Singing Career
Silva worked in a cabaret when she was "discovered" and offered a 10 year contract by "RCA". In the late 1930s, she met the renowned Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández, who convinced her to join his "Cuarteto Victoria". Myrta traveled with the group all over Latin-America. Sometime later, she was also to sing for another renowned composer, Pedro Flores in his "Sexteto Flores, where she was joined by Daniel Santos and Pedro Ortiz Davila (aka "Davilita").
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