Dominica Verges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dominica Verges

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1918

Place of Birth: San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 12-Jan-2002

Profession: singer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dominica Verges González (September 19, 1918 – January 12, 2002) was a Cuban singer, famous for her interpretation of danzones.
She started her career at a very young age singing in her family's son septet, which she left to settle in Havana in 1935.
There she performed with several female orchestras such as Anacaona and Orquesta Ilusión, before joining Alfaro Pérez's Orquesta Siglo XX in 1938.
With the Siglo XX Verges became a popular danzón singer, making several recordings in the 1940s.
She also sang with Justa García's quartet, Orquesta Almendra and the Charanga Típica Cubana, among other groups, before retiring in 1982.