Gloria Torres Calderón, known professionally as Manoella Torres, born in 1954 in
New York City, is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican descent based
in Mexico. Raised by her maternal grandmother, she began her recording career
under the name Gloria Gil, releasing the albums Gloria Gil (1966) and Dulce De
Coco (1969). After meeting manager Alfredo Marcelo Gil and songwriter Armando
Manzanero, who dubbed her "the woman who was born to sing", she signed with
Columbia Records in 1971 and adopted the stage name Manoella Torres. She
achieved success with her debut album unde...