Lucecita Benitez
(Luz Esther Benitez)
Luz Esther Benítez Rosado, also known as Lucecita Benítez, was born on July 22,
1942, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and is a Puerto Rican singer, part of the
country's new wave popular music. She began performing publicly at the age of
nine and gained popularity in Puerto Rico during the early 1960s, eventually
earning the nicknames La Reina de la Juventud and La Reina de la Nueva Ola. She
achieved major international recognition in 1969 when she represented Puerto
Rico at the first Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina in Mexico. Her
performance of “Génesis” earned her first place in...
