Olga Ramos Explained

Olga Ramos
Birth Name:	Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino
Birth Date:	18 July 1918
Birth Place:	Badajoz, Spain
Death Place:	Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Resting Place:	Cementerio de la Almudena
Occupation:	Singer, actress
Module:	Embed: yes Genre: Cuplé Instruments: Voice, violin
Spouse:	Enrique Martínez de Gamboa

Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé.^{[1] [2]}

Life and career

She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film Leyenda rota, with Juan de Orduña and Maruchi Fresno, directed by .^{[1] [3]}

She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943.^[1]

In the 1940s, she conducted the Orquesta Fémina, an "orchestra of young ladies", in various locations in the city such as .^{[4] [5]}

After a few years withdrawn from the world of entertainment, from 1967 to 1978 she sang at the Madrid venue El Último Cuplé, at 51, until its closure.^[6] Two years later, Ramos reopened the club, becoming an entrepreneur, with her daughter,, under the name Las Noches del Cuplé, and performed there daily until its final closure in 1999.^[1]

Her husband, Enrique Martínez de Gamboa, composed several of her songs.^[4]

Discography

• Madrid entre cuplés y canciones
• Puro cuplé^[1]

Awards and distinctions

• First prize for chamber music from the Madrid Royal Conservatory^[1]
• Madrid Medal for artistic merit^[1]
• Lady of the Order of Isabella the Catholic^[1]
• Gold medal for merit at work^[1]
• Gold medal of Agustín Lara^[1]
• Plaque at the Memory Plan of Madrid (Puerta del Sol)^[7]
• Garbanzo de Plata^[8]
• "Voz microfónica" of the Estudios Roptence in Madrid^[1]
• Medal of the Villa y Corte Foundation^[9]
• Community gold medal of the Canary Islands^[10]
• Cibeles Honor Award of the Madrid Forum^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: Muere Olga Ramos, la reina del cuplé . Olga Ramos Dies, the Queen of the Cuplé . . Spanish . 25 August 2005 . 11 June 2018.
2. News: Muere a los 87 años Olga Ramos, la 'reina del cuplé' . Olga Ramos Dies at Age 87, the 'Queen of the Cuplé' . . EFE . Spanish . 25 August 2005 . 11 June 2018.
3. News: Leyenda rota . . Spanish . 11 June 2018.
4. News: Olga Ramos, reina del cuplé más castizo . Olga Ramos, Queen of the Most Authentic Cuplé . . EFE . Spanish . 25 August 2005 . 11 June 2018.
5. Book: Montoliú Camps, Pedro . Madrid en la Posguerra . Post-War Madrid . Sílex ediciones . 325 . 9788477371595 . Spanish . 2005 . 11 June 2018 . Google Books.
6. Book: Gutiérrez-Vega, Zenaida . Victoria Kent, una vida al servicio del humanismo liberal . Victoria Kent, a Life in Service of Liberal Humanism . . 242 . Spanish . 2001 . 9788474968477 . 11 June 2018 . Google Books.
7. Web site: Olga Ramos . Memoriademadrid . Spanish . 11 June 2018.
8. News: Garbanzo para Olga . . EFE . Spanish . 30 May 1996 . 11 June 2018.
9. News: La pacense Olga Ramos, 'Reina del cuplé', dará nombre a una glorieta de Madrid . The Badajoz Native Olga Ramos, 'Queen of the Cuplé', Will Give Name to a Roundabout in Madrid . Hoy . Madrid . Spanish . 1 February 2006 . 11 June 2018.
10. News: Medallas de oro de Canarias . . Santa Cruz de Tenerife . Spanish . 9 April 2002 . 11 June 2018.
11. Book: Montoliú Camps, Pedro . Enciclopedia de Madrid . . 663 . 9788408043386 . Spanish . 2002 . 11 June 2018 . Google Books.