Luisito Martí

Luisito Marti (born Luis Bernardo Marte Hernández 1945 - 2010) was a Dominican comedian, actor, producer and television host.

Career

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 Martín" 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 Martí 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 mediodía, 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.