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The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music is a partner school with Exploring the Arts, an organization created by Tony Bennett and his wife Susan Benedetto to support music programs throughout the city. They provide a series of professional development opportunities to enhance music programs as well as scholarships and internship opportunities ...
The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music – Founded in 2003 inside DeWitt Clinton High School, is the official school for music and the arts of the Bronx. CCBxHSM was relocated to the Walton Campus, its current location, in 2004
Celia Cruz (1925 –2003) was a Salsa music singer and actress winner of multiples accolades. Heralded as the Queen of Salsa Music, [1] or Queen of Latin Music, [2] [3] [4] Celia is one of the best-selling Latin music artists, with over 10 million records sold. [5]
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 ".
Although salsa was a genre dominated by male artists, Cruz became a celebrated star and helped increase the popularity of salsa and Latin music in general. The U.S. Mint selected Cruz and four ...
1964: Celia Cruz; 1965: Doris Day recorded the English version of the song, released on her album Latin for Lovers. [7] This cover was later used in the 1992 movie Strictly Ballroom. [8] 1996: Cake covered the English version on their album Fashion Nugget; 2000: Mari Wilson sang it for the titles of the television series Coupling.
Celia Cruz, the iconic singer known as the Queen of Salsa, has made history by becoming the first Afro-Latina to appear on U.S. currency. The famous Cuban-American singer is slated to appear on ...
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music; F. Fordham High School for the Arts; Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology; G. Samuel Gompers High School; H.