Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996) was a Cuban composer and musician. She wrote Dos Gardenias in the bolero style in 1945; Guillermo Arronte first recorded it for the RHC-Cadena Azul radio station in Havana in the same year. The song reached its peak popularity in Cuba in 1947, thanks to a recording by La Sonora Matancera, with an arrangement by Pérez Prado and lead vocals by Daniel Santos. In 1996, Ibrahim Ferrer’s recording with the Buena Vista Social Club collective propelled the composition to international renown outside of the Spanish-speaking world.
 
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