You must have the Adobe Flash Player installed to view this player.
84
Created by miramar
Description
-
Homer Simpson Over Cuba
-
- Leaving Cuba
- (Media / Leaving Cuba)
-
Leaving Cuba
- Gloria Estefan and...
- (Media / Gloria Estefan and Marcus Fontain)
-
Gloria Estefan - Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo - was born September 1, 1957 in Havana , Cuba, to Jose and Gloria Fajardo. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo Garcia, immigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero , Asturias , Spain, where he married Gloria's maternal grandmother, originally from Logroño , Spain. Prior to the Cuban Revolution , her father was a Cuban soldier and a bodyguard to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista . The Fajardo family fled to Lafayette, Indiana as a result of the Cuban Revolution, eventually settling down in Miami , Florida. Shortly after they moved to the United States, Gloria's father joined the US military and fought in the Vietnam War , also having participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion . Gloria attended St. Michael-Archangel School and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami. Her father became ill after returning from Vietnam and Gloria helped her mother, Gloria Fajardo, care for him. Her mother worked hard as a school teacher for the Dade County Public School system . Gloria Estefan graduated from college in 1979 with a B.A. in psychology, with a minor in French, from the University of Miami . When she was studying at the university, she worked as an English/Spanish/French translator at Miami International Airport Customs Department and, because of her language abilities, was once approached by the CIA as a possible employee. Estefan was raised Catholic . Gloria became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan , in 1976. As she later revealed, "he was my first and only boyfriend." She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978. They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994). The family lives in the Star Island section of Miami Beach, Florida . Mid-1970s through the 1980s. Starting in 1977, the Miami Sound Machine,the same band as the Miami Latin Boys, with Gloria Estefan began recording and releasing various albums, 45s, and 12"s on the Audiofon Records label in Miami. The first album from 1977 was entitled Live Again Renacer and was released with two different covers. After several more releases on the Audiofon label as well as the RCA Victor label and Miami Sound Machine's own label MSM Records, the band was signed to Discos CBS International and released several albums, 45s, and 12"s beginning with 1980s self-titled album Miami Sound Machine . Growing in popularity in both the United States and around the world, the group would continue record
- Gloria Estefan and...
- (Media / Gloria Estefan and Marcus Fontain)
-
Gloria Estefan - Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo - was born September 1, 1957 in Havana , Cuba, to Jose and Gloria Fajardo. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo Garcia, immigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero , Asturias , Spain, where he married Gloria's maternal grandmother, originally from Logroño , Spain. Prior to the Cuban Revolution , her father was a Cuban soldier and a bodyguard to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista . The Fajardo family fled to Lafayette, Indiana as a result of the Cuban Revolution, eventually settling down in Miami , Florida. Shortly after they moved to the United States, Gloria's father joined the US military and fought in the Vietnam War , also having participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion . Gloria attended St. Michael-Archangel School and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami. Her father became ill after returning from Vietnam and Gloria helped her mother, Gloria Fajardo, care for him. Her mother worked hard as a school teacher for the Dade County Public School system . Gloria Estefan graduated from college in 1979 with a B.A. in psychology, with a minor in French, from the University of Miami . When she was studying at the university, she worked as an English/Spanish/French translator at Miami International Airport Customs Department and, because of her language abilities, was once approached by the CIA as a possible employee. Estefan was raised Catholic . Gloria became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan , in 1976. As she later revealed, "he was my first and only boyfriend." She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978. They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994). The family lives in the Star Island section of Miami Beach, Florida . Mid-1970s through the 1980s. Starting in 1977, the Miami Sound Machine,the same band as the Miami Latin Boys, with Gloria Estefan began recording and releasing various albums, 45s, and 12"s on the Audiofon Records label in Miami. The first album from 1977 was entitled Live Again Renacer and was released with two different covers. After several more releases on the Audiofon label as well as the RCA Victor label and Miami Sound Machine's own label MSM Records, the band was signed to Discos CBS International and released several albums, 45s, and 12"s beginning with 1980s self-titled album Miami Sound Machine . Growing in popularity in both the United States and around the world, the group would continue record
Associations
-
- Details
- User Channel: miramar
- Categories: Comedy & Stand-Up
