Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa

Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa

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Read by: Michelle Manzo

Language: English

Length: 29 minutes

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Release date: 2008-12-28

This soulful biography of the salsa superstar, Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, begins with her childhood in Havana, and follows through her success in her own country, and on to her heartbreaking emigration from Cuba and into worldwide stardom. Her love for learning, her classical training, and her devotion to her birth country, are all presented in this lyrical tribute to a musical sensation, which is narrated and sung by salsa & jazz singer Michelle Manzo, with accompaniment by salsa musicians who've played with Tito Puentes, among other renowned bands.