Celia Cruz is the Queen of Salsa. She enjoyed singing and sings songs to her siblings when she was younger. In high school, she sang Afro-Cuban rhythms in local clubs. Then she was hired as lead singer for Cuba’s most popular band, La Sonora Matancera, and together they created a new style of Latin dance music. She left Cuba and started her singing career in the United States. She continues to sing over 49 years.creat

Related: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Caribbean, Cuba, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780803729704
• Author: Chambers, Veronica
• Illustrator: Maren, Julie
• Published: 2005, Dial
• Themes: career, Family, Musicians, Royalty
• Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Caribbean, Cuba, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40