Alberto Amancio Beltrán[1] (Palo Blanco, La Romana, 5 May 1923 - Connecticut, 2 February 1997) was a Dominican singer, known as "El Negrito del Batey", after his first signature tune.
Later he traveled to Cuba, first he visited to Santiago and then to La Habana on July 15, 1954, to work with the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Myrta Silva on Radio Mambí.
[citation needed] On August 16th of that same year, he was requested by Sonora Matancera and recorded the composition Ignoro tu existencia by Rafael Pablo de la Motta and Although it costs me life by the inspiration of the Dominican Luis Kalaff.
p. m. [citation needed] On November 16th, he recorded the merengue "El negrito del batey" composed by Medardo Guzmán, which catapulted him internationally by becoming a bestseller.
Hired by the Dominican musician living in Venezuela, Billo Frómeta, he participated in two albums recorded in studios in Cuba: "Evocación" (1956) in which he performed as a soloist and "La Lisa-Maracaibo", in which he shared credits with the singer.