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  divastation: gloria estefan
"all the men were gone," recounts gloria, "all the mothers and kids were living together." like her father, gloria felt the call of duty and responded by beginning her amateur singing career, singing cuban songs to the women whose husbands had gone off to war.
gloria's recuperation was split between the physical therapy, upon which her doctors insisted, and her music, which she had always found cathartic.
gloria kicked off her evolution tour, in support of the album, in atlanta, the night before the opening ceremonies and returned to perform at the closing ceremonies.
www.divastation.com /gloria_estefan/estefan_bio.html   (2293 words)

  
  Gloria Estefan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gloria Estefan (birth name Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo, born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-author, who began her career as lead vocalist for the Hispanic dance music band, Miami Sound Machine, in 1975, and crossed over to mainstream popular success with English-speaking audiences with the international hit singles, Dr.
Estefan's father Jose Fajardo, who in the 1950s was a personal bodyguard to then-Cuban president Fulgencio Batista's wife, was captured in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion that attempted to overthrow the new communist government established by Fidel Castro.
Estefan graduated from the University of Miami in 1978 with a degree in communications and psychology (with a minor in French).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gloria_Estefan   (2301 words)

  
 divastation: gloria estefan
the accident had left gloria unable to walk, let alone deliver the high-energy performances to which her public had become accustomed.
which would aid victims of the hurricane, gloria took center stage (both literally and figuratively) to help the people who had helped her to recover just a year before.
in 1996, "reach", a song co-authored by gloria estefan and diane warren which appeared on gloria's new album destiny, served as the official song of the olympics.
www.divastation.com /gloria_estefan/estefan_bio_es.html   (2540 words)

  
 CNN.com - Actor arrested, accused of stalking Gloria Estefan - February 21, 2002
According to the Estefans, Diaz was so determined to use them as bootstraps to fame that he stalked them, invaded their home, and groped Gloria Estefan after his efforts at friendship were rebuffed.
He appeared at Emilio Estefan's 2001 birthday party, forcing his way into a photo the producer was posing for with a group of his employees, and made a scene when Almeida the bodyguard asked him to leave, according to the suit.
Also in 1995, Gloria Estefan ended a four-year court fight when a New York judge dismissed a plagiarism suit brought by a salsa pianist who claimed she stole one of his lines.
www.cnn.com /2002/LAW/02/21/ctv.estefan.stalking.battle/index.html   (1129 words)

  
 Liceo Cubano - Gloria Estefan Biography
Gloria was admitted to the University of Miami (on partial scholarship) in 1975, with hopes of pursuing a career in psychology.
Emilio Estefan, Gloria's husband of 22 years, was the group's leader and keyboardist and helped the once shy Estefan come out of her shell and become the charismatic, energetic performer she is today.
Estefan has even taken her talents to the big-screen, with an acting debut opposite Meryl Streep in the film Music of the Heart, in which she also recorded a hit song with 'N Sync for the movie's soundtrack.
www.liceocubano.com /Spn/Estefan/Estefan_Bio.asp   (789 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan - Wikipedia
Gloria Estefan wurde als Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo geboren.
Diese integrative Tendenz führt Gloria Estefan in Abriendo Puertas fort.
Gloria Estefan ist in den USA zu einer wichtigen Pionierin lateinamerikanischer Musik geworden.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gloria_Estefan   (763 words)

  
 GLORIA ESTEFAN BIOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1975, at the urging of her mother, Gloria sang some songs at a wedding which was being entertained by a local party band, The Miami Latin Boys.
The band leader, Emilio Estefan, was so impressed by her smooth alto voice that he hounded her to join his band.
As Gloria slept in her tour bus which had stopped along a Pennsylvania Interstate highway, a speeding semi-truck smashed into it from behind.
www.sing365.com /music/lyric.nsf/singerUnid/A6F5A5B9B50BC1EB48256879001FFA01   (461 words)

