She began singing lullabies rocking with the little ones.

At the age of twelve the girl singing to a tourist who, delighted with the interpretation I buy a pair of shoes. His father wanted him to master, and to please his father home to study, but he was about to finish the race the left to enter the National Conservatory of Music. Participated in some radio programs such as: tea time or the supreme court of the air and on the radio Garca Serra where she performed the tango nostalgia for which he received his first payment of $ 15. He also sang in bands like GLORIA MATANCERA

and SONORA CARACAS..Participated in the radio CADENA SUARITOS, along with a group, making his first recording with singer OBDULIO MORALES His first records were: *LA MAZUCAMBA *QUEDATE NEGRA *PA GOZA *QUE JELENGUE * YA SE ACERCA LA COMPARSA * COMPARSA BARRACN
THE JULY 15, 1960, a contract arises for the Sonora Matancera in Mexico. Celia never imagined she would never set foot on Cuban soil, on 15 August the same year his father died Simon Cruz. His mother Catherine Alonso died on 7 April and had been fighting against a terminal cancer of the bladder. On July 14 she married Pedro Knight. In 1982 he recorded the album FELIZ ENCUENTRO. In 1987 in Tenerife was recognized in the Guinness Book record as the biggest concert outdoors. In 1989 he won the first Grammy for his album he recorded with Ray Barretto In 1990 he traveled to Cuba to give a concert of this presentation was a bag with soil from Cuba which asked that it be placed in his coffin. In 1993 he recorded his album AZUCAR NEGRA In 1998 she released her album My Life Song In 2000 won a Grammy for his album CELIA AND FRIENDS In 2002 he recorded a new album La Negra Tiene Tumbao In 2002 he discovers she has a brain tumor and will undergo surgery to remove it. In 2002 he recorded his latest album, REGALO DEL ALMA In 2003, died at his home, his body was embalmed, was brought to Miami and New York, so that everyone could pay their respects.