Cecilia Pantoja
Cecilia Pantoja | |
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Pantoja in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cecilia Pantoja Levi |
| Also known as | Cecilia, Cecilia la incomparable |
| Born | 21 October 1943 Tomé, Chile |
| Died | 24 July 2023 (aged 79) Santiago, Chile |
| Genres | Bolero, mambo, chachachá, italian tango, rock and roll |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1960–2023 |
Mireya Cecilia Ramona Pantoja Levi (21 October 1943 – 24 July 2023), better known simply as Cecilia or Cecilia la Incomparable, was a Chilean singer-songwriter, and a member of the nueva ola music movement.
Pantoja was considered by some critics as the greatest teen star of the mid-1960s and the most prominent and influential act of the nueva ola movement.