Ruth Fernández

Ruth Fernández ( Ruth Noemí Fernández Cortada ; born May 23, 1919 in Ponce , † January 9, 2012 in San Juan ) was a Puerto Rican singer .

Fernández was fourteen years old on the radio in her hometown and at the age of sixteen became the singer of the group Mingo y sus Whoopee Kids , with whom she toured Puerto Rico for eight years. In 1941 she made her first recording on Columbia Records . The success of the record earned her an engagement at the Teatro Latin in New York. After her return to Puerto Rico, she performed again with Mingo y sus Woopee Kids and also studied law and social science at the University of Puerto Rico .

In the following years she became a popular solo singer in Puerto Rico and internationally. She has broadcast on CBS , performed at Carnegie Hall and toured Latin America, Italy, Spain, France and Norway. She was friends with Jesús María Sanromá and with Pau Casals , who composed the song Ven a mí for her . At the celebration of their 50th anniversary on stage in 1985, Cantinflas , Libertad Lamarque , Pedro Vargas , Olga Guillot , Kasandra Damirón , Alberto Cortez and Nelson Ned performed, among others . Fernández represented Ponce in the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1973 and 1980.

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SURNAME	Fernández, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cortada, Ruth Noemí Fernández (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Puerto Rican singer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ponce
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 2012
Place of death	San Juan