Angelica Garcia (born May 21, 1972, in El Monte, California)Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000. is a former

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singer. Her uncle is Eusebio Garcia, director of Mariachi Toluca. She won the "Best New Artist" award at the Mexican national contest, ''Juguemos a Cantar'', and spent two years acting on the variety program '' La Hora Feliz''. The title track of her debut album, ''Angel Baby'' (a cover of a Rosie and the Originals song), was a hit in America, peaking on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991 at No. 29. She never had another US hit, but her 1997 Spanish-language single "Vaya" was a hit in Central and South America. Garcia obtained a bachelor's degree in applied design from The University of Maryland East Shore, and now works at the Jubilee Consortium, a nonprofit. She is the mother of singer-songwriter, Angelica Garcia.

Discography

*''Angel Baby'' ( Ultra Records, 1991) US

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Heatseekers peak No. 37

Allmusic.com *''Angelica'' (

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, 1997)

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1972 births Singers from California Living people People from El Monte, California 21st-century American singers {{US-singer-stub