As illustrated by her seventy-something solo discography and countless awards and honorary degrees, no other Caribbean female vocalist has been as popular and influential as Celia Cruz since the 1950s. Known as much for her flamboyant costumes and wigs as for her virtuoso staccato and passionate approach, Celia's first big break came in 1950, when she joined Sonora Matancera (one of Cuba's most famous groups at the time), with whom she would record a long string of hits, appear in five motion pictures, and travel extensively through the Americas during the next 15 years. It ...

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