The voice, charisma, and talent of Celia Cruz have given rise to one of the most impressive trajectories in the world of music. To enumerate her all of her profits it would fill a book. Her more than 70 albums have generated an interminable disc harvest of platinum and gold, and she has received more than a hundred awards from prestigious institutions around the world. In 1989, she won the first of her five Grammy Prizes, and she also has received two Latin Grammy Prizes. Celia Cruz obtained three doctorates Honoris Cause from Yale, Florida International University and the University of Miami. In addition, she has participated in 10 films, being The Mambo Kings and the most recent, The Perez Family. .
At the age of 14 Celia Cruz already was singing in fan aids in its native city of Havana, Cuba. It studied musical theory, piano and voice in the National Conservatory of Music. In 1950 it began to sing with the set the Matancera Sonant, grouping with which carried out some of the most glorious chapters of afrocubana music, recording an amount of legendary subjects like "Yembe Laroco," "Modern Yerbero," "Burundanga," and "Caramel." At the end of 50 years the Matancera Sonant was the most popular orchestra of all Cuba. The dimension of this alliance exceeded the coasts and borders of its native island, and exported its talent to the world. Like member of the group, Celia knew Pedro Knight, one of both trompetistas of the grouping. This relation culminates in marriage and a relation of 42 years. .
The 15 of 1960 July she left Cuba. When arriving in the United States, it continued making history again. In this decade it recorded several albums with the Tito teacher Bridge and together they woke up the interest of the Angolan and European public in Latin music, phenomenon that in years 70 got to know itself like the "boom" of the sauce. He also collaborated with other Latin teachers, including a Johnny Pacheco (with whom recorded classic like "Quimbara," "C cala," and "Bemba Colora '"), Willie Columbus, Pete" Count "Rodriguez and the Fania All Stars.