Alex Bueno

Alex Bueno was born in San José De Las Matas in Dominican Republic. When he was a boy he started playing the guitar and sang in public meetings, in school and the church choir. In 1978 Wilfredo Vargas organized the Festival De La Voz where all the youth of the country could participate. When Alex performed he showed he had the talent to succeed with his performance and his powerful voice he won the contest. Gerardo Veras invited Alex to join his orquestra the "Santo Domingo's All Star". His performance stood out as to get the attention of Fernando Villalona and he was invited to join his band. In 1982 Alex Bueno and his friends Andrés De Jesús, Julie Pie, Jhonny Tulanga, Bilomar "La Conga", Manuel "La Guirra", and others, started their own group called Alex Bueno & La Orquesta Liberación. Two years later he went off on his own to peruse his solo act. In 1991 he joined J&N Records and made the album

"Ternuras" which in 1992 broke all record sales of that time. He combined his singing with a little comedy in his lyrics. In 1998 he made the bachata album "Bachata A Su Tiempo" when bachata was not widely popular. This album was the largest bachata album in USA and took bachata to a place where noone before was able to take it. His second bachata album names "Corazón Duro" out sold the previous album and he won the Premios Lo Nuestro 2000 for Best Traditional Album. After the 2 bachata albums he recorded a romantic music album and a merengue album then another bachata album. He did another bachata album "Pídeme",

To see the Video "El Hombre Soy Yo"Alex Bueno along with arranger Maestro Ramón Orlando then made a collectors disc of all his best songs called "20 Años Después" (Volumen 1 y 2). He now is working on a bachata disc produced by Martires y Robin. It is said that this disc will surpass all the past recordings Alex Bueno has done.