Celia Cruz

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Celia Cruz (2nd from left) 1999

Celia Cruz (full name Ursula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso , born  October 21,  1925 in Havana , †  July 16,  2003 in Fort Lee , New Jersey ) was a Cuban - American singer. She was one of the most prominent representatives of Cuban music of the 20th century. She is considered the Queen of Salsa ( La reina de la salsa ); Celia also has the nickname Azúcar ( sugar ), named after her exclamation that has become a salsa cult .

Live and act

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Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City

Cruz grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Havana. Since the 1950s she has appeared on international concert tours, first as a singer in the band Sonora Matancera , later as a solo artist. Initially, she traveled to Latin America and the USA, and later in her career she performed worldwide - including in German-speaking countries. Since 1950 she has also worked as an actress in numerous cinema and TV productions. The theme of her songs was, among other things, her Cuban homeland, which she had left for political reasons in 1960 after the Cuban revolution . After her mother's death in 1962, the government under Fidel Castro forbade her to re-enter the country to attend the funeral. In the 1970s she combined Cuban rhythms with jazz . In 1982 Celia Cruz performed at the big salsa concert of the West Berlin horizon festival " Horizonte - Festival of World Cultures " (No. 2, 1982) in the Berlin Waldbühne . One of her last solo albums is Siempre Viviré (I will always live) from the year 2000. On this album she finally bid farewell to her Cuban homeland with the song Por si Acaso no Regreso (If I don't return) in a very emotional text.

From 1962 until her death, she was married to Pedro Knight , a native Cuban and bandmate with the Sonora Matancera.

Between 1989 and 2004 (the last award was posthumous), she won a total of three Grammy Awards and four Latin Grammys for her music recordings .

literature

  • Umberto Valverde: Reina rumba Celia Cruz . Editorial Universo México, 1982, ISBN 9683501427 . (Spanish; biographical novel)
  • Celia Cruz, Ana Cristina Reymundo: Celia: my life . Rayo, New York 2004, ISBN 0-06-072553-2 . (English)

Discography

Seeco label

Con la Sonora Matancera

  • Cuba's Foremost Rhythm Singer
  • Mi diario musical ( Compilación )
  • Con amor ( Compilación )
  • Celia Cruz sings
  • La Sonora Matancera: Una noche en Caracas
  • Cuba's Queen of Rhythm
  • Grandes éxitos de Celia Cruz
  • La incomparable Celia
  • La Sonora Matancera: Los invita a bailar
  • Su favorita
  • La dinámica
  • Reflections
  • Navidades con la Sonora Matancera
  • Canciones premiadas
  • México qué grande eres
  • La tierna, conmovedora, bamboleadora
  • Celebremos Nochebuena con Sonora Matancera
  • Canciones inolvidables "La Guagua"
  • Homenaje a los Santos ( Compilación )
  • Sabor y ritmo de pueblos
  • Homenaje a los Santos Vol.2 ( Compilación )
  • Homenaje a Yemayá ( Compilación )
  • Festejando Navidad ( Compilación )
  • Las guarachas de la Guarachera ( Compilación )
  • Interpreta: El yerbero moderno y La sopa en botella ( Compilación )

With the orchestra of Rafael Hernández

  • Canciones que Yo Quería Haber Grabado Primero

With the orchestra of Vicentico Valdés

  • El nuevo estilo de la Guarachera

Tico label

With Tito Puente and orchestra

  • Cuba y Puerto Rico son ...
  • Quimbo Quimbumbia
  • Alma con alma
  • En España
  • Algo especial para recordar

With Lino Frías and orchestra

  • Etc, etc, etc

With la Sonora de Memo Salamanca

  • Bravo
  • Son con guaguancó
  • A ti ... México
  • Serenata guajira
  • La excitante
  • Nuevos éxitos
  • The Best of Celia Cruz ( Compilación )
  • A todos mis amigos ( Compilación )

Fania - Vaya label

  • La candela
  • Hommy a Latin Ópera
  • Tributo to Ismael Rivera
  • The Brillante Best ( Compilation )

With Johnny Pacheco

  • Celia & Johnny
  • Tremendo caché
  • Recordando el ayer
  • Eternos
  • Celia, Johnny and Pete
  • De nuevo

With la Sonora Ponceña

  • La ceiba y la siguaraya

With Willie Colón

  • Sólo ellos, pudieron hacer éste álbum ( Only They Could Have Made This Album )
  • Celia & Willie
  • Los triunfadores ( The Winners )

With Ray Barretto

  • Tremendo trío: Celia, Barretto & Adalberto
  • Ritmo en el corazón

With the Fania All-Stars

  • Commitment
  • Cross over
  • ¡Viva la charanga!
  • Bamboleo
  • Latin Connection
  • Live in Africa
  • live
  • Live at Yankee Stadium Vol.1
  • Live at Yankee Stadium Vol.2

With Tito Puente and orchestra

  • Homenaje a Beny Moré
  • Homenaje a Beny Moré Vol.2
  • Homenaje a Beny Moré Vol.3

Bárbaro Records label

  • Feliz encuentro
  • En Vivo desde Radio Progreso con la Sonora Matancera Vol.1
  • En Vivo desde Radio Progreso con la Sonora Matancera Vol.2
  • En Vivo desde Radio Progreso con la Sonora Matancera Vol.3
  • En Vivo desde Radio Progreso y CMQ Vol.4
  • En Vivo desde Radio CMQ con la Sonora Matancera Vol.5

RMM label

  • Azúcar negra
  • Irrepetible
  • Tropical Tribute to The Beatles
  • Duet's
  • Celia and Friend's: Night of Salsa
  • Mi vida es cantar

Sony Music Label

  • Siempre viviré
  • Hits mix
  • La negra tiene tumbao
  • Regalo del alma
  • Dios disfrute a la Reina

Cubanacan label

  • Las muchas Celias
  • La Sonora Matancera ¡En vivo!

Elektra label

  • The Mambo Kings ( Original Sound Track Picture )

Movie and TV

Movies

  • Rincon criollo (1950)
  • Una gallega en la Habana (1955)
  • De espaldas (1955)
  • ¡Olé, Cuba! (1956)
  • Affair in Havana (1957)
  • Amorcito corazón (1961)
  • The Mambo Kings (1992)
  • The Perez Family (1995)
  • Salsa (1988)

Telenovelas

  • Valentina (1993)
  • El alma no tiene color (1997)

DVD specials

  • To Extraordinary Woman
  • Celia and Friend's: Night of Salsa
  • En África con la Fania All Stars
  • La eterna voz
  • ¡¡Azúcar !!
  • Las más grandes historias
  • The Show de Romerín: Estrellas de la Matancera
  • El Show de Romerín: Estrellas de la Matancera Vol. 2
  • El Show de Romerín: Estrellas de la Matancera Vol. 3
  • Celia del mundo
  • Yo soy, Celia Cruz
  • Homenaje a Celia Cruz
  • Salsa the film, starring the Fania All-Stars

Web links

Commons : Celia Cruz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.amhistory.si.edu Mother Cuba. Accessed January 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Celia Cruz, acusada de ser comunista , in: La Nación of July 27, 2004, accessed on November 19, 2012 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/12/guardianobituaries.obituaries
  4. ^ Past Winners Search, and Latin GRAMMY Winners. List of prizes won by Cruz on the Recording Academy website , accessed on November 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Cruz, Celia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cruz Alfonso, Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban salsa singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 2003
Place of death Fort Lee , New Jersey