Her death was a national shock in Spain because she was only 27 years
old. She's considered right now the best songwriter that Spain has ever
had by such groups as Amaral and singers as Victor Manuel or Julio
Iglesias.
Her song "Reuníos" (in her first group, Expresión) was a request for
the reunion of The Beatles, one of her favorite musical groups.
Her song "Un ramito de violetas" has been sung by Julio Iglesias and
many other artists and it's one of the most popular song in Spanish
music. It tells the story of a married woman that receives flowers from
an unknown man who is in reality her husband. It was a great success
all over the world and it has an Israeli version.
The night of the 2nd of August, 1976, when she was returning to Madrid from a concert in Vigo, while she was asleep on the backseat, her car crashed with an unlit bullock cart. She and a drummer died in the act.
Recorded under the stage name "Cecilia", which she took from the Simon & Garfunkel song.