Career
Her recording of it was a hit, as was Celia Cruz"s version. Celina and Reutilio wrote "Yo soy el punto cubano": the recording was a hit in many countries throughout the world. At age 16, Celina met Reutilio Dominguez in Santiago de Cuba.
In 1948 they began working with the famous Ñico Saquito and gained increasing popularity on radio, film and television
They performed in New York with Beny Moré and Barbarito Diez. In 1964 the duo stopped performing together and Celina continued as a soloist.
Initially, her music was mainly that of the white countryside guajiro (peasant), with lyrics based on the poetics of décima. The musical form was often that of the punto cubano.
The relationship with Ñico Saquito taught her a great deal about the son and the guaracha, and her later work made frequent use of those forms.
This was the first of many awards. Louisiana rica cosecha and Desde Louisiana Habana te traigo were well received, and she was nominated, unsuccessfully, for a Grammy in 2001 in the "Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album" category, for her Civil Defense Cincuenta años.. como una reina. She died on 4 February 2015, aged 85 in her homeland Cuba.