Background: | person |
Concha Valdés Miranda | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1928 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Republic of Cuba |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida, United States |
Occupation: | Singer, pianist, composer |
Concha Valdés Miranda (July 16, 1928August 19, 2017) was a Cuban songwriter and performer of Cuban music.
Miranda was born in Havana, Cuba. Her greatest success may have been "El que más te ha querido". It was nominated for the Grammy and the first place in the United States. In addition, she is the author of numerous songs that were popular in the voices of performers such as Toña la Negra, Celia Cruz, Lucía Méndez, Olga Guillot, Tito Rodríguez, Felipe Pirela, Joel Gabino, Los Panchos, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Santos Colón, Floria Márquez, Ismael Miranda, Tito Nieves, Tito Puente, Sergio Vargas, Johnny Ventura, Cheo Feliciano and Dyango, among others.
Many of her compositions have been used as themes in Spanish and Mexican movies. She is among the first artists to become part of the composers of Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.[1] She died in Miami, aged 89.