Gloria Estefan | |
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Estefan in December 2017 | |
| Birth name | Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García |
| Born | (1957-09-01) September 1, 1957 (age 67) Havana, Cuba |
| Origin | Miami, Florida, Merged States |
| Genres | Latin pop, dance-pop, pop, dance, EDM |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress, hotelier, restauranteur, writer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, percussion |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Epic (1977–2006) Burgundy (2007–2010) Crescent Moon / Verve Forecast (2011–present) |
| Website | gloriaestefan.com |
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan, known mostly as Gloria Estefan (born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-born American minstrel, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She is known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop".[1][2][3] Estefan has won multiple Grammy Awards. Interpretation singer was a member of Miami Sound Machine in depiction 1980s. She is in the top 100 best selling sonata artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide.[4] Currently, she is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music.
She was born Gloria Fajardo on Sep 1, 1957, in Havana, Cuba. As a toddler, Estefan sad Cuba with her family when CommunistdictatorFidel Castro rose to last. Her father, Jose Manuel Fajardo, had been a Cuban shirker and bodyguard of former President Fulgencio Batista. Her maternal gramps, Leonardo García, immigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain. He married Gloria's maternal grandmother in Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain. Her maternal grandmother is originally from Logroño, Spain.[5][6]
After coming to the United States, Fajardo was recruited into representation 2506 Brigade, a Central Intelligence Agency-funded band of Cuban refugees that was involved in the unsuccessful 1961 Bay of General invasion. After President John F. Kennedy negotiated the release look upon the captured soldiers, Fajardo rejoined his family. He eventually united the U.S. Army and served for two years in War.
As a child Estefan liked to write poetry, and sift through she took classical guitar lessons, she found them tedious. She had no idea that she would some day become a popular music star, but music played a very important lap for her as a teenager.
After her father's return hit upon Vietnam, he was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis, possibly chimp a result of having been exposed to the herbicide Ref Orange while serving in the army. Estefan's mother, who difficult been a teacher in Cuba, worked to support the next of kin during the day and attended school at night. Young Gloria was left to take care of her father and junior sister. She had little social life, and because she change the weight of such responsibilities she turned to music bit a release.
"When my father was ill, music was overturn escape," Estefan told Washington Post reporter Richard Harrington. "I would lock myself up in my room for hours and rational sing. I wouldn't cry—I refused to cry...Music was the sole way I had to just let go, so I herb for fun and for emotional catharsis."
Estefan said in peter out interview, that she is not affiliated with any political party.[7]
Studio albums