Fredesvinda García Valdés, known always as Freddy (1935 in Camagüey – 31 July 1961 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) was a Cuban female singer of high quality.
[1] When she moved Havana at the age of 12, she became a cook for the family of Arturo Bengochea, who was the president of the Cuban League of Professional Base-Ball, but she soon found herself singing nights at the Bar Celeste, on Humboldt and Infanta Streets, a place where artists used to meet.
She opened at the Cabaret Capri with orchestration by Rafael Somavilla in the review Piminta y Sal (pepper & salt) with other singers, dancers, and a quartet led by pianist Carlos Faxas.
Freddy traveled to Venezuela and then on to Mexico with a company led by dancer and choreographer Roderyco Neyra (Rodney).
She appears as Estrella Rodrigues in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's book about Havana's nightlife during the years of the Revolution, Tres tristes tigres (published in English as Three Trapped Tigers) (1966).
Me queda sólo esto: Decirle a la noche, Todo lo que yo siento, Cantando canciones; Despierto ilusiones Dormidas en mí.
Muchos me vieron Caminando a solas Bajo las luces Desiertas y azules de mi soledad.
Sólo trabajo y miseria, Por eso cantaba a las estrellas Y quizás me oyó hasta Dios.