Paulito FG | Paulo FG y La Banda

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Paulito FG | Paulo FG y La Banda

By famouscubans on Monday, January 10th, 2011 | Comments Off

Paulito FG Known as a great musician, an all round artist who has build up his career with profound intelligence, incontestable amount of talent and artistic devotion in each performance. Paulo Alfonso Fernandez Gallo, was born in HavanaCuba, at the age of 19, Paulito FG started clarinet classes in the conservatorium Ignacio Cervantes. The […]

Ana Margarita Martínez Casado

By famouscubans on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 | Comments Off

Ana Margarita Martínez Casado (born Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado y Torralbas on May 4, 1930 in Camagüey, Cuba) is a well-known Cuban actress and singer. Martinez-Casado was born into one of Cuba’s theatrical families. That family started with her great-grandfather who owned a theater. His daughter Luisa has a theater in Cuba named after her. Martinez-Casado’s […]

Elena Burke

By famouscubans on Friday, November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off

Elena Burke (born Romana Elena Burgues Gonzalez on February 28, 1928 in Havana, Cuba – June 9, 2002 in Havana, Cuba) was a revered and popular Cuban singer of boleros and romantic ballads.[1] She started her career by working in radio in the 1940s but began to work with smaller groups in the 1950s. In […]

Maria Conchita

By famouscubans on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 | Comments Off

María Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957) Cienfuegos, Cuba, better known as María Conchita, is a Venezuelan Grammy Award–nominated singer and actress. María Conchita Alonso was born María Concepción Alonso Bustillo in Cienfuegos, Cuba, the daughter of Ricardo Alonso and Maria Conchita Bustillo. Her family moved to Venezuela when she was five years old, in […]

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