Luisito Marti (born Luis Bernardo Marte Hernández 1945 - 2010) was a
Dominican musician, comedian, actor, producer and television host.He
began his artistic career as a conga player in Johnny Ventura's "Combo
Show", later becoming a vocalist. In the early 70s, his interpretation
of the merengue song "La muerte de MartÃn" reached became widely
popular in the country. Later, he followed with tracks like "Que pasa
Papo", "Te digo ahorita" and "Mamá es la que sabe", among others. In
1976, as a bandleader Martà founded as "El Sonido Original", a group
that reached some projection with songs like "Gato entre Macuto",
"Jaleo de Acordeón" and "El mudo".During the 1980s he became part of
the legendary comedy television show El show del mediodÃa, where he
soon became a director. Years later he produced his own television
show El Show de Luisito and Anthony, with singer-songwriter Anthony
Rios, which was broadcast on Channel 9 ColorVision in the early 90s.
This show then aired with another proposal called De Remate in the
last half the 90s.Martà also ventured into film in 1995 starring in
the film Nueba Yol, characterizing Balbuena, his iconic character. The
film, had success at the box office. In 2004 he debuted another comedy
show called The Luisito MartÃ, which aired on Antena Latina, then
Telesistema 11 by 2006. In 2007 the Association of Art Critics
(ACROARTE) invited him to act as host for the Casandra awards that
year by TV presenter Jatnna Tavárez.
Dominican musician, comedian, actor, producer and television host.He
began his artistic career as a conga player in Johnny Ventura's "Combo
Show", later becoming a vocalist. In the early 70s, his interpretation
of the merengue song "La muerte de MartÃn" reached became widely
popular in the country. Later, he followed with tracks like "Que pasa
Papo", "Te digo ahorita" and "Mamá es la que sabe", among others. In
1976, as a bandleader Martà founded as "El Sonido Original", a group
that reached some projection with songs like "Gato entre Macuto",
"Jaleo de Acordeón" and "El mudo".During the 1980s he became part of
the legendary comedy television show El show del mediodÃa, where he
soon became a director. Years later he produced his own television
show El Show de Luisito and Anthony, with singer-songwriter Anthony
Rios, which was broadcast on Channel 9 ColorVision in the early 90s.
This show then aired with another proposal called De Remate in the
last half the 90s.Martà also ventured into film in 1995 starring in
the film Nueba Yol, characterizing Balbuena, his iconic character. The
film, had success at the box office. In 2004 he debuted another comedy
show called The Luisito MartÃ, which aired on Antena Latina, then
Telesistema 11 by 2006. In 2007 the Association of Art Critics
(ACROARTE) invited him to act as host for the Casandra awards that
year by TV presenter Jatnna Tavárez.
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