Sonia Noemí
Sonia Noemí | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sonia Noemí González |
| Born | July 18, 1941 |
| Origin | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| Genres | Latin Pop |
| Labels | RCA |
Sonia Noemi, (born July 18, 1941 as Sonia Noemí González), is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. She is one of the pioneers of the ballad pop song in Puerto Rico.[1]
Biography
[edit]Noemí was raised in Old San Juan and when she was thirteen moved to Rio Piedras.[1] She went to California in 1962 in order to train at the Pasadena Playhouse Studio, returning to Puerto Rico after a year.[1] In 2003, she moved to Miami, where she has worked in telenovelas.[2] She has a son with Venezuelan singer, Hector Cabrera.[3]
Discography
[edit]Alfred D. Herger was the producer of her first album: "Si yo fuera una reina" (If I were a Queen), *Sona-Rico, SR-1*. Sonia's hit single was "El rebelde", a Spanish version of the hit song "He's a Rebel", from The Crystals. Her second album was with the RCA-Victor record label in Mexico: "Baladas y boleros" (Ballads and Boleros), *MKL - 1626*. The hit single was "El Día" (The Day), written by the Mexican composer: "Luis Demetrio". Her third album, and second for RCA-Victor in Mexico, was "Baladas y boleros con Sonia Noemí", *MKL - 1627*. Sonia Noemí later recorded a fourth album, "Mi regreso" (My Comeback), produced by her and Canal 4 Recording Studios with the collaboration of Lou Briel, *LAG, LP-1010*.
Film
[edit]Noemí, performed the leading roles of three films: "Dios te Salve Siquiatra", (May God Save you, Psychiatrist), the first Cuban motion picture filmed in the United States (Miami, Florida), produced and directed by Cuban comedian: Guillermo Alvarez Guedes, "El Curandero del Pueblo", (The Healing-man of the Town), starring with, Adalberto Rodriguez, "Machuchal", and Creature from the Haunted Sea, a Roger Corman film.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Naomi Sonia Gonzalez". Fundacion Nacional Para la Cultura Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Sonia Noemí vivió su propio sacrificio". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 28 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Berrios, Luis Ernesto (23 April 2013). "Sonia Noemí González se fue en un viaje". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1941 births
- Living people
- People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- 20th-century Puerto Rican actresses
- 20th-century Puerto Rican women singers
- 20th-century Puerto Rican singers
- Puerto Rican film actresses
- Puerto Rican telenovela actresses
- Puerto Rican television actresses
- Puerto Rican television personalities
- Television pioneers