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| name = La Lupe | image = 06 la lupe.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond | alias = La Yiyiyi | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1939|12|23}} | birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1992|2|29|1939|12|23}} | death_place = Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. | instrument = | genre = Bolero, guaracha, Latin soul, salsa | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1958–1992 | label = Discuba, Tico | associated_acts = Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Celia Cruz | website = }} Lupe Victoria Yolí Raymond (23 December 1939 – 29 February 1992),[1][2] better known as La Lupe, was a Cuban singer of boleros, guarachas and Latin soul, known for her energetic, sometimes controversial performances. Following the release of her first album in 1961, La Lupe moved from Havana to New York and signed with Tico Records, which marked the beginning of a prolific and successful career in the 1960s and 1970s. She retired in the 1980s due to religious reasons. Life and careerEarly life and first recordingsLa Lupe was born in the barrio of San Pedrito in Santiago de Cuba. Her father was a worker at the local Bacardí distillery and a major influence on her early life. In 1954 she participated on a radio program which invited fans to sing imitations of their favorite stars. Lupe escaped from school to sing a bolero of Olga Guillot's, called "Miénteme" (Lie to Me), and won the competition. The family moved to Havana in 1955, where she was enrolled at the University of Havana to become a teacher. She admired Celia Cruz and like her, she graduated from teaching instruction before starting her professional singing career.[3] Lupe married in 1958 and formed a musical trio with her husband Eulogio "Yoyo" Reyes and another female singer. This group, Los Tropicuba, broke up along with her marriage in 1960. She began to perform her own act at a small nightclub in Havana, La Red (The Net), which had a clientele of distinguished foreigners. She acquired a devoted following, which included Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Marlon Brando.[4] She recorded her first album, Con el diablo en el cuerpo, in 1960 for Discuba, the Cuban subsidiary of RCA Victor.[5] On the album she was backed by two different groups directed by Felipe Dulzaides and Eddy Gaytán. Her first television appearance on Puerto Rican television caused a stir due to her frenzied, vibrant performance, which reportedly shocked some viewers.[6] Exile and successIn 1962 she was exiled to México. She approached Celia Cruz and asked for her support to get work, and in turn, Celia recommended her to Mongo Santamaría in New York. In New York City, Lupe performed at a cabaret named La Berraca and started a new career, making more than 10 records in five years. She married a second time, to salsa musician Willie García, with whom she had a daughter. That marriage also ended in divorce.[6] Lupe's passionate performances covered the range of music: son montuno, bolero, boogaloo, venturing into other Caribbean styles like Dominican merengue, Puerto Rican bomba and plena. It was her recordings which brought Tite Curet Alonso into prominence as a composer of tough-minded boleros in the salsa style. For a good part of the 1960s she was the most acclaimed Latin singer in New York City due to her partnership with Tito Puente. She did a wide variety of cover versions in either Spanish or accented English, including "Yesterday", "Dominique" by The Singing Nun, "Twist & Shout", "Unchained Melody", "Fever" and "America" from West Side Story. Fred Weinberg, who was her favorite audio engineer, also produced several of her albums. Weinberg called La Lupe "a hurricane" in the studio due to her intense singing and enthusiasm. The quality of her performances became increasingly inconsistent. There were persistent rumors of her drug addiction and her life was "a real earthquake" according to statements of close friends.[7] She ended some of her on-stage engagements being treated with an oxygen mask.[6] Although she may have been poorly managed by her label Fania Records in particular, she managed and produced herself in mid-career, after she parted ways with Tito Puente.[7] However, in the late 1960s her ephemeral career went downhill. The explosion of salsa and the arrival of Celia Cruz to New York were the determining factors that sent her into the background and her career declined thereafter. Later years and deathA devout follower of Santería, she continued to practice her religion. Her record label Fania Records (which had previously acquired Tico) ended her contract in the late 1970s, perhaps simply because of her falling record sales. She retired in 1980, and found herself destitute by the early 1980s. In 1984 she injured her spine while trying to hang a curtain in her home; she initially used a wheelchair, then later a cane.[8] An electrical fire made her homeless. After being healed at an evangelical Christian crusade, La Lupe abandoned her Santería roots and became a born-again Christian. In 1991, she gave a concert at La Sinagoga in New York, singing Christian songs.[9] La Lupe died of a heart attack at the age of 52[10] and is buried in Saint Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx.[11] DiscographyAlbums
CompilationsThis section is not complete.
Hit singlesShort list of her best-known songs, taken from Giro Radamés' Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba and compilation albums:
Film & theatre
In popular culture
In 2002, her song “Que te Pedi” was featured in the movie Empire (2002 film) References1. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18854 Guadalupe "La Lupe" Yoli] from Find A Grave 2. ^Giro cites 28 February 1992 as the date of death. 3. ^Giro, p45. 4. ^http://www.fania.com/products/con-el-diablo-en-el-cuerpo-fever 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Schlicke|first1=Cornelius|title=Tonträgerindustrie und Vermittlung von Livemusik in Kuba|date=2003|publisher=LIT Verlag|location=Berlin|page=232|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtlb5tMKp1wC|language=German}} 6. ^1 2 Pedro Rojas 1988. Sleeve notes to La Lupe: too much, Charly Records LP HOT 123 7. ^1 Rondon, César Miguel 2008. The book of salsa: a chronicle of urban music from the Caribbean to New York City. University of North Carolina Press; p148 8. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/07/arts/la-lupe-a-singer-is-dead-at-53-known-as-queen-of-latin-soul.html?pagewanted=1 La Lupe, a Singer, Is Dead at 53; Known as "Queen of Latin Soul"] from The New York Times 7 March 1992 9. ^Knights, Vanessa 2001. Performances of pain and pleasure (Divas sing the bolero). Institute of Popular Music Seminar Series. University of Liverpool 10. ^Remembering LA LUPE {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622032313/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_4_10/ai_73323942/ |date=2010-06-22 }} from Latin Beat Magazine May 2000 11. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/arts/resurrecting-la-lupe-a-wild-and-soulful-singer-whose-life-fell-apart.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Resurrecting La Lupe, a Wild and Soulful Singer Whose Life Fell Apart] from The New York Times 27 June 2001 12. ^Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of the Bronx from motthavenherald.com 5 December 2009 Further reading
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