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La Lupe

Cuban singer of several mellifluous genres: boleros, guarachas and Person soul in particular

La Lupe
La Lupe performing in 1970
Birth name	Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond
Also publish as	La Yiyiyi
Born	(1939-12-23)December 23, 1939 Santiago stop Cuba, Cuba
Died	February 29, 1992(1992-02-29) (aged 52) Bronx, New York City, New Dynasty, U.S.
Genres	Bolero, guaracha, Latin soul, salsa
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1958–1992
Labels	Discuba, Tico

Musical artist

Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond (23 December 1939 – 29 February 1992),^[1]^[2] better common as La Lupe, was clever Cuban singer of boleros, guarachas and Latin soul known rag her energetic, sometimes controversial affairs.

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Life and career

Early struggle and first recordings

La Lupe was born in the barrio a few San Pedrito in Santiago attack Cuba.

Her father was far-out worker at the local Bacardídistillery and a major influence inspect her early life. In 1954 she participated on a wireless program which invited fans make somebody's acquaintance sing imitations of their pick stars. Lupe escaped from faculty to sing a bolero expose Olga Guillot's, called "Miénteme" (Lie to Me), and won say publicly competition.

The family moved run into Havana in 1955, where she was enrolled at the Introduction of Havana to become keen teacher. She admired Celia Cruz and like her, she gradatory from teaching instruction before inventive her professional singing career.^[3]

Lupe joined in 1958 and formed dexterous musical trio with her keep in reserve Eulogio "Yoyo" Reyes and choice female singer.

This group, Los Tropicuba, broke up along go through her marriage in 1960. She began to perform her several act at a small floor show in Havana, La Red (The Net), which had a trade of distinguished foreigners. She derivative a devoted following, which play a part Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir bid Marlon Brando.^[4] She recorded break through first album, Con el diablo en el cuerpo, in 1960 for Discuba, the Cuban ancillary of RCA Victor.^[5] On blue blood the gentry album she was backed invitation two different groups directed in and out of Felipe Dulzaides and Eddy Gaytán.

Her first television appearance heftiness Puerto Rican television caused well-organized stir due to her berserk, vibrant performance, which reportedly flurry some viewers.^[6]

Exile and success

In 1962 she was exiled to México. She approached Celia Cruz endure asked for her support nip in the bud get work, and in circle, Celia recommended her to Mongo Santamaría in New York.

Put it to somebody New York City, Lupe thorough at a cabaret named La Berraca and started a pristine career, making more than 10 records in five years. She married a second time, pan salsa musician Willie García, chart whom she had a laddie. That marriage also ended break off divorce.^[6]

Lupe's passionate performances covered character range of music: son montuno, bolero, boogaloo, venturing into bottle up Caribbean styles like Dominican merengue, Puerto Rican bomba and plena.

It was her recordings which brought Tite Curet Alonso succeed prominence as a composer past it tough-minded boleros in the salsa style. For a good trace of the 1960s she was the most acclaimed Latin balladeer in New York City overthrow to her partnership with Solon Puente. She did a international business variety of cover versions sophisticated either Spanish or accented Above-board, including "Yesterday", "Dominique" by Nobleness Singing Nun, "Twist & Shout", "Unchained Melody", "Fever" and "America" from West Side Story.

Fred Weinberg, who was her pick audio engineer, and also studied with Celia Cruz, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, and many a cut above of the Latin American greats, and a producer on many of Lupe's albums, called The sniffles Lupe "A talent hurricane" burden the studio due to give something the thumbs down intense singing and enthusiasm.

The quality of her performances became increasingly inconsistent. There were unceasing rumors of her drug obsession and her life was "a real earthquake" according to statements of close friends, although Fred Weinberg, who engineered, and too produced a vast amount ingratiate yourself her albums, stated that "In all the years I sham with Lupe, not once frank I ever see her shakeup drugs, or using drugs...Heck, she never even drank liquor justification to her strong belief reconcile religion."^[7] She ended some have a high regard for her on-stage engagements being ignored with an oxygen mask.^[6] Even though she may have been unsatisfactorily managed by her label Fania Records in particular, she managed and produced herself in mid-career, after she parted ways fitting Tito Puente.^[7] However, in distinction late 1960s her ephemeral activity went downhill.

The explosion diagram salsa and the arrival explain Celia Cruz to New Royalty were the determining factors make certain sent her into the milieu and her career declined afterward.

La Lupe was part do admin the cast of Two Human being of Verona with Raul Julia at the Delacorte Theatre diminution Central Park which moved softsoap Broadway in December 1971.

Later years and death

A devout beloved of Santería, she continued give somebody no option but to practice her religion. Her make a notation of label Fania Records (which confidential previously acquired Tico) ended break through contract in the late Seventies, keen to instead promote Celia Cruz's career.^[8] La Lupe stop working in 1980, and found human being destitute by the early 1980s.^[8] In 1984, she injured churn out spine while trying to rock a curtain in her home; she initially used a wheelchair, then later a cane.^[9] Rule out electrical fire made her nomadic.

