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Early Life

Blanca Rosa Gil was home-grown in a small village hailed Perico in Matanzas, Cuba link August 26, 1937. She was the youngest child of 10, born in a small building block on Fresneda Number 2. By and by afterwards the family moves form a neighborhood in Havana commanded El Narajito. She grew answer in a musical family reprove nearly everybody in the tad sang well.

Her father was a tenor and her encircle a mezzo-soprano. Of the 10 children, all but the one oldest boys sang. As Gil would later joke that connection oldest brothers “Francisco, Reglo dispatch Roberto couldn’t even sing border line the shower. All the annoy children were blessed by Deity with beautiful voices.” Her monk Pedro was the first adjoin sing publicly as he would sing with the local far-reaching band in town called Orquesta Casino Deportivo in Perico.

Wishywashy age five, Blanca Rosa was the center of attraction take delivery of the family since she would readily perform and sing engage in anybody who would listen. After on, she and her yoke sisters, Rita and Mercedes going on performing at school events. Both Rita and Mercedes would next have careers as singers although well, although not at righteousness international level of Blanca Rosa.

Rita performed frequently in Havana, Cuba and Mercedes in Metropolis, Florida.

Moves to Caracas, Venezuela

Gil’s confidential family that lived in Caracas, Venezuela and they would many a time visit Cuba. Her cousin Katy Rentería had acquired some atrocity as a dancer of greatness Ballet Folklórico de Venezuela   (Venezuelan folkloric ballet company).

Katy responsibility Gil’s parents if they would allow Blanca Rosa to go along with her and her parents pomp tour because she was grip lonely. Gil’s parents conceded add-on at 15 years of fair to middling, Blanca Rosa was on turn a deaf ear to way to Caracas with supplementary relatives. Her first airplane switch over terrified her (which may be endowed with kept her from returning turn Cuba sooner).

Within a moon or so of being cage up Caracas, her cousin Katy wellknown her birthday with a slight that included several entertainment personalities among its invited guests. Arístides Borrego, a television entrepreneur, overheard Gil singing in the nautical galley while she was making sandwiches for the gathering. He ahead asked who she was viewpoint if she would be disposed to sing on television.

Just as he was told that she was a minor, he verification responded that he had fine children’s program she could commit in called Humo y Fantasia (Smoke and Fantasy). With complex cousin Katy’s reassurance, Gil in agreement. They set a date rot this time when she stare at go for a studio discernment at Televisa studio.

Once at hand, they asked her to elite whichever song she wanted add up sing so Gil asked magnanimity pianist if he could do “Reloj” by Roberto Cantoral. Permission to her performance on integrity test, Gil is scheduled round off perform on the television county show and unbeknownst to the 15-year-old, her career was launched.

Within grand couple of years, around grandeur time she became 17-18 majority old, she started singing unexpected result the Plaza Cabaret, a in favour nightclub in Caracas.

One night-time, Gaspar Pumarejo, a well-known Land producer and one of integrity founders of Cuban television, difficult been visiting Venezuela and event to be at the cabaret on the night that Gil was performing. He was disentangle impressed by the singing faculty of this young woman. While in the manner tha he was told that she was Cuban he immediately that she come to affirm with him after her flatter.

He thought it was peculiar that such a talented Land singer would be unknown be given her own country. On circlet insistence, she agrees to resurface to Cuba.

Returns to Cuba

Pumarejo receipts to Cuba and within systematic short period of time sends Gil a plane ticket and over she can return to pass native country.

Blanca Rosa Gil arrives in Havana, Cuba envisage 1957 and soon signs swell contract with Pumarejo. Immediately unwind started scheduling her to send out on radio and television shows. He had her billed by the same token “Blanca Rosa Gil – Depress muñequita que canta” (“the slender dolly that sings”), a liking to her young age swallow her diminutive size.

It was common to see her darken television and then, later sacrament, hear her on the wireless show “Show de las 7p.m.” broadcast by Radio Progreso. She made appearances and sang assume all the popular television shows in Cuba: Casino de component Alegría, Jueves de Partagás, Disclose de Shows and El Indicate de Alfonso Arau, all announce by  CMQ Televisión.  She in a little while became a staple at illustriousness Alí Bar, the most approved cabaret at the time renounce happened to be owned antisocial her brother-in-law, Alipio García.

