![]() ![]() Fernandez was heard by Mingo, a bandleader of a locally popular band and was hired into his band in 1940. She became a professional singer at the age of 14 when she would go to the local radio stations, WPRP and WPAB, and sing for 50 cents a day, in 1935. In high school she organized her own musical group. As a child she learned to play the piano and was very active in her school and community's activities. She received her primary and secondary education in her hometown. Fernández's mother died when she was six years old and she was raised along with her four other siblings by her grandmother. Fernández (birth name: Ruth Noemí Fernández Cortada ) was born in the Bélgica community of barrio Cuarto in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Santiago Fernández and Rosa María Cortada.
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