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Apr 02, 2006 23:33

celia cruz was said to be the queen of salsa. her strong personality demanaded attention the second she steeped on stage. her music has traveled all over the earth delivering her message of joy to life. she had more than 50 albums that truly show her amazing talents. she has four generations of fans with completly different racial and cultural backrounds.
celia was born in havana cuba on october 21. she has always refused to give the exact year she was born it has been said to be between 1916- 1929 but it is under the assumtion that she was born in the year 1924. as a young girl celia sang to the smaller children in her household. her voice was strong and gave a the neighbors and many other around her entertainment fot hours. it was the intentions of her father that celia becom a school teacher, but when said that becoming an entertainer would makeher nore money in a day that a teacher would make in a year that celia decided that singing woulg be her occupaion.
in 1940 she began to sing in the radio, she also studyed in a conservaty from 1947 to 1950. in 1950 the islands top band was la sonsora mantancera, they choose celia to be their singer. she was with the band until she left cuba due to fidel castro and the communist revolution.

julie there are soooo many spelling errors! good luck see you later!
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