Happy Birthday, Gloria!

Posted by kroq_jock

September 1, 2010

Today is the 53rd birthday of Latin Pop singer Gloria Estefan! Now when you think of the name of Gloria Estefan, which songs pop into your head? That’s right, mostly the ones from the 80′s!

I’m gonna make a biased statement and say that Gloria Estefan as a solo singer is NOT as good as Gloria Estefan with the Miami Sound Machine. I mean, seriously, everything she’s done as a solo artist has been nothing but total suckitude! Here, let me quiz you: do you remember the name of the song she did for the ’92 Olympics? Do you remember the name of the song she did for the flick “The Specialist”? And do you even know the name of the song she did with N’SYNC? If you said NO to all those answers then it just proves my theory right.

Gloria’s best days were back in the mid-to-late 80′s when she was with the Miami Sound Machine (and when she still looked hot) and cranked out hit after hit after hit. By today’s standards, some of the songs like “1-2-3-4″, “Conga”, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” might come off as cheesy but, goddamn it, that shit will get stuck in your head and you don’t know why!

Sure, Gloria hasn’t been relevant in the US market in a really long time but she’s sold a bunch of records in the Latin music genre, but I tell ya, if Gloria wants to regain her crown as the Latin Pop Queen……just get back with the MSM! Other than that, Happy Birthday, Gloria!