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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".
Alemannisch; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg; Català
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
Julio Brito [1] [2] was a Cuban musician, composer, orchestra conductor and singer. He achieved great popularity both in his native Cuba and internationally, thanks to compositions such as the guajira "El amor de mi bohío" or the world famous bolero "Mira que eres linda", interpreted by numerous artists around the world, even today.
The Orchestra performed in the Cuban Liberation Day Concert at Carnegie Hall on October 10, 1943. The concert included the world premiere of Lecuona's Black Rhapsody. Lecuona gave help and the use of his name to the popular touring group, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, though he did not play as a member of the band. He did sometimes play piano solos ...
Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger.He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band arrangements and compositions of mambo, chachachá and batanga, a genre he created in 1952.
A 12 May 2011 multimedia lecture on Moré in the heavily Cuban-American community of Union City, New Jersey. Moré has been cited as the greatest singer in Cuban music history by critics and musicians. [20] [21] [22] In 1999, Moré was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame and the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame ...
Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (October 28, 1921 [1] – June 27, 2001) [2] was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces and even symphonic works.