  
 CNN.com - Actor arrested, accused of stalking Gloria Estefan - February 21, 2002
According to the Estefans, Diaz was so determined to use them as bootstraps to fame that he stalked them, invaded their home, and groped Gloria Estefan after his efforts at friendship were rebuffed.
He appeared at Emilio Estefan's 2001 birthday party, forcing his way into a photo the producer was posing for with a group of his employees, and made a scene when Almeida the bodyguard asked him to leave, according to the suit.
Also in 1995, Gloria Estefan ended a four-year court fight when a New York judge dismissed a plagiarism suit brought by a salsa pianist who claimed she stole one of his lines.
archives.cnn.com /2002/LAW/02/21/ctv.estefan.stalking.battle/index.html   (1129 words)

  
 gloria-estefan Mp3 Albums Review
Estefan's forte is middle-of-the-road pop, but all of her upbeat hits are fueled by driving Latin percussion, the feature that set Estefan's music apart from the rest of the flyaway pop of the 1980s and early '90s.
There is a reason Gloria Estefan has such a special relationship with her fans and has managed to have such staying power in an industry where a new pop princess comes along every five minutes.
Gloria Estefan may have fallen out of commercial favor with English-speaking audiences over the past several years, but her musical output has hardly reflected a change.
www.full-albums.net /albums_review-gloria-estefan.asp   (3365 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan to Write Children's Book
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Gloria Estefan will pen her first book, a story for children to be published in both English and Spanish in November 2005.
Gloria will also write and record a song based on Noelle's story, and the single CD will be packaged inside the respective editions of the new book.
Gloria Estefan has sold over 70 million of her albums sold worldwide.
www.writenews.com /2005/012105_estefan_childrens_book.htm   (492 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
As one of the biggest new stars to emerge during the mid-'80s, singer Gloria Estefan predated the coming Latin pop explosion by a decade, scoring a series of propulsive dance hits rooted in the rhythms of her native Cuba before shifting her focus to softer, more ballad-oriented fare.
Born Gloria Fajardo in Havana on September 1, 1957, she was raised primarily in Miami, FL, after her father, a bodyguard in the employ of Cuban president Fulgencio Batista, was forced to flee the island following the 1959 coup helmed by Fidel Castro.
Estefan resurfaced in 1991 with Into the Light, again topping the charts with "Coming Out of the Dark," a single inspired by her near-fatal accident; two more cuts from the album, "Can't Forget You" and "Live for Loving You," secured her foothold on the adult contemporary charts.
www.perfectpeople.net /biopage.php3/cid=800   (554 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Gloria (Maria Fajardo) Estefan was born in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 1957.
Her family fled to Florida when Gloria was still a toddler (Gloria's father was part of the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 to over through Fidel Castro's control over the Cuban government) and lived in the Cuban ghetto of Miami.
Gloria was on her way to becoming the first worldwide crossover Latin music star.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-e/gloriaestefan_main.htm   (1326 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Emilio estefan (born april 3 1953) is a cuban musicmusician and producer....
Estefan's first major public performance was at a large Cuban wedding when Emilio asked her to join the band to sing on stage, EHandler: no quick summary.
(Estefan sang the Billboard Latin #1 song "Mas Alla" for the late Pope John Paul II[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] as part of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gl/gloria_estefan.htm   (5237 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Gloria Estefan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine grew from a Latin-inspired band whose primary audience was in Spanish-speaking countries to a group that enjoys international fame and success.
Estefan was born Gloria Fajardo in 1958 in Havana, Cuba.
Estefan and the group, whose members had changed over the years, prided themselves on the combination of Latin rhythms, rhythm and blues, and mainstream pop that made their music special.
www.galegroup.com /free_resources/chh/bio/estefan_g.htm   (2257 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan: Hija del Exilio - Daughter of the Exile
Born in Cuba, raised in Miami Gloria Estefan is at the vanguard of the second generation of the Cuban exile.
Additionally, when Gloria Estefan was to sing at the Pan Am games in 1986 the Cuban government was outraged that the Miami Sound Machine had been selected to perform; both Gloria and her husband Emilio Estefan are Cuban exiles.
In 1997, Gloria Estefan appeared on CNN defending the Embargo as a moral imperative, and once again exposed the regime in Cuba for what it is: a brutal tyranny.
www.fiu.edu /~fcf/gloria112097.html   (633 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits: Music: Gloria Estefan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Estefan's forte is middle-of-the-road pop, but all of her upbeat hits are fueled by driving Latin percussion, the feature that set Estefan's music apart from the rest of the flyaway pop of the 1980s and early '90s.
There is a reason Gloria Estefan has such a special relationship with her fans and has managed to have such staying power in an industry where a new pop princess comes along every five minutes.
Gloria's discovery that it could end at any moment and her reaction to it is truly heartrending.
