caption years_active birth_name image_size article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
johnny ventura , november 2011 . 1958 -- present juan de dios ventura soriano 200px johnny ventura
 solo_singer 8 march 1940 vocals merengue , salsa johnny ventura el caballo cropped.jpeg santo domingo , dominican republic johnny ventura singer , bandleader , lawyer , politician , author
johnny ventura

juan de dios ventura soriano , better known as johnny ventura -lrb- born 8 march 1940 in santo domingo , dominican republic -rrb- is a dominican singer and band leader of merengue and salsa .
he also served as mayor of santo domingo from 1998 to 2002 .
