Discover the Sacred Afro-Cuban Chants That Are Celia Cruz's First-Known Recordings

In the late 1940s, Havana’s Panart Records released an elaborate set of three 78 RPM records under the title Toques de Santo. These recordings, calls to the saints in the Afro-Cuban Lucumí language, are the first known studio recordings by Celia Cruz, the world-renowned “Queen of Salsa” and one of Latin music’s most revered divas of…