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To celebrate the release of a new book from NPR Music, How Women Made Music, as well as the 50th anniversary this year of the album Celia & Johnny, Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre walk through their favorite songs by the legendary Celia Cruz, alongside the artist's niece Linda Pritchett.

Songs featured in this episode:

\u2022 Celia Cruz, "Bemba Color\xe1"
\u2022 Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, "Yiri Yiri Bon"
\u2022 Celia Cruz, "La Negra Tiene Tumbao"
\u2022 Celia Cruz, "Quimbara"
\u2022 Celia Cruz, "Cuando Sal\xed de Cuba"
\u2022 Celia Cruz, "La vida es un carnaval"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Editorial support from Hazel Cills. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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