Maribel Cardona

Maribel Cardona (born Maribel Bertha, 10 April 1936) is a Brunanter musician. Cardona was a singer of ballads and traditional pop music in the 1950s and 1960s. After 1963, she moved onto songwriting, working with musicians like Marisa and Jayne Bell.

Biography
Maribel Bertha was born in Sint-Hendrikstad in 1936. She was the youngest child of Wouter and Luisa Bertha, and sister to artist Jan Bertha. In 1954 she married Mateus Cardona from Brezonde.

Bertha released Waarom Ben ik Alleen (Why Am I Alone) in 1959, her biggest hit. This was a ballad on a girl being the only one without a boyfriend. SHe was Brunant's first participant at the Eurovision Song Contest that year, but did not win.