[1] During her career she composed many popular danzones such as "Llegó Manolo", "El bajo que come chivo", "Los jóvenes del agua fria" and the famous "Isora Club", which became a standard in the Latin music repertoire.
[2] Juana Coralia López Valdés was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 6, 1910, into a family of musicians.
[3] In 1943, the song was recorded by Arcaño,[4] and many other covers would follow over the years, including Cachao's (1958, 1993), Orquesta Aragón's (1960) and Rubén González's (2000).
Coralia's charanga featured flutist Edelmiro Pérez, güirist Alfredo Lazo, timbalero Armando Lazo, singer Rubén Cortada, bassist Pepito Seoani, and a violin section with Raúl Valdés, Jesús Lanza, Tomás Reisoto and Enrique Jorrín,[3] who would later join the Maravillas, Orquesta América and in 1951 create the chachachá.
Coralia's nephew, bassist Orlando "Cachaíto" López (son of Orestes), began his career in her band.