Me, Heart of Steel, The Fruits of Carnival, The Sorcerer, Anaisa, The Little Million, Oh Love, If You Knew, Micharen, Sisi and Ricardo, The Dead Man, Beggar of Love, Love for Me.
Automatically translated from Spanish
República Dominicana