Editing Celia Cruz (section)

=== First recordings ===
[[Isolina Carrillo]] was one of the first people to recognize Cruz's ability to sing Afro-Cuban music and asked her to join her Conjunto Siboney, where [[Olga Guillot]] also sang.<ref name="Bio18">{{cite book |last1=Marceles |first1=Eduardo |title=Azúcar!: The Biography of Celia Cruz |date=2004 |publisher=Reed Press |isbn=9781594290213 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAgUAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> She later joined Orquesta de Ernesto Duarte, Gloria Matancera, Sonora Caracas and Orquesta Anacaona. From 1947, she started to sing in Havana's most popular cabarets: [[Tropicana Club|Tropicana]], Sans Souci, Bamboo, Topeka, etc.<ref name="GN" /> In 1948, Roderico ''Rodney'' Neyra founded the group of dancers and singers Las Mulatas de Fuego (The Fiery Mulattas).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-31|title=La huella inquietante de Las Mulatas de Fuego|url=http://www.desmemoriados.com/la-huella-inquietante-de-las-mulatas-de/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Desmemoriados...|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-12-01|title=Celia Cruz and the flag|url=https://oncubanews.com/en/culture/music-culture/celia-cruz-y-la-bandera-2/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=OnCubaNews English|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HOMENAJE A LA GRAN CELIA CRUZ 'LA GUARACHERA DE CUBA'.|url=http://www.latinafmcolombia.co/2019/10/homenaje-la-gran-celia-cruz-la.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Latinafmcolombia.co}}</ref> Cruz was hired with this group as a singer, reaching great success and making presentations in Mexico and [[Venezuela]], where she made her first recordings. Shortly thereafter, Cruz began to sing on musical programs at Radio Cadena Suaritos, along with a group that performed [[Santería]] music under the direction of [[Obdulio Morales]]. With this group, known as Coro Yoruba y Tambores Batá, she made several recordings that were later released by [[Panart]].