Carmita Jiménez (c. 1944 – August 10, 2003) was a Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} A diva is a celebrated female singer The Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare outstanding talent in the world of Opera, and by extension in theatre and Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} She was born in San Lorenzo.
| Carmita Jimenez | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico |
| Other name(s) | La Dama de la Canción |
| Occupation | singer |
Carmita Jimenez started her singing career at the young age of six, on the radio show named El Abuelito Welch (Grandpa Welch) with another legendary Puerto Rican show business legend, Jose Miguel Agrelot. San Lorenzo (sanh lo-REN-zo Saint Lawrence) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region north of Patillas and Yabucoa Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Giuseppe Michael Agrelot ( April 21, 1927 &ndash January 28, 2004) better known as José Miguel Agrelot, was a Puerto Rican This show, as its name suggested, was sponsired by the Welch grape juice brand.
At 15, Jimenez performed the Habanera from Bizet's opera Carmen. Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Soon after, she joined popular music groups like the Moncho Usera orchestra, and then she released her first album, which contained the hit Tierra Rica (Rich Earth).
During the 1960s, Jimenez became a popular fixture on Puerto Rico's television and enjoyed great renown. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic She decided then that it was time to internationalize her career and moved to Peru to promote herself in South America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Her stay in Peru, which lasted until 1968, made her very popular among the citizens of that country too. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There she gave birth to her only daughter, MarÃa NahÃma, who as her mother, began singing professionally since a child. Carmita kept on releasing albums and scoring more hits.
After she returned to Puerto Rico in 1968, she landed her own section on WAPA-TV's popular lunch-time show El Show Del Mediodia. WAPA-TV is a full-power independent television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4 digital channel 27
During the 1970s, Carmita became a part of the Disco Music movement in her country, and had the number one hit La Generacion De Hoy (Today's Generation), produced by Alfred D. Herger, which was followed by La Vida En Rosa (Life In Pink), a song which was later a hit in English too, Grace Jones performing the English version. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Alfredo Domingo Herger (born November 4, 1942) is a famous former Puerto Rican Television show host and a psychologist English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican €“ American Singer, model and actress
Jimenez began bringing down her yearly number of appearances since 1985, becoming a more private person. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) On September 1990 she debuted as a stage actress in the San Juan premiere production of Rodolfo Santana's "Baño de Damas," with an all-star cast that included Gladys Rodriuez, Giselle Blondet, Marisol Calero, and Johanna Rosaly. On February 1991 she returned to the stage as Sister Mary Hubert (Sor MarÃa José) in the San Juan premiere production of Dan Goggins' musical comedy "Sor-Presas" (Nunsense). Both productions played at the historic Tapia Theater in Old San Juan. In 1994, she participated in a concert named Algo Mas Que Una Cantante (More Than Just a Singer) at San Juan's Centro De Bellas Artes, a concert which reunited many international singing super-stars. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) San Juan (saÅ‹ hwaÅ‹ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in
As it turned out, there was a reason for her winding down the number of public appearances each year: In 2002, she announced during an interview with Vea that she had been diagnosed with cancer in 1985. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Vea is a Puerto Rican gossip magazine that has been published weekly since 1968. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled The fact is that the cancer she had for almost 20 years had spread into bone metastasis and she battled it as a very courageous woman. She lived 4 more years in which she tried several cures, including a 4 month-visit to a private clinic in Switzerland with her daughter, singer and lyricist Maria Nahima. Carmita died at her home in Caguas, Puerto Rico after succumbing to her illness. Caguas ( (founded in 1775) is a City and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San
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