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Singer of Latin
Known as La India, but singer Luisa María Hernández, who had just turned 60 when the phenomenal success of the SAR label briefly revived her career in the 1980s. Born in El Cobre, in the province of Cuba formerly known as Oriente, she became "La India de Oriente" at the beginning of the 1940s. She worked in radio and TV and performed with names like Trío La Rosa, Barbarito Díez, Celia Cruz and Julio Gutiérrez before relocating to the USA in 1960. Romance Del Campesino compuesta por Roberto Cole. La India de Oriente is the third member of a troika of great Cuban soneras of which the other members are Celia Cruz and Celina Gonzalez, and stylistically she falls somewhere between the two.
SAR All Stars |
Los Guajiros |
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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La India de Oriente | La India de Oriente | 2017 | Album |
Yo Fui La Callejera | La India de Oriente Con El Trio La Rosa | 2001 | Compil. |
La India de Oriente | La India de Oriente | 1999 | Compil. |
Yo Soy Guajiro Del Monte | La India de Oriente | 1981 | Single |
Yo Soy Guajiro Del Monte / El Punto Cubano | La India de Oriente | 1981 | Single |
El Fiel Enamorado / A Bailar El Son | La India de Oriente | 1981 | Single |
Canta Guajiras Y Decimas | La India de Oriente | 1965 | Album |
Soñando Con Cuba / Me Llaman Rumbera | La India de Oriente | Single | |
Con Sus Canciones Favoritas Bajo La Dirección De María Torres | La India de Oriente | Album |