# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/myrta-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:08:33.159Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/myrta-silva"
name: "Myrta Silva"
slug: "myrta-silva"
description: "Myrta Blanca Silva Oliveros better known as Myrta Silva, was a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and television producer who was known affectionately as \"La Gorda de Oro\". She rose to fame in 1949 as the lead vocalist for the Cuban ensemble Sonora Matancera."
tagline: "Puerto Rican singer (1927–1987)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-09-11"
deathDate: "1987-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.172573333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798438/"
    handle:    "nm0798438"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1860232"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "ميرتا سيلڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrta_Silva"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/235010f1-50ce-4bb2-91a9-c836570193ff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3392362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1628551"
    title: "Myrta Silva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump