Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born June 7, 1957), known professionally as Juan Luis Guerra, is a Dominican singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. He has sold over 30 million records, and has won numerous awards including 18 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. Guerra won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.
Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of merengue and Afro-Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. He is also credited for popularizing bachata music on a global level and is often associated with the genre, although his distinct style of bachata features a more traditional bolero rhythm and aesthetic mixed with bossa-nova influenced melodies and harmony in some of his songs. He does not limit himself to one style of music; instead, he incorporates diverse rhythms like merengue, bachata-fusion, balada, salsa, rock and roll, and even gospel. "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" ("I Wish It Would Rain Coffee"), which is one of his most critically acclaimed pieces.
Juan Francisco Luis (July 10, 1940 – June 4, 2011) was a U.S. Virgin Island politician who served as the third elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the territory's 23rd Governor overall. Luis assumed the governorship on January 2, 1978, succeeding Governor Cyril King, who died in office. He held the governor's office from 1978 until 1987, becoming the longest serving Governor in the history of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Biography
Early years
Luis was born in 1940 on the neighboring island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. He moved with his family to Saint Croix-which has a sizeable Puerto Rican community-in the U.S. Virgin Islands when he was two months old. In 1958, Luis graduated from the former Christiansted High School as his class' valedictorian.
Luis studied at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. He moved back to Saint Croix after college, where he took a position as a sixth-grade teacher at the Christiansted Public Grammar School. He also worked as a project office manager for the Department of Housing and Urban Development before serving as a in the U.S. Army.
Podcasts:
Juan Luis Guerra
ALBUMS
- Colección Cristiana released: 2012
- A Son de Guerra (Deluxe Version) released: 2010
- Archivo Digital 4.4 released: 2010
- Asondeguerra released: 2010
- La Llave de Mi Corazon released: 2007
- EL PAIS - Col. Universo Latino, Vol.1 released: 2001
- Colección Romantica released: 2001
- Mudanza y Acarreo released: 1995
- Ojalá Que Llueva Café released: 1995
- Romance Rosa released: 1995
Romance Rosa
Released 1995- Romance Rosa (Portuguese)
- Burbujas de amor (Spanish)
- A Bilirrubina (Portuguese)
- Estrellitas y duendes (Spanish)
- Guavaberry (English/Spanish)
- Oxal Que Chova Caf (Portuguese)
- Como abeja al panal (Spanish)
- A pedir su mano (Spanish)
- Carta de amor (Spanish)
- Women del Callao (Spanish/English)
- La Bilirrubina (Spanish)
- Bachata Rosa (Spanish)
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
ALBUMS
- La llave de mi corazón released: 2007
- Grandes Exitos De Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 released: 2005
- Para ti released: 2004
- Colección romántica released: 2000
- Colección romántica released: 2000
- Ni es lo mismo ni es igual released: 1998
- Fogaraté! released: 1994
- Areíto released: 1992
- El Original 4.40 released: 1991
- Ojalá que llueva café released: 1990
- Bachata rosa released: 1990
- Mientras más lo pienso .......tú released: 1987
- Mudanza y acarreo released: 1985
- Soplando released: 1984
- Grandes éxitos released:
- Antología released:
- EL PAIS - Col. Universo Latino, Vol. 1 released:
- Los grandes éxitos de Juan Luis Guerra y 440 released:
- 18 éxitos released:
- 32 Serie released:
- Colección romántica released:
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by Juan Luis Guerra
Coronita De Flores
by: Juan Luis Guerra(Juan Luis Guerra)
Tengo un amor
que desnuda de noche
y que duerme despierto en mi sueño
dulce anarquía que va consumiendo mi cuerpo
Tengo un amor
disfrazado de nube
que inunda de abismo mi credo
llora la lluvia
se moja el recuerdo
y la brisa se llena de ti
Y tengo una curita en las venas
para que tu amor no me duela si ha de salir
prendo una velita en la esquina
de mi alma para no sufrir
Tengo una casita en el pecho
si acaso se te pierde un beso
mordido de Abril
y una coronita de flores
para que te acuerdes de mí
Dame el azul que almidona tu voz
el amor que no ama se pierde
suele mirarse al espejo y morir transparente
¿qué más te doy?
un hinojo de luz
o un anillo de sombra en la frente
Llora la lluvia, se moja el recuerdo
y la brisa se llena de ti
Y tengo una curita en las venas
para que tu amor no me duela si ha de salir
prendo una velita en la esquina
de mi alma para no sufrir
Tengo una casita en el pecho
si acaso se te pierde un beso
mordido de Abril
y una coronita de flores
para que te acuerdes de mí