Blanca Rosa Gil


Blanca Rosa Gil is a famous Cuban Latin Bolero singer known as 'The Singing Dolly'.

Singing career

Blanca Rosa Gil's first album 'Shadows' was recorded in Venezuela in 1957. In the 1950s, 1960's and 1970's, Gil recorded albums on various different labels: Velvet, Benson, Echo, Discuba, Maype, and Modiner. She is best known for her hit song 'Te Odio Y Te Quiero'. A number of her many classic Bolero recordings on long play record albums have been rereleased on Compact disc.

Later life

Gil left Cuba for Caracas, Venezuela with her family in 1955. She returned to Cuba as a singer in 1962, but was subsequently exiled to Miami, Florida, where she lived for nine years. She married and has resided in 'La Isla Borinquen', Puerto Rico, for the past 40 years. Gil has concentrated on Christian religious singing in recent years, and still sings in Evangelical churches. Gil's Bolero music has experienced a revival in recent years due to reissuance of her record albums on Compact disc and MP3, and she occasionally returns to the stage to perform her Cuban Bolero classic songs. In 2013, Gil appeared live in concert at Miami-Dade Auditorium in Miami, Florida.

Partial List of Albums Recorded By Blanca Rosa Gil

Long Play Recordings
  • Canta Sombras 1959-60
  • La Muñequita que Canta/Cristal Mexico 1961-62
  • Aquel Rosario Blanco Mexico 1962
  • Bajo Las Luces De México 1962  
  • La Triunfadora de Cuba USA 1964 
  • La Cancionera Internacional
  • Voz y Estilo de La Única...
  • Hambre 1965
  • En Su Momento... 196_
  • Dueña y Señora de la Canción 1968
  • El Alma Que Canta 
  • Tú Me Hiciste Mujer
  • Yo Soy La Buena
  • Estos Ojos, Estas Manos
  • Pecadora Mental
  • Mas Exitos   
  • El Sentimiento Hecho Bolero
  • Su Majestad
  • Maestras de Maestras..!
  • La Grande de América
  • Vete Ya, LP/LD
  • La Doña
  • Punto Final... y Hacia Adelante!, LP/LD 1974
  • Sigo Siendo Reina  1976
  • Blanca Rosa Gil 1979
  • Ayer y Hoy Con Los Montemar Blanca Rosa Gil y Los Montemar
Date below indicates rerelease on compact disc
  • 40 Anos 40 Exitos Import
  • Triunfadora de Cuba
  • No Soy Tu Esclava
  • Las Voces Del Siglo
  • Los Anos de Oro / Besos Brujos
  • Besos Brujos
  • Yo Soy La Buena
  • La Duena y El Senora del Bolero
  • Antologia Cuba /Blanca Rosa Gil
  • Besos de Juegos
  • Tu Me Hiciste Mujer
  • 15 Super Exitos
  • Duena y Senora de la Cancion
  • Hambre
  • 15 Exitos
  • La Munequita Que Canta
  • Boleros Remastered
  • Unica Entrega