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Also known as Graciela Pérez, Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez

Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez (August 23, 1915 – April 7, 2010), known by the mononym Graciela, was a Cuban singer of Cuban music and Latin jazz.

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1942
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Person
Gender
Female
Country
Cuba
Active from
1915
Active to
2010

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Graciela Pérez Gutiérrez was a Cuban salsa singer (1915 - 2010). She performed around the world, recording and sharing the stage with her adoptive older brother, Frank "Machito" Grillo who encouraged her to sing. They played along Mario Bauzá (originator of the genre Afro-Cuban Jazz) in the world renowned orchestra Machito and the Afro-Cubans. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Graciela">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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date of death
2010-04-07
date of birth
1915-08-23
start of work period
1934-00-00
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Graciella Grillo
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Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez (August 23, 1915 – April 7, 2010), known by the mononym Graciela, was a Cuban singer of Cuban music and Latin jazz.

==Biography== Graciela was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in the Afro-Cuban Jesús María neighborhood. Graciela was the lead vocalist over a period of 10 years in the 1930s and '40s with Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female ensemble, before leaving Cuba for the United States. She performed around the world, recording and sharing the stage with her adoptive older brother, Frank Grillo (known as Machito), who encouraged her to sing. They played alongside Mario Bauzá (originator of the genre of Afro-Cuban Jazz) in the orchestra Machito and the Afro-Cubans.

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