La Lupe

Guadalupe Victoria Yoli Raymond ( born December 23, 1939 in Santiago de Cuba, † February 29, 1992 in New York City ), better known by her stage name La Lupe, was a Cuban singer.

She was born as the daughter of a laborer the Bacardi distillery in Santiago district of San Pedrito. Before her singer career, she was a teacher. In 1958 she married and went on with her husband Eulogio " Yoyo " Reyes and another female singer. This trio " Los Tropicuba " broke up in 1960. La Lupe began a solo career in a nightclub in Havana, La Red Their first album, Con el Diablo en el cuerpo ( With the Devil in the body) in 1961 brought the label Discuba out.

In 1962, she emigrated to the United States of America. In New York City she performed in the Cabaret La Barraca, where she was discovered by Mongo Santamaría. In the next five years, she released ten albums.

She sang in different styles of Cuban music such as son montuno and bolero, but also in other Caribbean styles like merengue, boogaloo, Plena and Bomba. In the 1960s, they had great success in New York City with Tito Puente. She was the first Latin American singer who was a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden. You coverte many English songs in Spanish or English with her ​​accent, among other things, Yesterday, Twist & Shout, Dominique by The Singing Nun, Unchained Melody, Fever and America from the musical West Side Story.

She was follower of Santería. In the late 1970s, her label Fania Records terminated the contract, mainly because you put on the less controversial Celia Cruz. In the early 1980s Lupe was penniless. She died in the Bronx, leaving behind her husband William Garcia, her daughter Rainbow, and her son of Eulogio Reyes, Rene Camaro.

In the 1990s, interest in it was revived by the fact that director Pedro Almodóvar their Bolero " Puro Teatro " women used in the soundtrack of his film at the edge of a nervous breakdown. 2002 East 140th Street was renamed in the Bronx in her memory in La Lupe Way.

La Lupe's life is the theme of the play premiered in 2006 La Gran Tirana ( The great tyrant ) of the Cuban author Carlos Padrón. In their life history, and the Cuban feature film La Mala oriented directors Lilian Rosado and Pedro Pérez Rosado of 2008.

Discography

  • " Con el Diablo en el Cuerpo ", 1960.
  • " La Lupe is Back ", 1961.
  • Mongo Introduces La Lupe ", 1963.
  • "The King Swings, the Incredible Lupe Sings ", 1965. ( With Tito Puente ).
  • " Tú y Yo ", 1965. ( With Tito Puente ).
  • " Homenaje a Rafael Hernández ", 1966. ( With Tito Puente ).
  • " La Lupe y su Alma Venezolana ", 1966.
  • "A mí me llaman La Lupe ", 1966.
  • "The King and I", 1967. ( With Tito Puente ).
  • "The Queen Does Her Own Thing", 1967.
  • "Two Sides of La Lupe ", 1968.
  • " Queen of Latin Soul", 1968.
  • " La Lupe's Era", 1968.
  • " La Lupe is The Queen", 1969.
  • "Definitely La Yiyiyi ", 1969.
  • "That Genius Called The Queen", 1970.
  • " La Lupe de Madrid ", 1971.
  • "Stop, I'm Free Again", 1972.
  • ¿ Pero Cómo va ser? , 1973.
  • "Un Encuentro con la Lupe ," 1974.
  • "Lo Mejor De la loupe " compilation, 1974.
  • " One of a Kind ", 1977.
  • " Apasionada " compilation, 1978.
  • " La Pareja ", " 1978. ( With Tito Puente ).
  • "En Algo Nuevo ", " 1980.
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