Lucy González
Lucy González | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | La Cieguita[1] |
| Born | Lucía Inés González Bedoya 14 September 1933 Ciénaga de Oro, Colombia |
| Died | 20 October 1994 (aged 61) Ciénaga de Oro, Colombia |
Lucía Inés González Bedoya[a] (1933–1994), known as Lucy González, was a Colombian singer. González was blind from birth, and sang with Antolín Lenes and Lucho Campillo. She is particularly remembered for her recordings of the songs "Sonia", "El Polvorete", and "La Tabaquera".
Biography
González was born on 14 September 1933 in Ciénaga de Oro, in the Colombian department of Córdoba. She was born blind.[2]
González' debut as a singer is debated, but from the age of 10 she was singing with groups including Lucho Campillo's Los Reales Orenses and with the Sonora Panaguá led by Johnny Saenz.[1][3] González sang in a trio with her brother Manuel Antonio González and cousin Cruz del Carmen González, who were both also blind, on backing vocals and accordion respectively.[1] At the age of 13 she started singing with the Combo Los Galleros, led by Antolín Lenes, who later married her sister Bertilda.[2][3] González went on to sing with other groups led by Lenes, including the Sonora Cienaguera and Antolín y su Combo Orense.[1]
González is particularly remembered for her recordings of the songs "Sonia", "El Polvorete" (a merengue written by her brother Manuel Antonio[4]), and "La Tabaquera".[1] She died on 20 October 1994 in Ciénaga de Oro.[1]
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Bedoya.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "25 años sin "La Cieguita" Lucy González" [25 years without "La Cieguita" Lucy González], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 13 October 2019, retrieved 2 October 2025
- ^ a b "Ayer murió Lucy, la reina del polvorete" [Yesterday Lucy, queen of the polvorete, died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 21 October 1994, retrieved 2 October 2025
- ^ a b Toño Sanchez (10 May 1993), "Una voz que se extingue" [A voice that is fading away], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 2 October 2025
- ^ Julio Oñate Martínez (April 2003). "Voces femeninas en el vallenato: Lucy González". El abc del Vallenato (in Spanish). Bogotá: Taurus. p. 125. ISBN 958-704-071-6.
External links
- Lucy González discography at Discogs