Hundreds of people said goodbye to the singer Rubby Pérez, known as “the highest voice of the meringue”, who died with others 221 people when I sang the early hours of Tuesday, April 8in a popular Jet Set disco, from Santo Domingo.
One of the largest tragedies of the island and that has put in some places a pause to the party and the regular activities of this paradisiac site.
Family, friends and followers of Pérez released white balloons on the outskirts of the National Theater shortly before the exit of the float with the remains From the singer of successes as In love with her either Looking for your kisses. On the coffin, a Dominican flag and another from Venezuela, where he catapulted his fame.
“I’ll be back … you’ll be my star, if you wait for me, I’ll be back!” They chanted Alina Caminero who was outside the enclosure with her sister Julia and dozens of people to say goodbye to her idol.
The site Aware of the celebrities He made a compilation of these moments of pain that family, friends and followers of the Dominican star whose coffin wore the flags of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1lv9qexsjs
“Rubby is history, Rubby is a single village artist, who came out of poverty,” he told the AFP Caminero, 56. “Rubby represents Dominicanity … Rubby until ever.” The singer’s daughter, Zulinka Pérez, sang during the funeral some of her father’s famous verses.
The problem between Wilfrido Vargas and Rubby Pérez
Roberto Antonio Pérez Herrera, real name of the singer, ventured into the meringue after suffering an accident, When I was 15 years oldbeing hit by a vehicle that fractured a leg and that prevented him from following his dream to become baseball player, one of the most recognized sports in his country. A year went in recovery.
In interviews, Pérez shared that after this accident I did not want to eat. His grandmother left a moment from the hospital when a rumble was heard from there, an accident passed in a nearby street and someone died. He distressed asked the place staff to verify that he was not his mother, as his grandmother called him. He made a deal with God, that if he allowed his mother to live. She returned a few hours later and began to fight to recover her life until she became a professional singer.
@felixjaquino The son of a pastor who became the highest voice of the meringue 🙏🏾 #Rubbyperez ♬ Original sound – Felix J Aquino
After achieving successes with the orchestra of the master Wilfrido Vargas, with which he popularized songs such as The African either When you are with himRubby Pérez debuted with his group in 1986.
But, He also shared an anecdote with the teacher Vargas and the history of I will return, In the 16th minute, of the following video.
They returned from Colombia from some presentations and Rubby Pérez asked permission to go home because he had not seen his family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ar4noc3i8
Vargas saw him in front and told him to stay because he was fired from the band. “I was crying and I went home to try to sleep,” he recalled at the time.
At three in the morning they called him on the phone to go to the studio to record a song, it was I will return. “I say that they forced me to record that song because Ramón Orlando, one of the best Dominican artists, tells me to record her backwards because when I wake up in the morning, My voice is hoarse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-vei-Upb8
The subject had been written so that the Hondurans and interpreter of The gardener, Jorge Gómez would sing her, but for her beliefs she did not accept (the song speaks of a sex worker).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2xfrccnql8
Wilfrido Vargas did not accept that the song was put on his next album. From there some encounters between them passed.
The farewell of Wilfrido Vargas to Rubby Pérez
Through his official accounts, Wilfrido Vargas published some emotional words after learning of his death.
“I am shattered… the best singer who has given the genre. The highest voice of the meringue. The friend and the idol of our genre, we just left. I do not speak so short, but I have no more words. This is very deep, deeper than what is enough to feel even in the most terrible of dreams. Until always, Rubby Pérez. ”
Also published a video giving condolences and recognizing the deep pain of this tragedy to the Dominican people.
“Speaking of my first musical child; Do not say goodbye to an artist like Rubby Pérez, because its legacy transcends time and space. His voice, powerful and full of life, will continue to resonate in every corner of our Dominican Republic and beyond. Rubby was not only a singer; It was a symbol of courage, passion and artistic excellence, “he said.
“Today we cried their departure and that of all those affected, but we also celebrate the pleasant memories that left us. Each note he sang, every scenario that he stepped on, every heart that played, are witnesses of his greatness. His music will always accompany us, as a lighthouse that illuminates the path of meringue and the Dominican culture,” Vargas said.
He also added, Rubby Pérez, “my son” and “son of this land”, you are going to fly forever. Your voice will be eternal, and your spirit will live in each chord, in each dance, in each applause. Thank you for giving us your talent, for being the highest voice of the meringue, for being a Dominican pride. “Rubby, I love you and I will love you for a lifetime,” he concluded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztplg7apr1m
With information from AFP and EFE.