🎶 The Stories Behind the Music of Celia Cruz (AARP Article)

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🎶 The Stories Behind the Music of Celia Cruz (AARP Article)

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The Eternal Celia Cruz.

The story behind the music of the “Queen of Salsa”.

By Ernesto Lechner, AARP. Published October 01, 2024.

Editor's Note: Originally published in 2018, this story has been updated as part of the coverage of Celia Cruz’s centennial celebration.

People talk about her multicolored wigs, her contagious smile and her catchphrase, “¡Azúcar!” (Sugar!), which made the whole world dance. But Celia Cruz, Cuba’s eternal guarachera, was also the creator of an extraordinary discography that to this day remains overshadowed by her own legend: more than 80 albums and songs and 23 gold records that earned her three Grammys and four Latin Grammys, among many other awards. A wide and lively catalog of tropical genres, accompanied by the best musicians and arrangers in Latin music, here’s the story behind the hits.

https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/music/info-2024/celia-cruz-discography.html

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