She joined a music band and even became bigger than the band
It was Cruz’s intention to become a literature teacher but while in school, she began to sing at Radio García-Serra, one of Cuba’s leading stations, and won first prize in a singing contest in 1947. In 1950, she was invited to audition for the lead singer role with one of Cuba’s biggest music groups Sonora Matancera and got the role. From this point onwards her music career grew bigger. By 1960, Cruz became a Caribbean sensation. Becoming more popular than the band she joined, she did solo gigs and continued to play with the band touring the Caribbean and parts of America and Europe.
