Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Celia Cruz ma ʻOkakopa 21, 1925 ma Barrio Santos Suarez, ma Havana. Ua hoʻomaka ka "Queen of Salsa" (e like me kona kapa ʻia mai ka wā kamaliʻi) e loaʻa kona leo ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO kona ola a me kāna ʻoihana ʻulaʻula ke kumuhana o kahi hōʻike retrospective ma ka National Museum of American History ma Wakinekona DC.
ʻO Celia Cruz ʻoihana
Ua makemake nui ʻo Celia i ke mele mai ka wā kamaliʻi. ʻO kāna mau kāmaʻa mua he makana ia mai kahi mākaʻikaʻi nāna i hīmeni.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hana o ka mea mele i kona wā ʻōpio, i ka wā i lawe ai kona ʻanakē a me kona hoahānau iā ia i kahi cabaret ma ke ʻano he leo leo. ʻOiai ua makemake kona makuakāne iā ia e lilo i kumu, ua hahai ka mea mele i kona puʻuwai a koho i ke mele.
Ua komo ʻo ia i ka National Music Conservatory o Havana, kahi i aʻo ai i kona leo a aʻo i ka hoʻokani piano.
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1940, ua komo ʻo Celia Cruz i ka hoʻokūkū lekiō. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e huki i ka manaʻo o nā mea hana koʻikoʻi a me nā mea mele.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Celia ma ke ʻano he mele ma ka hui hula ʻo Las Mulatas de Fuego, i huakaʻi ma ʻAmelika Latin. I ka makahiki 1950, lilo ʻo ia i alakaʻi leo o La Sonora Matancera, ka mea hoʻokani pila kaulana loa o Cuba.
Ua ʻike pinepine ʻia ka mea mele ma nā palapala e pili ana i ka salsa. Ua hana ʻo ia ma Latin America a me ʻEulopa.
ʻO ka mea pena ke kiʻi kiʻi salsa kiʻekiʻe loa, me ka ʻoi aku o 50 mau moʻolelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻO kāna kūleʻa ʻana ma muli o ka hui pū ʻana o kahi leo mezzo ikaika a me kahi manaʻo kūʻokoʻa o ke kani.
Celia Cruz ma Nu Ioka
I ka makahiki 1960, ua komo ʻo Cruz i ka Tito Puente Orchestra. ʻO kāna lole nani a me kona nani i hoʻonui nui i ka pōʻai o nā mea pā.
Ua hana nui ka hui i ka leo hou e ulu ana i ka 1960s a me 1970s, ka mele i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Cuban a me Afro-Latin i hui pū ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo salsa.
Ua lilo ʻo Celia i kamaʻāina ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1961. I ka makahiki 1961 ho'i, ua hui 'o ia me Pedro Knight (he mea hookani pu me ka orkestra), a ua loaa iaia he aelike e hookani ma Hollywood, Kaleponi.
I ka makahiki 1962 ua male ʻo ia iā ia. Eia hou, i ka makahiki 1965, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Pedro e hoʻopaʻa i kāna ʻoihana i mea e mālama ai i kāna ʻoihana wahine.
I ka makahiki 1970, he mele ʻo Cruz ma ka Fania All-Stars. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia me ka hui a puni ka honua, me nā lā ma Ladana, ʻEnelani, Farani a me ʻApelika.
I ka makahiki 1973, hīmeni ka mea mele ma ka Hale Carnagie o New York ma ke ʻano he Gracia Divina ma ka opera Latin ʻo Larry Harlow ʻo Hommy-A. ʻO ia ka manawa i kaulana ai ke mele salsa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hana ʻo Cruz me nā mea mele ʻē aʻe he nui, ʻo Johnny Pacheco lāua ʻo William Anthony Colon.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Cruz i kahi album me Johnny Pacheco ma 1974 i kapa ʻia ʻo Celia & Johnny. Ua lilo kekahi o na mele o ka album Quimbera i mele na ka mea kakau.
Ka hōʻino
Ua wehewehe ʻo Peter Roughing ʻo Peter Roughing o ka New York Times i ka leo o ka mea pena i ka hana 1995: "Ua kani kona leo me he mea lā i hana ʻia me nā mea paʻa - hao."
Ma ka loiloi o Nowemapa 1996 o kahi hana ma Blue Note, Greenwich Village (New York), kahi i kākau ai ʻo Peter Roughing no ia pepa, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka mea mele i ka "ʻōlelo waiwai, metaphorical".
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, "He ʻano maikaʻi ʻole ia i lohe ʻole ʻia ke hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻōlelo, nā moʻomeheu a me nā au i ka naʻauao kiʻekiʻe."
Hoʻohanohano Artist
Ma kāna ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Celia ma luna o 80 mau album a me nā mele, loaʻa iā 23 Gold Records a me ʻelima mau makana Grammy. Ua hana ʻo ia me ka lehulehu o nā mea kaulana, ʻo Gloria Estefan, Dionne Warwick, Ismael Rivera a me Wyclef Jean.
I ka makahiki 1976, ua komo ʻo Cruz i ka palapala Salsa me Dolores del Rio a me William Anthony Colon, nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ʻekolu album ma 1977, 1981 a me 1987.
Ua hoʻokani pū ka mea hana keaka i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Hollywood: The Perez Family and The Mambo Kings. Ma kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e hopu i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe ʻAmelika.
ʻOiai ʻo Celia kekahi o nā mele Latina liʻiliʻi me ka lehulehu o ka US, ua pale nā pale ʻōlelo iā ia mai ka haki ʻana i nā palapala pop ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻAʻole like me ka nui o nā ʻāina ʻEulopa, kahi e ʻōlelo ai ka poʻe i nā ʻōlelo he nui, hoʻokani ʻia nā mele ʻAmelika ma ka ʻōlelo o kēia ʻāina, no laila ua hoʻokani ʻia ka salsa no kahi manawa liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai ua hoʻokani ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe ma waho o ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.
He hōkū ʻo Celia ma ka Hollywood Walk of Fame a ua loaʻa iā ia ka American National Medal of Arts e Pelekikena Bill Clinton. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā kauka hoʻohanohano mai ke Kulanui ʻo Yale a me ke Kulanui o Miami.
Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Cruz ʻaʻole e hoʻomaha, a ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lolo i make ai i ka makahiki 2003.
Ua kapa ʻia kāna album hope ʻo Regalo del Alma. Ua lanakila ka album i kahi Grammy no Best Salsa/Merengue Album a me Latin Grammy no Best Salsa Album posthumously ma 2004.
Ma hope o kona make ʻana, hele aku nā haneli haneli o nā poʻe Cruz i nā hoʻomanaʻo ma Miami a me New York, kahi i kanu ʻia ai ʻo ia ma Woodlawn Cemetery.
