Cruz, Celia (Nombre personal)

Valvarde, U. Celia Cruz, reina rumba, 1981: title page (Celia Cruz)

Cruz, C. 100% azucar! [SR] p1997: label (Celia Cruz) insert (b. Oct. 21, 1924, Havana, Cuba)

New York times, July 17, 2003 (Celia Cruz, 77, Cuban singer; d. July 16, 2003, Fort Lee, N.J.)

Celia, 2004: title page (Celia Cruz) page 11 (b. Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso)

African American National Biography, accessed January 5, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cruz, Celia; Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso; Queen of Salsa; La Guarachera de Cuba; salsa musician, singer. She was born 21 December 1924 in Havana, Cuba; performed with Cuba's most popular band, the Sonora Matancera (1950-1965); received gold award for signature song, Burundanga; moved to New York and became the first Latin-born woman to perform at Carnegie Hall (1962); debuted at Harlem's Apollo Theater (1964); entered into a group with flutist Johnny Pacheco and the Fania All-Stars, in a sound that became known as salsa (1970's); honors include two Grammy and four Latin Grammy awards, a Smithsonian Institution Lifetime Achievement Award, a Congressional Gold Medal, and the President's Award for the National Endowment of the Arts. She died 16 July 2003 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States)