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Selin Montero El Negrito Del Swing

Selin Montero Encarnacion, better known as Selin Montero El Negrito Del Swing, was born in El Cercado, province of San Juan De La Maguana, Dominican Republic on January 12th, 1962. He is a singer/songwriter of the Bachata genre in the Dominican Republic, known for penning the big hits "La Costura" in 1984, "De Niña A Mujer" originally titled "Tu Inocencia" , by Juan Manuel in 1998 and La Bebe Leche in 2001. In 1984, Selin met Orlando Jimenez "El Pacha", when Orlando was performing a party event. He offered Selin to sing a song and as a result, enjoyed the way he sang. Eventually convincing Selin to come to Radio Guarachita to meet Radhames Aracena. On September 6th, 1984, Selin would record his first 45 disco, titled La Costura on the A side and Te Pago Con Desprecios on the B side. La Costura was head to head with Las Estrellas Brillarán by Ramón Torres El Poeta as the most requested song all the way through the end of 1985. Selin would proceed to record a song he heard from Marino Perez titled A Esa No La Olvido Yo and the song was a massive hit all across the Dominican Republic. Selin would proceed to record a total of 10 songs with Radhames Aracena at Zuni Records from 1984 to 1989, with the last one being La Mujer Que Tanto Quiero in 1989. Selin joined the Dominican National Army on November 1st, 1991 and formed part of the music band on the Dominican National Army. In 1993, Selin would record his first album titled El Negrito Del Swing. Due to a lack of funds and promotion, only one song Caminos Con Espinas was promoted from the album. In 2001, Selin would record and release his second album titled La Bebe Leche, which had little success. In the year 2005 Selin would release a newer version of the song A Esa No La Olvido Yo. It wasn't until 2019 that Selin finally had some success with the release of the compilation album Mirame A Los Ojos, with the same song as the title being requested throughout the southern part of the Dominican Republic. In 2023, Selin released his 5th album La Costura, which was a compilation of songs from El Negrito Del Swing, and songs Selin recorded from La Guarachita (Zuni Records).

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