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La Lupe
Cuban singer of several musical genres: boleros, guarachas and Latin soul in particular
La Lupe | |
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La Lupe performing in 1970 | |
| Birth name | Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond |
| Also known as | La Yiyiyi |
| Born | (1939-12-23)December 23, 1939 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Died | February 29, 1992(1992-02-29) (aged 52) Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Bolero, guaracha, Latin soul, salsa |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1958–1992 |
| Labels | Discuba, Tico |
Musical artist
Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond (23 December 1939 – 29 February 1992),[1][2] better known as La Lupe, was a Cuban singer of boleros, guarachas and Latin soul known for her energetic, sometimes controversial performances. Following the release of her first album in 1961, La Lupe moved from Havana to New York and signed with Tico Records, which marked the beginning of a prolific and successful career in the 1960s and 1970s. She retired in the 1980s due to religious reasons.
Life and career
Early life and first recordings
La Lupe was
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La Lupe, Singer (1936-1992)
Lupe Yoli was born in the small, rural town of San Pedrito, Santiago de Cuba in 1936. She described her hometown as “so poor that no one knew it existed until I got famous.” When she was a teenager, Lupe won a radio contest that enabled her to meet Olga Guillot, a popular Cuban singer in La Habana (Havana), and sing on the radio.
By 1957, “La Lupe” was all the rage in La Habana’s competitive nightclub scene. Her first performances at the club La Red in 1958 catapulted her to fame as she urged pianist Homero Balboa to play “faster, faster.” Soon, she had a dedicated gay and avant-garde following.
In 1960, her marriage to Eulogio “Yoyo” Reyes ended, along with their musical group, Los Tropicuba. When the Cuban Revolution dawned, La Lupe left the country, like many other Cuban artists at the time. Her performances had been criticized for providing a bad example to the state.
Perhaps thinking she might be more appreciated in the USA, La Lupe arrived in New York, in 1963. She soon befriended and recorded with world-renowned Afro-Cuban percussionist
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La Lupe (1939–1992)
Cuban singer who was one of Latin music's most popular performers in the 1960s. Name variations: Lupe Victoria Yoli. Born Lupe Victoria Yoli in Santiago, Cuba, in 1939; died in the Bronx on February 28, 1992; married twice; children: one son, René Camaño, and one daughter, Rainbow Garcia.
La Lupe, who would be known as the Queen of Latin Soul, was born Lupe Victoria Yoli in Santiago, Cuba, in 1939. Her parents insisted she obtain a teaching degree, although she won many local singing contests and was determined to be in show business. She married a singer in the Los Tropicuba trio who also tried to dissuade her; they were soon divorced, and La Lupe became the leading performer in Havana's nightclubs. But in the aftermath of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, she lost all her property ("Castro took my club, my money, and my car," she told Look magazine) and immigrated to the United States in 1962.
La Lupe began singing with Mongo Santa-maria, recording a number of hit singles. By the end of the 1960s, she was a celebrity throughout Latin America. When jobs beg
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