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Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso [a] (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba".
Roberto Faz Monzón (September 18, 1914 – April 26, 1966) was a Cuban singer who reached the height of his popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. [1] Like his contemporary Benny Moré, he specialized in many forms of Cuban music such as son, guaracha and bolero.
Tony Álvarez (February 25, 1918 – March 19, 2001) was a Cuban singer and television actor and personality in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in Havana. [1] Álvarez had started music early and was the host of the Cuban radio musical program Ritmos del Plata.
Music portal This category is for articles about male singers from the Caribbean country of Cuba . Classification : People : By occupation : Male musicians / Singers : Male singers : By nationality : Cuban
Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most ...
Panchito Riset in the 1950s. Francisco Hilario Riser Rincón (1910–1988), better known as Panchito Riset, was a Cuban singer, highly regarded for his interpretation of boleros in the pre-war period. He was born in the Atarés district of Havana. He learnt to sing and play the tres guitar as a boy. Initially, he sang with groups such as ...
In the late 1950s she signed with Gema Records, and made a series of recordings with Bebo Valdez's orchestra. She also recorded with Ernesto Duarte Brito's band. [1] Mendoza toured internationally, and, in 1965, appeared at the Olympia in Paris with the Orquesta Aragón and Los Zafiros as part of the show Gran Music Hall de Cuba.
Arturo Rodríguez (born 1956), Cuban-born American painter, active in Miami; Edel Rodriguez (born 1971), Cuban-born American illustrator, children's book author; Emilio Hector Rodriguez (born 1950), Cuban-born American abstract painter and photographer; Juan Miguel Rodríguez de la Cruz (1902–1990), ceramic artist