Ednita Nazario
| Ednita Nazario | |
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Ednita at her concert in Puerto Rico in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | La Diva Ponceña |
| Born |
April 11, 1955 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Latin (2009–present) Sony BMG (2006–2009) Sony Discos (2001–2005) EMI Latin (1991–1999) Capitol Records (1991) Fonovisa (1989) Melody International (1986) Padosa Records (1982–1983) Pronto Records (1979) Borinquen Records (1976–1978) Mardi Grass (1973) |
| Associated acts | The Kids From Ponce (1969) |
| Website | ednita |
| Notable instruments | |
| Voice Guitar |
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 You may listen to Ednita Nazario's interpretation on YouTube of Pedro Flores' "Perdon" in duo with Marc Anthony
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Ednita Nazario Figueroa (born April 11, 1955) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, songwriter and actress who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career.
Nazario was born on April 11, 1955 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Domingo Nazario and Gudelia Figueroa. She has two older brothers (Tito and Alberto) and a younger brother (Frank, a.k.a. Pancho). Ednita showed inclinations to music even when small. A family anecdote tells that when she was 2 and shopping with her mother, she wandered away, and her mother found her singing on top of boxes to an enthusiastic crowd of laughing, clapping shoppers.
When she was 6 she attended a baseball game in Ponce with her brothers. While she was playing with her brother's glove, the batter hit the ball toward her. She held the glove up for protection, and the ball landed squarely in it. The crowd went wild, including Alfred D. Herger, one of Puerto Rico's top record producers, who was seated near the family. When he asked her if she wanted to be a baseball player, she replied "No, I'm going to be a singer." He asked her to sing something for him, and she responded with an impressive rendition of a local salsa hit that left both the producer and the applauding crowd astonished. 2 months later, Herger visited the Nazario household with a recording contract. The family was reluctant at first, but they finally signed it. which the family, reluctantly at first, signed.
At 6, Ednita recorded her first song: "Mi Amor Lolipop," a Spanish version of "My Boy Lollipop". In 1966, at age 11, Nazario made her radio debut.
After some presentations, Nazario started alongside singer and photographer José Manuel, and Frankie Sabath, in a band which Tony Morales created, called The Kids From Ponce. The group played at several hotels and television networks, and achieved local success, appearing on various TV shows. However, the group disbanded and they became soloists. Nazario, then 17, was offered her own prime-time TV variety show: El Show de Ednita, broadcast by Telemundo Puerto Rico, and produced by Paquito Cordero. During this time she also won the "Miss Puerto Rico Teenage pageant".
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