Domingo Quinones

American salsa singer Domingo Quiñones was born on August 9, 1963, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. At age 4, he moved with his parents to Puerto Rico and spent a large part of his childhood in the small town of Ceiba, located in the northeastern part of the island. Upon his return to the US in 1977, he built a hefty resume fronting the salsa ensembles Conjunto Nativo and Conjunto Clásico, as well as performing with the orchestras of Rafael de Jesús, José Alberto "El Canario," and Johnny Rodríguez. After a stint working with Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Louie Ramirez, and Roberto Roena in the mid to late 1980s, Domingo Quiñones signed a contract with RMM in 1990 and made his official solo debut later that year on the album Domingo Es Mi Nombre. This was followed by an appearance on Latin legend Tito Puente's album The Mambo King: 100th LP (1991) and a second full-length titled Pintando Lunas (1992), which included the Tony Vega duet "Dos Amigos." Released in 1993, his third album En la Intimidad continued in the same vein as his previous outings, combining the singer's knack for melody with a traditional salsa sound on tracks like "Fuera de Control" and "Falta de Valor." In the following years, Domingo Quiñones delivered five more albums for RMM, including 1996's Mi Meta (which contained his first US Number 1 single "Tú Cómo Estás") Se Necesita un Milagro (1997), La Verdadera Navidad (1998), ¿Quién Mató A Héctor Lavoe? (1999), and Poeta y Guerrero (2000). During this time, he also made his acting debut on a series of critically acclaimed stage musicals and feature films such as Jesus Christ Super Star, Héroes de Otra Patria, and El Cantante. De Vuelta al Amor, his thirteenth overall album and his first after suffering a mild stroke in 2011, appeared in 2014.