Léona Gabriel
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Léona Gabriel-Soïme (8 June 1891 Rivière-Pilote - 11 August 1971 Fort-de-France) was a biguine singer from Martinique active in Paris during the interwar years. She married the military doctor Norbert Soïme in 1933.
She was the aunt of Henri Salvador and supplied him with his best known tune "Maladie d'amour".
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