www.amazon.com /Gloria-Estefan-Greatest-Hits/dp/B0000028TU   (1696 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Gloria Estefan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine grew from a Latin-inspired band whose primary audience was in Spanish-speaking countries to a group that enjoys international fame and success.
Estefan was born Gloria Fajardo in 1958 in Havana, Cuba.
Like many Cuban-Americans, Estefan believed that Gonzalez should have been allowed to remain in the United States, and she appeared at protests outside the house where the boy was kept, believing that as an immigrant, he had a right to stay in the United States.
www.gale.com /free_resources/chh/bio/estefan_g.htm   (2254 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Estefan, the most popular Latin American singer of the 80s and 90s, originally rose to prominence in the 70s by joining soon-to-be husband Emilio Estefan in Miami Sound Machine.
Early in 1990 Estefan's impetus was halted when she was involved in a serious accident in Syracuse, New York.
Estefan's 1993 and 1995 albums, Mi Tierra and Abriendo Puertas, were Spanish-language efforts that distanced her somewhat from the American pop mainstream, but proved hugely popular in South America.
musicstore.mymmode.com /artist.do?artistID=6072701   (661 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Gloria Estefan
Gloria is not only beautiful and talented, she has overcome what seemed like impossible odds, and for this we would Conga with her anyday.
Formerly known as the lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine, Gloria has burnt the charts with sizzling hits such as Conga and Cuts Both Ways, and made her big screen debut in Music of the Heart.
Gloria Estefan seems like the "grandmother" of the current Latin music revival because she has been around for so long, but we don't think that is the case.
www.askmen.com /women/singer/34_gloria_estefan.html   (331 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan speaks her mind / Exito
Cubanamerican singer Gloria Estefan says she doesn't regret the debate over freedom of speech in which she recently became involved after she spoke up in defense of a Dade County advisory board member who was removed from her position for advocating Castro associated artists be allowed to perform in Miami.
Estefan spoke with Exito as she left the CBS Telenoticias TV studios, surrounded by a knot of reporters and the curious.
Estefan said she approved of the position taken by Mayor Alex Penelas because taxpayers have a right to decide what they want to do with their tax dollars.
www.fiu.edu /~fcf/estefanspeaks102397.html   (1521 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan - Bio, Song Lyrics, Music, & Videos
In an industry increasingly dominated by disposable artists and short-term careers, Gloria Estefan continues to thrive and firmly command the ardent praise of fans worldwide.
In addition to providing diehard fans with a nicely woven collection of Estefan's best-loved English-language hits from the past nine years, Greatest Hits Volume 2 also effectively illuminates the most creatively plush period of the artist's career to date.
The remixed version of "Conga" provides the perfect bridge between Estefan's salad days and the new tunes that hint at where the artist is headed in the future.
www.musicalspanish.com /gloriaestefan.htm   (514 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan
International superstar Gloria Estefan, who has more than 70 million albums sold worldwide and five Grammy Awards, is the most successful crossover performer in the history of Latin music.
Estefan began her career as lead vocalist for the Miami Sound Machine, a then exclusively Spanish language group that was among the first pioneering Latino groups to break into the mainstream pop market.
After enduring almost a year of grueling physical therapy, Estefan made an astonishing full recovery from injuries that should have left her paralyzed and returned to the top of the charts with the release of the multi-platinum album Into the Light.
www.aarp.org /aarp_benefits/natl_events/puerto_rico/speakers/gloria_estefan.html   (276 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan
Gloria's father became a POW of the Bay Of Pigs Invasion, and was imprisioned for over a year.
Gloria began singing at an early age, first as a healing from depression.
She met Emilio Estefan in 1975 at a wedding where he invited her to sing for his band" THE LATIN BOYS".
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 Amazon.com: Gloria!: Music: Gloria Estefan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
My favorite of the Gloria albums so far, she lets rip now that she's totally established, and the result is a true bright spot, devoid of the usual love ballads that she intersperses with her pop songs.
Gloria made this album a thing of beauty, forever switching from one powerful song to another until the customer is left breathless and achy for more!
Gloria thumps through this pulse-rattling, no-breathers-allowed collection of fifteen dance tunes as though her middle name were Janet Jackson.
www.amazon.com /Gloria-Estefan/dp/B000007NAY   (1145 words)

  
 Gloria Estefan Entertains Evacuees
Estefan recalled living through Hurricane Andrew in Florida and equated that to this experience, although she admitted this time it was much bigger.
Estefan commented that no one would want to leave their home without hope to return.
After giving a hug and the crucifix necklace she was wearing to a young girl, Estefan and her fellow entertainers did a receiving line for the children, giving away toys and books to each child.
www.redcross.org /article/0,1072,0_312_4626,00.html   (605 words)

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