Celia Cruz
Bolero, Musical Artist
1925 – 2003
Who was Celia Cruz?
Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santísima Trinidad also known by her stage name Celia Cruz was a Cuban salsa singer/performer. One of the most popular salsa artists of the 20th century, she earned twenty-three gold albums and was renowned internationally as the "Queen of Salsa", "La Guarachera de Cuba", as well as The Queen of Latin Music.
She spent much of her career working in the United States and several Latin American countries. Leila Cobo of Billboard Magazine once said "Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music".
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1925
Havana - Also known as
- Cellia Cruz
- Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso
- The Queen of Salsa Music
- Cruz, Celia
- La Guarachera de Cuba
- La Guarachera del Mundo
- Sonora Matancera con Celia Cruz
- La Reina de la Salsa
- Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santísima Trinidad
- Cella Cruz
- Parents
- Spouses
- Pedro Knight
(1962/07/14 - 2003/07/16)
- Pedro Knight
- Ethnicity
- Cuban American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Cuba
- Profession
- Education
- National Conservatory of Music
- Lived in
- New Jersey
- Died
- Jul 16, 2003
Fort Lee - Resting place
- Woodlawn Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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