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Radio Guarachita was founded in 1964 in the Dominican Republic by bachata producer and impresario Radhames Aracena.After a year of test runs, Radio Guarachita was launched on the 690 AM frequency in 1965.
Radhames Aracena (13 May 1930 – 11 December 1999), was a Dominican radio host, music producer and businessman who helped change the musical landscape of the Caribbean island during and after Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship. Aracena was able to bring the traditional Dominican bachata from the brothels and saloons to every radio set in the ...
[6] Due to popular demand, more radio stations began playing bachata, and bachateros soon found themselves performing on television as well. Bachata style merengues, or guitar merengues, also began to appear. Other Dominican bachateros that emerged from this time period were Marino Perez, Silvestre Peguero, and Leonardo Paniagua. Beyond the ...
During much of its history, bachata music was disregarded by middle-upperclass Dominican society and associated with rural underdevelopment and crime. As recently as the 1980s, bachata was considered too vulgar, crude and musically rustic to be broadcast on television or radio in the Dominican Republic.
José Manuel Calderón (El Maestro de Bachata) is considered the first musician to record bachata [1] with "Borracho de amor" and "Condena", in 1962 at the Radio Televisión Dominicana studios. [2] Calderón's voice was unlike typical bachateros, in that he sang in baritone.
While traditional bachata songs were often risque and suggestive, Raulín Rodríguez's idealized romantic lyrics widened the appeal of the genre of bachata, helping it get regular radio play. [1] Rodriguez is known as "El Cacique" and is one of the most established musicians to ever come from the Dominican Republic.
The music of the Dominican Republic is primarily influenced by Western European music, with Sub-Saharan African and native Taino influences. The Dominican Republic is mainly known for its merengue and bachata music, both of which are the most famous styles of music in the Dominican Republic, and have been exported and popularized around the world.
In the 1970s, Paredes recorded for Radhames Aracena, the owner of Radio Guarachita, the only radio station in the Dominican Republic featuring guitar music, all of which was recorded by Aracena's own labels. Being the principal arranger and guitarist of bachata during this time, Paredes's influence was significant.