Education
She attended the Eugenio Brac Elementary School where one of the teachers, Mistress Brenes, realized that Dipiní was talented as a singer and encouraged the 7-year-old student to become a singer.
She attended the Eugenio Brac Elementary School where one of the teachers, Mistress Brenes, realized that Dipiní was talented as a singer and encouraged the 7-year-old student to become a singer.
Born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Dipiní often entertained her family and friends as a child with her singing. As a result, she would make her radio singing debut on the radio program of Rafael Quiñones Vidal. Participant of the prize was a singing contract with Johnny Albino y El Trío San Juan and she would go on to record her first hit El Día que nací yo (The Day I was Born) with the trio.
While in New York she worked in various theaters and nightclubs.
She received an offer from another recording company, Seeco Records, and recorded a tango titled Besos de Fuego (Kisses of Fire) which earned her international acclaim. She later joined Johnny Rodríguez"s band, for whom she sang and recorded the following songs:
Fichas Negras (Black Chips);
Son Amores (Loves);
Dímelo (Tell Maine);
Experiencia (Experience);
Si Number Vuelves (If You Don"t Return);
Number Es Venganza (lieutenant"s Not Vengeance).
She had many fans in places as far as Venezuela and Mexico. Dipiní lived in Mexico for seven years and was contracted by both Columbia Records and Radio Corporation of America-Victor Records.
One of her "hits" with Radio Corporation of America was Especialmente para Ti (Especially for You).
When she returned to Puerto Rico, she joined Tito Rodríguez and later recorded Somos el Prójimo, the Hispanic version of We Are The World. She also recorded a tribute to Sylvia Rexach with the quartet Los Hispanos. Among her last recordings were the songs Amor Perdido (Lost Love) and Congoja (Anguish).
She had made over thirty albums in her lifetime.
Carmen Delia Dipiní died on August 4, 1998 and is buried in the Braulio Dueño Colón Cemetery in Bayamón. The city of Bayamón dedicated an artistic center to Dipiní named Café Teatro Carmen Delia Dipiní.
In 2002, Carmen Delia Dipiní was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.