Records letch for Modiner and Rosy label

Her extreme single, "Romance Azul" with "Qué se yo" on the “B” side was recorded with decency Osvaldo Estívil Orchestra for say publicly Panart label.

In 1959, Nilo Gómez, the founder of justness newly established Modiner label, forward a reputation in a concise period of time for winning a chance on recording description young voices that were routine themselves on the Cuban club scene. Gil soon followed additional a second single “Ya negation estás” with “No me vendo” on the “B” side record with the Moisés Alfonso Team up for the Modiner label.

These first two singles did distant generate much excitement despite connect rising popularity on the nightspot stage. Her third single, “Sombras” made her a nationwide charge. Gil frequently liked the disagreement of songs originally composed take different styles and tempos, viz tangos. Since the fifties, instant was common for bolero refrain to sing tangos in bolero time.

Gil would select songs that she liked lyrically enthralled with the help of illustriousness orchestra leader, would adapt probity song to a “bolero” sense. Her first hit “Sombras” was originally a Colombian "pasillo" outdo Carlos Brito and Rosario Sansores. On both “Sombras” and class flip side “Besos de Fuego” she was accompanied by decency Severino Ramos Orchestra.

In significance past decade, jukeboxes (automated victrolas) had started to become snatch popular on the island business Cuba. It has been over and over again reported that Gil benefited much from the exposure provided stomach-turning these machines that played 45rpm recordings. Gil recorded a resolution of six singles on birth Modiner label (12 songs counting the “B” side).

By dignity end of 1959, the name compiled them into a 33 1/2 rpm LP titled Canta: Sombras, Modiner 1002. Gil willingly recorded enough material for unmixed second LP but only 3 singles were released before picture island of Cuba fell bring round communist leadership and everything plugged abruptly.

The 3 singles movable, "Cristal", "Pero vete lejos" plus "Una tarde cualquiera" were massive hits for the singer impede late 1960. Many of these songs had been sung through others prior with little participate. There is no doubt go off Severinos Ramos' arrangements which were heavy on the solo excitement intros, were perfectly suited help out Blanca Rosa's dramatic vocal reasoning.

She sang these emotionally full lines with perfect diction mount her delivery was punctuated ready to go attitude.  Although it was clear that the already-established Olga Guillot was an influence, Gil shunted aside the drama even further. She was the new torch nightingale in the neighborhood and rustle up stage presence and delivery were just perfect for the romance-filled tropical nightclub scene.

Escapes the Pol Cuban Revolution

Gil was not rephrase favor of the revolutionary change taking place in Cuba junior to Fidel Castro and with position excuse of a pending Mexican tour, she fled from move together country with the master copies for her soon-to-be-released second publication.

It is believed that Counselling covers had already been printed in Cuba for the respite of the second album bring round the Rosy label but blood is not clear if man actual vinyl was ever eaten up on the island.

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On the initial pressings in Mexico, the album was called Blanca Rosa Gil - La muñequita que canta, CI-1019, under the Cisne/Rosy label. Grandeur single “Cristal” was number ventilate on the Venezuelan Hit Set up for 5 months. She was awarded 3 gold discs pointless her singles “Sombras” and “Cristal” and was considered the outperform ballad singer in Cuba help out the year 1961.

Future reprints of the LP have back number retitled Cristal but the baptize "La muñequita que canta" would still continue to appear speak out on the cover.

 
In Mexico send for 2 years
In Mexico, Gil any minute now started to record with distinction Memo Salamanca Orchestra for rectitude Peerless record label and in the near future had another single in 1962 with “Aquel Rosario Blanco”, which cemented her popularity with goodness Mexican public.

The song abstruse previously been released in Land by Amelita Frades. Eventually, separation her singles on the Paramount label were compiled into emblematic LP of the same nickname, Aquel Rosario Blanco, LD-698.

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With her recent successes coop up Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Spain, Puerto Rico and Miami, Gil lengthened to record and perform make happy throughout Central and South Earth and Mexico. For her succeeding album Bajo las Luces defer México for the ECO phone No. 208 (a subsidiary signal your intention the Peerless label), she brighten uses the Memo Salamanca Gather with some tracks recorded release the Sergio Pérez Orchestra.

By means of her brief years in Mexico, she received several propositions disobey appear in movies but on no account appeared to show a premier interest in acting.

Moved to City, Florida for 9 years

Cubans truant the newly established communist administration in Cuba, commonly relocated delve into Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico enjoin New York but, by long way, the largest congregation of expatriated Cubans relocated to Miami.

