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      • 30 years ago, the singer's tour bus was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler while they sat in traffic in Pennsylvania. The accident led to her hospitalization, back surgery and almost a year of physical therapy to get her back on her feet.
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  2. Aug 19, 2020 · On March 20, 1990 — when the Cuban-American singer was at the height of her career — a semi-truck crashed into her tour bus on a snowy Pennsylvania highway, breaking her back.

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    • Jeff Nelson
  3. Mar 21, 1990 · March 21, 1990 12 AM PT. From Times Wire Services. SCRANTON, Pa. — Singer Gloria Estefan of the group Miami Sound Machine suffered a broken vertebra Tuesday when a truck ran into the band’s bus...

    • Who Is Gloria Estefan?
    • Early Life
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    Singer Gloria Estefan was born September 1, 1957, in Havana, Cuba. As a toddler Estefan fled Cuba with her family. In 1975 she met keyboardist Emilio Estefan, her future husband, who led a band called the Miami Latin Boys. Estefan became the lead singer and the band was renamed the Miami Sound Machine, before going on to score several Top 10 hits i...

    Singer. Born Gloria Fajardo on September 1, 1957, in Havana, Cuba. As a toddler Estefan fled Cuba with her family when Communist dictator Fidel Castro rose to power. Her father, Jose Manuel Fajardo, had been a Cuban soldier and bodyguard of President Fulgencio Batista. After coming to the United States, the elder Fajardo was recruited into the 2506...

    In 1975 Gloria met keyboardist Emilio Estefan, a sales manager for the rum dealer Bacardi who also led a band called the Miami Latin Boys. The band played popular Latin music, but because there was no lead singer, the quartet members took turns singing. A mutual friend asked Emilio to advise Gloria and some friends about organizing a band for a spe...

    By 1980 the group had signed a contract with Discos CBS International, the Miami-based Hispanic division of CBS Records. Between 1981 and 1983 the Miami Sound Machine recorded four Spanish-language albums made up of ballads, disco, pop, and sambas. The Miami Sound Machine first met with success in Spanish-speaking countries. The group had dozens of...

    In 1985 the album Primitive Love, the band's first recording entirely in English, set off a string of hit singles. "Bad Boys" and "Words Get in the Way" made their way onto Billboard's Top 10 pop chart. Behind the scenes was the work of the trio known as the "Three Jerks": producer/drummer Joe Galdo and his partners, Rafael Vigil and Lawrence Derme...

    Emilio Estefan relinquished his position as keyboardist with the Miami Sound Machine after the birth of son, Nayib. He then devoted his considerable energy and managerial talent to promoting the band and the other enterprises that were to eventually make the Estefans producers of their own and others' records. While Gloria Estefan toured with the b...

    Thanks to extensive physical therapy, intense determination and the support of her family and fans, Gloria Estefan made what many consider a miraculous comeback. She marked her return to performing with an appearance on television's American Music Awards in January of 1991, and beginning in March, she launched a year-long tour to tout her comeback ...

    In recent years, Gloria Estefan has found another outlet for her creative talents. She wrote two picture books for children: The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) and Noelle's Treasure Tale(2006). On September 18, 2007, Estefan released 90 Millas, a tribute to the music of her native Cuba, which featured a collaboration w...

  4. Dec 3, 2022 · Gloria Estefan, affectionally known as the Latin Queen of Pop, has enjoyed a long and fruitful career. But a bus accident in 1990 almost cut her career short.

  5. Nov 11, 2020 · “I think I broke my back.” That’s the first thing Gloria remembers telling Emilio when he found her on the floor of their tour bus following the collision. Despite her husband being in denial of...

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    • Manuel Betancourt
  6. Nov 11, 2020 · 'Mayhem': Gloria Estefan remembers the 1990 bus accident that broke her back. Erin Jensen. USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:24. Multi-Grammy winner Gloria Estefan is reliving the horror of a collision...

  7. Nov 10, 2020 · The "Get on Your Feet" singer, 63, was forced to undergo back surgery after the crash, which happened when a tractor trailer rear-ended her private tour bus on a snowy Pennsylvania road. Gloria...

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