Las Chicas del Can formed in the early 1980s in Santo Domingo under the
direction of Wilfrido Vargas—originally conceived as Las Muchachas in the late
1970s by Belkis Concepción—and made their mark in Latin music with explosive
merengue hits like “Juana la Cubana,” “El Negro No Puede,” and “La Media María”
during the 1980s. The group evolved through multiple lineups, including the
first generation featuring Miriam Cruz, Eunice Betances, Teresa Domínguez, and
others, followed in the 1990s by a second generation with Michell Flores,
Grissel Báez, and Florángel del Villar, who relea...