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Graciela Naranjo
Graciela Naranjo (December 25, 1916 – April 11, 2001) was a Venezuelan singer and actress. A radio, cinema and television pioneer in her homeland, she made her professional debut as a bolero singer in 1931. From the thirties onward her fame as a singer grew, she appeared in films and had her own TV show in an incredibly long career that extended from 1931 through 2000. She is the mother of Alberto Naranjo, a Venezuelan musician. Career Graciela Naranjo was born in Maiquetía, Vargas. Orphaned at seven, she was moved to Caracas to be raised by her aunt. She started to sing Christmas music in a church choral group at age nine, then made her professional debut at Broadcasting Caracas when she was only 15. Largely self-taught, she had a warm contralto voice as her innovative behind-the-beat phrasing and emotional intensity that she put into the words she sang, served to turn novelty tunes and light songs into definitive, bolero-based treatments. From the mid-1930s through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiquetía
Maiquetía is a city located in the Central Region of Venezuela, in the state of Vargas. It is at approximately 19 m above sea level on a small shelf between the Caribbean and the mountains behind it. Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, is approximately 37 km to the southeast. Maiquetía is mainly a commercial center. The historic center has many narrow streets lined with stores and a market. The main road in this part of the city is the Avenida Carlos Soublette. The recent geopolitical divisions in Vargas makes Maiquetía no longer include the Simón Bolívar International Airport, the most important one in the country and the commercial airport serving Caracas. Conviasa, the Venezuelan flag carrier airline, is headquartered in the city. Even though the airport is now in the state of Vargas, it has kept the name Maiquetía, which cause some confusion among locals and foreigners alike. The city forms a conurbation with La Guaira with which it is linked via Avenida Soublette. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Sadel
Manuel Alfredo Sánchez Luna, better known as Alfredo Sadel (February 22, 1930 – June 28, 1989) was a popular Venezuelan singer and actor. Early life Manuel Alfredo Sánchez Luna was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Manuel Sánchez Benítez and Luisa Amelia Luna. Since his early childhood, he showed interest in music, participating in the choir of the local church. His debut was singing “Ave Maria” at the Caracas Cathedral, where he impressed those who heard him. He went to school at “Colegio Domingo Savio” at Los Teques, but had to leave at the age of fourteen due to his family’s financial problems. Salesian priests, Calderon and Sidi contributed to his musical education. By the time Alfredo was gaining fame in the music industry, there were already two professionals with similar names, "Alci" and Alex Sánchez. Therefore, he decided to change his name, taking the first syllable of his last name “SA” and added “DEL” in honor to his idol, Carlos Gardel. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Venezuelans
Famous or notable Venezuelans include: Architecture *Jimmy Alcock *Esther Ayuso * Federico Beckhoff *Anita Berrizbeitia * Guido Bermudez * Bernardo Borges * Dirk Bornhost * Carlos Brillembourg * Cipriano Dominguez * Julián Ferris Betancourt * José Miguel Galia *Graziano Gasparini * Carlos Gomez de Llarena * Alejandro Chataing, known as "''Cipriano Castro's architect''" * Luis Eduardo Chataing * Carlos Guinand Sandoz * Tomas Lugo Marcano * Juan Hurtado Manrique * Paul Lustgarten * Pedro Neuberger * Marcos Negron *Luis Malaussena * Alejandro Pietri *Mónica Ponce de León * José Tomás Sanabria *Manuel Mujica Millán * Jorge Rigamonti (1948–2008) * Luis Roche * Henrique Siso Martin * Luis Muñoz Tébar * Jesus Tenreiro Degwitz * Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900–1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas * Luciano Urdaneta * Martin Vega * José Vivas * Gustavo Wallis Legórburu *Carlos Zapata Artists * Harry Abend (1937–2021) * Antonio Ladislao Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulce Y Picante
Dulce y Picante (Spanish for ''Sweet and Spicy'') is a 1998 album from Alberto Naranjo. Track listing Personnel *Alberto Naranjo - arranger, director, drums, timbales *Pablo Ortiz - piano *Jorge Del Pino - bass *Julio Flores, Jorge Rivera, Horacio Mogollón, Evencio Villamizar, Bautista Vivas Chacón - saxes *José Rodríguez, Agustín Valdés, Nelson Contreras, Figueredo Zerpa - trumpets *César Pérez, Gilberto Betancourt, Oscar Mendoza, Antonio Ponte - trombones *Gerardo Rosales - congas *Antonio Rondón - bongo and percussion Vocals *Juan José Capella (on 10.a, 12.a, 12.c) *Arturo Guaramato (on (3, 10.c, 12.f) *Carlos Espósito (on 6, 10.b, 12.d) *Carlos Daniel Palacios (on 2, 4, 12.b) *Javier Plaza (on 7, 12.e) Special guests * Graciela Naranjo (vocals on track 13) *Elisa Soteldo (vocals on track 13) Personnel on track 14 * Luis Alfonzo Larrain - band leader *Jesús Camacaro and/or Manuel Ramos, Efraín Leal, Luis Moros, César Viera, Rafael Albornoz, Enrique Palau, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Legado (Graciela Naranjo Album)
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in ''Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Cantos Del Corazón
''Los Cantos del Corazón'' is a 1995 album by Graciela Naranjo and Estelita Del Llano. __NOTOC__ Track listing # ''Presentación'' (D.D.) 0:21 # ''Carrousel del Pasado'' (Ignacio Izcaray) 3:51 # ''Intermedio'' (D.D.) 0:33 # ''Uno'' ( Marianito Mores / Enrique Santos Discépolo) 4:31 # ''Conprendeme'' (María Alma) 4:31 # ''Tú No Sospechas'' (Martha Valdés) 2:58 # ''Verano'' ( J. M. Mora / F. Gorrindo) 2:58 # ''Franqueza'' (Consuelo Velázquez) 3:36 # ''En la Soledad'' ( Jesús Sanoja Rivero) 3:00 # ''Mi Deuda de Amor'' (Adolfo Reyes / Armando Beltrán) 3:15 # ''Humo en los Ojos'' ( Agustín Lara) 3:55 # ''Cita a las 6:00 / Ya son las 12:00'' (Adolfo Salas / Juan Bruno Tarraza)3:26 # ''Paraiso Soñado'' (Manuel Sánchez Acosta) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graciela Naranjo-2
Graciela (August 23, 1915 – April 7, 2010) Accessed April 2010 was a Cuban-born American singer of Cuban music and Latin jazz. Biography Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez was born in and raised in the Afro-Cuban Jesús María neighborhood. A pioneer in music as a black Cuban woman in a so-called man's world, she opened doors for all those who followed her. Graciela was the lead vocalist over a period of 10 years in the 1930s and '40s with Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female ensemble, before leaving Cuba for the United States. She p ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renny Ottolina
Renaldo José Ottolina Pinto (December 11, 1928 – March 16, 1978) was a Venezuelan producer and entertainer. Born in Valencia, Carabobo, he performed professionally under the name Renny Ottolina. Early life His mother Ana Mercedes Pinto died when he was two years old. At the age of six his father (an Italian immigrant) moved him to Caracas with his paternal grandmother. Renny went to different high schools and after he graduate it he knew what he want it and was a fast learner and he was mostly self-taught. At the age of seventeen, he started working in one of only a handful of radio stations that existed at the time in Caracas, as a broadcaster. With his perfect diction and harmonic voice, he quickly became a favorite among listeners. He learned English by working at the American embassy in Caracas. Television career Ottolina began his television career in 1952, serving as host of the opening of the now defunct Televisora Nacional. Then, he was hired by the private television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