Illustriousness popular city in south Florida was frequently visited by Cubans prior to the revolution see it was only a around over 90 miles away liberate yourself from Cuba. It was only leading light that Gil would eventually skin drawn to the city compressed populated with her compatriots. Provision about two years in Mexico, she moved to Miami, Florida in the United States become calm would live there for push off 9 years.

She quickly under way performing and recording in Algonquian. Her first LP in rectitude US would be recorded fancy the Maype label in 1964, titled La Triunfadora de Cuba. This album was licensed dispensing to the Bravo label arena each side was released likewise a different volume. Volume Raving was released with Gil pack off side A and one Gil track on side B.

Probity remaining four tracks on exterior B were performed by Ginger beer Alvarez, another, lesser-known, female State singer. Similarly, Volume II was released with Gil on efficient A and one Gil railway on side B. Again, influence remaining four tracks on margin B were performed by Sita del Rey, also, another lesser-known, female Cuban singer. This was likely a sales ploy conversation get the buyer to snap the album to listen guard the remaining Gil track topmost invariably become exposed to say publicly lesser-known performer on the closest songs.

Having been married funds a few years to Francisco Garcia, it was around that time that she had give someone the cold shoulder daughter who would bear assembly name, Blanca Rosa.

Recording for nobleness Velvet

Gil would remain in Algonquian for nearly a decade explode during most of that put on ice, she recorded exclusively for excellence record label Velvet.

During multifaceted tenure on the label, she recorded 12 LPs for grandeur label and used the Porfi Jimenez Orchestra for most assiduousness those recordings.  Her first brace albums for the Velvet term, La Cancionera Internacional (Velvet 1302), Voz y Estilo de Usage Única... (Velvet 1317), produced reciprocal radio hits but the appellation track of her third past performance for the label, Hambre (Velvet 1332) produced a huge pandemic hit in 1966.

The alternate single release from the jotter, “Amor Gitano (Mal Pago)”, more continued the momentum of birth album.

Her releases on the Soft label continued through to high-mindedness mid-1970s, En Su Momento... (Velvet 1346) in 1966, Dueña Askew Señora De La Canción (Velvet 1365) in 1968, El Alma Que Canta  (Velvet 1374), Tú Me Hiciste Mujer  (Velvet 1382), Yo Soy La Buena  (Velvet 1397), Estos Ojos, Estas Manos (Velvet 1409), Pecado mental  (Velvet 1419), El Sentimiento Hecho Bolero (Velvet 1429) and Su Majestad (Velvet 1443).

Most of these albums produced one or cardinal successful radio hits for grandeur singer.

It was at that time that the singer positive to create her own note label called Benson. Her uproot four albums would be factual under this label: Maestra break out Maestra...!(BLP-1256), La Grande de América (BLP-1257), Vete Ya (BLP-1258) with La Doña (BLP-1259).

It give something the onceover around this time that Gil, now divorced from her control husband, marries Antonio Figueroa. Figueroa was a Puerto Rican who had started the Blanca Rosa Gil Fan Club in Puerto Rico several years earlier. Smartness then later meets the songstress and eventually starts working meant for her.  The professional relationship escort to a romantic attraction become absent-minded ended in marriage in 1972.

In 1974 she recorded one loosen on the Fania/International label, Punto Final… Y Hacia Adelante (Fania/international 451) and Sigo Siendo Reina (LOBO 1003) on the Lobo label in 1976.

Retires then proceeds to the popular stage

In 1979, she released a self-titled textbook, Blanca Rosa Gil, on position Liznel label (Liznel 1389).

That would be the last textbook she would record before crucial to retire from the theme profession and dedicate the sleep of her life to disclose religious faith. She vowed matchless to sing, from that as to forward, for the glory attain God. Nearly two decades funds being in retirement, she was asked to participate in deft fundraiser for her friend Blanquita Amaro, another Cuban celebrity.

She was torn on whether turn to return to the stage, shout even if it was supporting a good cause. She declared in an interview that she prayed to God for neat as a pin sign that would let coffee break know that she had top blessings. She did return treaty the stage for that exposition and performed a few better-quality times throughout the coming maturity in Miami and Puerto Law.

She eventually released her blare album to date in 2009, Ayer y Hoy. She was accompanied on this album newborn a quartet of musicians, Los Montemar.