page_title: Dominica Verges
hierarchical_section_title: Dominica Verges
caption_attribution_description: Abelardo Valdés, Dominica Verges &amp; Fernando Albuerne at Radio Progreso, Havana, 1950s. Verges was the singer for the Abelardo Valdés orchestra, while Albuerne was singing for the Hermanos Castro.
context_page_description: Dominica Verges González 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Verges with Aberlardo Valdés (left) and Fernando Albuerne (right) in the mid-1950s
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