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Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits(#ad)
One of the most popular Cuban-Americans,Gloria Estefan, the gorgeous Latina singer from Miami was more popular than Fidel Castro and Cuban Boxing in the mid 80s.
Starting out as a lead singer for Miami Sound Machine in 1977, Gloria's ultimate motive was to create hip-shaking, foot-tapping Latina beats that would attract the younger generation..but years later she would be loved and adored all over the world for her power ballads rather than her unique Latin beats.
In-depth love ballads such as "Anything For You" and "Words Get In The Way" would not only earn her top honors in the most coveted Billboard Hot 100 charts but millions of fans from every nook and corner of the globe.
Miami Sound Machine initially known as Miami Latin Boys were virtually unknown outside Florida, till Gloria Estefan released "Conga" on the first week of September 1985.
Selling more than 500,000 copies many fans consider it as Gloria Estefan's signature track but hardly does anyone know that the love ballads she would release in the next few years, would be etched in the records books as the best ever.
No artist apart from Madonna was able to match Gloria Estefan's power ballads in the 80's and soon she would join the elite club of handful of musicians to have crossed 100 million unit of sales from all her songs.
Gloria was the only artist who had a song for everyone, from a wide eyed teenager,lovers lost in time and highly matured audience..she had a song for every occasion.
She was able to please her much younger fans with tracks such as "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Get On Your Feet" and "Conga" while releasing a ballad or two between a foot tapping bubble gum pop single.
At the pinnacle of her success in the late 80's when her multi-platinum album Cuts Both Ways, with the lead single "Don't Wanna Lose You" reaching the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 charts, Estefan was unstoppable touring the remotest of U.S destinations during a harsh American winter of March 1990.
When an accident almost cut short her life, as she was badly injured when her touring bus had a head on collusion with a huge truck, as it skidded off the road because of slippery snow covered roads.
Her backbone and spine were crushed beyond repair and she was flown to New York through a chopper , where surgeons implanted two titanium rods on her back to decrease the pressure to her heart and stabilized her.
In less than 9 months she recovered miraculously and performed at the American Music Awards in January 1991 with her new track "Coming Out Of The Dark" which reached the no.1 spot in the Billboard charts in less than a week's time of her live performance.
Ever since the accident Gloria Estefan has been releasing more albums in her native Spanish, with her first Spanish album Mi Tierra released in 1993.
The title track "Mi Tierra" sold more than 8 million copies across the globe with half the sales coming from the U.S.She also performed in the closing ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, with tracks from her multi-platinum album Destiny including "Reach" and "You'll be Mine".
Gloria Estefan - Here We Are - Lyrics
Release Date - December 1989
Album - Cuts Both Ways
Here we are
Face to face
We forget, time and place
Hold me now
Don't let go
Though it hurts and we both know
The time we spend together's gonna fly
And everything you do to me
Is gonna feel so right
Baby when you're loving me
I feel like I could cry
'Cause there's nothing I can do
To keep from loving you, no no no
Here we are
All alone
Trembling hearts, beating strong
Reaching out, a breathless kiss
I never thought could feel like this
I want to stop the time from passing by
I want to close my eyes and feel
Your lips are touching mine
Baby when you're close to me
I want you more each time
And there's nothing I can do
To keep from loving you
There's nothing I can do
I'm helpless in your arms
Oh baby what you do
I'm in love, this is it
There's no turning back this time
No no no
Here we are
Once again
But this time we're only friends
Funny world
Sometimes lies
Become the game, when loves the prize
And though no one knows what's going on inside
And all the love I feel for you
Is something I should hide
When I have you close to me
The feelings so sublime
That there's nothing I can do
To keep from loving you, no no no
Can't keep from loving you baby
No no no
That there's nothing I can do my baby
To keep from loving you
Available Tracks -
1,Conga
2, Words Get In The Way
3, Can't Stay Away From You
4, 1,2,3
5, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
6, Anything For You
7, Here We Are
8, Get On Your Feet
9, Don't Wanna Lose You
10, Coming Out Of The Dark
11, Christmas Through Your Eyes
12, I See Your Smile
13, Go Away
14, Always Tomorrow
