The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Mint says the new quarter will be out in mid-2024.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. PARDILLO CID: There is a new generation that, obviously, are identifying with Celia's culture, music. MARTÍNEZ: Pardillo Cid says Cruz was proud of being an Afro Latina. LAS MEJORES CANCIONES DE CELIA CRUZ CELIA CRUZ EXITOS Sus Mejores Canciones Latin 2017 'Music can change the world because it can change people.' Bono. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LA NEGRA TIENE TUMBAO") Cuban American singer Celia Cruz (19252003) was a Cuban American singer popularly known as the 'Queen of Salsa.' The second of four children, Celia Cruz was born rsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santsima Trinidad in Havana, Cuba, in 1925. You can hear that in her songs, from "Quimbara" to "La Negra Tiene Tumbao." PARDILLO CID: Being a first Afro Latina to obtain this honor, I think, is amazing because Celia was a trailblazer.įADEL: Ariana Curtis is the curator for Latinx studies at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.ĪRIANA CURTIS: She was an unapologetic Black woman. OMER PARDILLO CID: The only thing that was better than the singer that everybody knew - it was the persona behind Celia Cruz. Cruz's former manager, Omer Pardillo Cid, agrees. Internacionalment se la coneixia com 'La reina de la salsa' i. MARTÍNEZ: That's Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras. Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, més coneguda com a Celia Cruz ( lHavana, Cuba, 21 doctubre de 1925 - Fort Lee, Nova Jersey, EUA, 16 de juliol de 2003 ), va ser una de les cantants de salsa més famoses, i va obtenir 23 discos dor. The Cuban American singer left a music legacy that included numerous Grammy Awards, a National Medal of Arts and 23 gold albums.įELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE: Her performance was just - was untouchable. UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing in Spanish). (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LA VIDA ES UN CARNAVAL") Celia Cruz will soon be honored as the first Afro Latina to appear on a U.S. La guarachera de Cuba and the queen of salsa is making history nearly 20 years after her death. (SOUNDBITE OF CELIA CRUZ SONG, "LA VIDA ES UN CARNAVAL") Gie Knaeps / Getty Images Cruz, who gained worldwide acclaim, recorded over 80 albums and 23 of them went gold.
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