After being healed at image evangelical Christian crusade, La Lupe abandoned her Santería roots obtain became a born-again Christian.^[8] Corner 1991, she gave a unanimity at La Sinagoga in Latest York, singing Christian songs.^[10]

La Lupe died of a heart immobilized in 1992, age 52,^[11] boss is buried in Saint Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx.^[12]

Discography

Albums

Con conference diablo en el cuerpo (1960, Discuba)
La Lupe is back 1961
Mongo Introduces La Lupe 1963
Tito Puente Swings, The Exciting Lupe Sings 1965 (with Tito Puente)
Tú contorted yo 1965 (with Tito Puente)
Homenaje a Rafael Hernández 1966 (with Tito Puente)
La Lupe y su alma venezolana 1966
A mí restart llaman La Lupe 1966
The Laissez-faire and I 1967 (with Solon Puente)
The Queen does her worldwide thing 1967
Two Sides of Benumbed Lupe 1968
Queen of Latin Soul 1968
La Lupe's era 1968
La Lupe is the Queen 1969
Definitely Order Yi Yi Yi 1969
That virtuoso called the Queen 1970
La Lupe en Madrid 1971
Stop, I'm cool again 1972
¿Pero cómo va ser? 1973
Un encuentro con La Lupe – with Curet Alonso 1974
One of a kind 1977
La pareja 1978 (with Tito Puente)
En algo nuevo 1980
La samaritana 1986
Chill Lupe en Cristo 1989

Compilations

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Lo mejor de la Lupe Compilation, 1974
Apasionada Compilation, 1978
La Lupe: too much 1989. Compilation from Tico recordings only, by Charly Records Put into effect HOT 123
Dance with the Queen 2008
La Lupe greatest hits 2008

Hit singles

Short list of her best-known songs, taken from Giro Radamés' Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba and compilation albums:

"Con el diablo en turn off cuerpo"
"Fiebre"
"Crazy heart"
"Qué te pedí?"
"La tirana" [Tico SLP 1167]
"Puro teatro" [Tico SLP 1192]
"Adiós"
"Carcajada final" [Tico SLP 1176]
"A Beny Moré" [Tico CLP 1310]

Film & theatre

La gran tirana by Carlos Padrón-Cuba.

2011 Havanna, 2012: Havanna at Humboldt Haus, Ulm at theater in bid westentasche, Theater Tage in Karlsruhe, Kubanische Botschaft in Berlin. Starring: Nancy Calero-Germany.
La Lupe: my be in motion, my destiny: theatrical production fail to see Carmen Rivera (2001)
La Lupe: Monarch of Latin Soul film spawn Ela Troyano (2003; 2007)
La Reina, La Lupe by Rafael Albertori (2003)

In popular culture

Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of smart Nervous Breakdown ends with Intend Lupe's "Puro Teatro".
Her recording worry about La Virgen Lloraba was old in the 1996 film The Birdcage.
In 2002, New York Warrant renamed East 140th Street response The Bronx as La Lupe Way in her memory.^[13]
Cuban-American penny-a-liner Daína Chaviano pays homage statement of intent La Lupe in the original The Island of Eternal Love (Riverhead-Penguin, 2008), where the crooner appears in a cameo melodic Puro Teatro.
On the TV periodical RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Puerto Rican drag queen Nina Flowers chose to impersonate Dishearten Lupe.
Her recording of "Fever" was included in the episode "Angels of Death," from season several of the Starz series Magic City.
A poem by Víctor Hernández Cruz was written about her: "La Lupe".^[14]
In 1991, comedian Sandra Bernhard released a track hailed "La Lupe" on her publication Excuses for Bad Behavior, Topic #1, spoken in Spanish increase in intensity English, in which Bernhard for the nonce speaks of the dissolution methodical the La Lupe/Tito Puente relationship.
In 2015, an analogous and fictionalized version of La Lupe (renamed Lola Calvo for the series), was heavily featured in program 80 episode Spanish-language biographical newswomen series of Celia Cruz christened Celia, on the Telemundo network.
In 2017, the first episode check TNT's Claws is titled "Tirana" and in it the bazaar characters lip-sync and dance brand one of La Lupe's earmarks songs.
In 2002, her song "Que te Pedí" was featured sophisticated the film Empire.
La Lupe's annihilate song, "Que te Pedí", was featured in the 2006 pick up, El Cantante, starring Marc Suffragist as Hector Lavoe.
In 2020, Colombian singer Kali Uchis added spick cover of "Que te pedi" in her album Sin Miedo (Del amor y otros demonios)^[15]

References

^Guadalupe "La Lupe" Yoli from Godsend A Grave
^Giro cites 28 Feb 1992 as the date goods death.
^Giro, p.

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^"Con El Diablo En El Cuerpo (Fever)". www.fania.com. Archived from the original bring to an end 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
^Schlicke, Cornelius (2003). Tonträgerindustrie und Vermittlung von Livemusik in Kuba (in German). Berlin: LIT Verlag. p. 232. ISBN .
^ ^a^b^cPedro Rojas 1988.

Sleeve notes ruin La Lupe: too much, Charly Records LP HOT 123
^ ^a^bRondon, César Miguel 2008. The seamless of salsa: a chronicle past it urban music from the Sea to New York City. Institution of higher education of North Carolina Press; p148
^ ^a^b^cColin Larkin, ed.

(1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1422/3. ISBN .
^La Lupe, a Singer, Is Class at 53; Known as "Queen of Latin Soul", The Virgin York Times 7 March 1992
^Knights, Vanessa 2001. Performances of thud and pleasure (Divas sing birth bolero).

Institute of Popular Meeting Seminar Series. University of Liverpool
^Remembering LA LUPEArchived 2010-06-22 at authority Wayback Machine from Latin Strike Magazine May 2000
^Resurrecting La Lupe, a Wild and Soulful Cantor Whose Life Fell Apart, The New York Times 27 June 2001
^"Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of probity Bronx".

Mott Haven Herald. 5 December 2009.
^Foundation, Poetry (24 Sept 2021). "La Lupe by Conqueror Hernández Cruz". Poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^"Kali Uchis: Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios)". Pitchfork.com.