'Celia Cruz' History:
BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYAlthough the Cuban-born music known as salsa, like other forms of Latin jazz and dance music, has been primarily male-dominated, its biggest vocal star is female. Celia Cruz has a powerful voice that transfers the rhythmic energy of salsa into the vocal medium, and she has been a prominent figure in the music since the beginnings of her career in Cuba in the 1950s. Leaving Cuba for the United States after the Castro takeover in 1959, Cruz has become a true legend of Latin American music and something of an emblem of Latin American identity. The early facts of Cruz's life are somewhat obscure. Always reluctant to discuss her age, Cruz--according to some accounts--was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 21, 1924. Growing up in the city's poor Santo Su�rez neighborhood in a household of 14 children (some were her cousins), she stood out because of her singing ability. Cruz won a singing contest called "La hora del té" and with her mother's encouragement began to enter other contests in various parts of Cuba. source: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/chh/bio/cruz_c.htm |
Celia Cruz Discography:
| Release Title and date | |
 | Mango mangue 2005 |
 | A rought guide to Celia Cruz 2005 |
 | Dios disfrute a la reina 2004 |
 | Celia in the house: classic hits remixed 2003 |
 | Azúcar disc 1 2003 |
 | Éxitos eternos 2003 |
 | Cuba bella (disk 1,2 & 3) 2003 |
 | Siempre Celia Cruz boleros eternos 2003 |
 | Azúcar disc 2 2003 |
 | Azúcar disc 3 2003 |
 | Boleros 2003 |
 | Regalo del alma 2003 |
 | Hits mix 2002 |
 | Carnaval de éxitos 2002 |
 | La negra tiene tumbao 2001 |
 | On fire 2000 |
 | Siempre viviré 2000 |
 | Celia Cruz & friends: a night of salsa 2000 |
 | mi vida es cantar 1998 |
| 50 aniversario | |
| a su memoria | |
| a su memoria (cd 2) | |
| a todo mis amigos | |
| absolutebest | |
| afro-cubana | |
| angelitos negros | |
| at the beginning | |
| azúcar 20 cañonazos | |
| Azúcar en el cielo |
| exitos de oro | |
| exitos eternos ii | |
| goza negra | |
| gran selección | |
| grande exitos | |
| hall of fame: historia musical, cd 1 | |
| havana days | |
| homenaje a los santos | |
| hoy y ayer | |
| inigualable |
| introducing... celia cruz | |
| irresistible | |
| johnny pacheco | |
| la ceiba | |
| la cuba mia | |
| la dinámica celia cruz | |
| la guachera de cuba | |
| la mas grandes historia | |
| la reina de la salsa | |
| la reina del ritmo |
| mis mejores boleros | |
| olga guilot | |
| pa la paloma | |
| pasión bolero | |
 | por siempre celia cruz |
| por siempre reina | |
| pure cruz | |
| queen of cuban rhythm | |
| queen of salsa (cd2) | |
| queen of salsa(1) |
| serie inmortales | |
| siempre viviré | |
| siempre vivire | |
| son con guaguanco | |
| the best of celia cruz cd1 | |
| the best, vol. 2 | |
| the essential celia cruz disc 2 | |
| the golden years | |
| the great celia cruz | |
| the legends |
| the original cuban all stars volume 3 | |
| tito puente | |
| tributo a ismael rivera | |
| tributo a ismael rivera (1992) | |
| tributo a los orishas | |
| vamos a quarachar |
