Lucecita Benítez

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Luz Esther Benítez Rosado (born July 22, 1942), also known as Lucecita, is a Puerto Rican singer, part of the country's new wave popular music. Born in Bayamon, a large city in Puerto Rico, she participated in amateur radio shows.<ref name="Juliá2007">Template:Cite book</ref>

Benítez's most important career step came in 1969, when she won the Festival de la Cancion Latina (Festival of the Latin Song) in Mexico. She participated with two songs, "Génesis" by G.V. Lloveras and "Energía de mis manos", by M. de Jesús. "Genesis" received the highest points (223) in the festival and Lucecita also won as best dressed performer. Pedro Rivera Toledo's arrangement of Genesis also won as the best arrangement, although the orchestra was conducted by Jose S. Marroquin. The festival was held at the Teatro Ferrocarrilero in Mexico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other songs

In the mid-1960s:

March 1969:

  • "Genesis" written by Guillermo Venegas LLoveras from the town of Quebradillas in Puerto Rico.

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