In 2003, Gilda published “Celia Cruz and Sonora Matancera.”
This unique, 6×9, perfect bind, paperback book is divided into segments focusing on different aspects of Cuba’s premier musical group, the Sonora Matancera, which was founded in 1924 and made Celia Cruz a star.
Mirós compiled the interviews during her two decades of hosting the top rated Spanish radio show in New York. They include the shared memories of Rogelio Martinez, co-founder and director of the Sonora Matancera, and of Don Rogelio’s sidekick, Carlos Manuel Diaz, also known as Caito.
Other prominent voices include that of the recently deceased international Latin music diva Celia Cruz, who reminisces about her early days with the original ten members of the Sonora. The book is a collection of insightful anecdotes and the memories of Bobby Capó, Leo Marini, Carlos Argentino, Celio Gonzalez, Alberto Beltrán, Carmen Delia Dipiní, Elliot Romero and Joe Quijano. It contains 152 pages and numerous rarely-seen photographs spanning the entire Sonora Matancera reign. With a laminated cover, the best-selling paperback “Celia Cruz, La Sonora Matancera,” is written entirely in Spanish.
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The Sonora Matancera
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Gilda with Celia Cruz
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is working to document and tell the story of Spanish-language broadcasting in the U.S. with an emphasis on television, as part of a new initiative, “Escuchame: the History of Spanish Language Broadcasting in the U.S.” Materials from the career of New York-based broadcaster, theater and screen actress and author Gilda Mirós were recently added to the national collections. Born in Puerto Rico, Mirós worked with numerous radio and television stations including WADO-AM, WJIT-AM radio stations in New York; WXTV-TV, Channel 41 (Univision) and WNJU-TV, Channel 47 (Telemundo), both in the New York area. While working for the Spanish Broadcasting System at WQBA-AM Miami, she hosted the first national live daily show to run simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles from Florida. Recently Puerto Rican Studies/Hunter/CUNY posted her oral history, and created the Gilda Mirós file in their archives, available to the public.
Raised in the Bronx, Gilda has done films, theatre, television, in Mexico, Puerto Rico and the USA. Her NYC radio programs transmitted from and to Latin America/Spain. Produced & narrated documentaries including: Viet Nam War/Hispanics in NYC Prisons; "March of Dimes"/"The Eye Bank of NYC.” Dubbed "Mother Angelica Live" EWTN. Mirós has 12 books "Celia Cruz & Sonora Matancera" (2003 Ebook/Soft/Audio 2017); "A Portrait of Puerto Rico" (2005); "Hortense and Her Happy Ducklings" Bilingual children's (2006); "Memorias De Los Espiritus y MI Madre" (2009); "Spirit Messages To My Mother" (2010); "Mystical Wings; "Alas Místicas (201; “In Touch With Mom in Spirit” “¡En Contacto Con Mami en Espiritu ,“De La Montaǹa Venimos – Ìconos Latinoamericanos.” (2017 Ebook/Soft/Audio 2016. "Poetisas de Hispanoamericana" (2016 Audio). Presently Produces "Latin Icons Past & Present" for All Access Cable TV, NYC.