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| Gloria Estefan |
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"You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through."
-Gloria Estefan
| Date of Birth: September 1, 1957 |
| Birthplace: Havana, Cuba |
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| Formerly known as the lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine, Gloria has burnt the charts with sizzling hits such as Conga and Cuts Both Ways, and made her big screen debut in Music of the Heart. |
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| Gloria is not only beautiful and talented, she has overcome what seemed like impossible odds, and for this we would Conga with her anyday. |
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On September 1, 1957, Gloria Maria Fajardo was born in Havana, Cuba. At age two, she moved to Miami with her family when her family was forced to flee from the Castro government of Cuba. Life as a child was not easy for the "Queen of Latin Pop". Her father, Jose, was involved in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and spent 18 months in prison, while Gloria and her mother lived in a ghetto.
Gloria took care of her father after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She also took care of her younger sister Rebecca while her mother worked at a local school. She found comfort in playing the guitar and singing pop hits in her room.
Gloria was admitted to the University of Miami (on partial scholarship) in 1975, with hopes of pursuing a career in psychology. Although she was passionate about music, she was incredibly shy and had no interest in being in the spotlight. Despite her bashfulness, she was encouraged to become an accompanist and occasional lead singer of a local Cuban-American group called the Miami Latin Boys.
Emilio Estefan, Gloria's husband of 22 years, was the group's leader and keyboardist and helped the once shy Estefan come out of her shell and become the charismatic, energetic performer she is today. Estefan gradually began contributing her own pop songs into the group's performances and singing more often. A year and a half later, she officially joined the group and it was renamed Miami Sound Machine. The group began releasing albums on a local label as well as their independent label.
The Miami Sound Machine's rise to the top began in 1984, when the band's B-side dance track, "Dr. Beat" made it to the No. 10 spot on the U.S. dance chart. MSM was switched from the Hispanic division of CBS Records to Epic Records, its international rock division. The 1985 follow-up to Eyes of Innocence, MSM's first album with Epic, was a huge international hit with the release of top-10 singles such as "Bad Boy" and "Conga". The latter dance hit from the all-English album Primitive Love, became the first single to remain on Billboard's pop, dance, black, and Latin charts simultaneously. |
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