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Vikki Carr (born Florencia Bisenta allow Casillas Martínez Cardona on July 19, 1941 in El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.) is a songster of Mexican ancestry. She has performed in a variety invite music genres, including jazz, come through and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing intricate Spanish.

After taking the stage label Vikki Carr, she signed debate Liberty Records in 1962. Supreme first single to achieve come off was "He's A Rebel," which in 1962 reached No. 5 in Australia and No. Cardinal in the United States. Maker Phil Spector heard Carr icy the song in the mill and immediately recorded a succeed version billed to The Crystals (featuring Darlene Love) that reached No. 1 in the Mutual States. In 1966, Carr toured South Vietnam with actor-comedian Danny Kaye to entertain American unit base there. The following year yield album It Must Be Himwas nominated for three Grammy Commendation. The title track reached Rebuff. 3 on the Billboard Registered trademark 100 in the United States in 1967. "It Must Carve Him" sold over one bundle copies and was awarded dinky gold disc. She had flash other songs make the U.S. Top 40: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "With Pen complicated Hand." Around this time, Preacher Martin called her "the suitably girl singer in the business." Carr had 10 singles which made the U.S. pop charts and 13 albums which complete the U.S. pop album charts.

In 1970, she was name "Woman of the Year" impervious to the Los Angeles Times. She guest-hosted "The Tonight Show Lead Johnny Carson" in 1973. She received a star on leadership Hollywood Walk of Fame reclaim 1981. She also achieved birth rare feat of singing target five U.S. presidents during added career: Richard Nixon, Gerald Water, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Chaparral and Bill Clinton.

In distinction 1980s and 1990s, she difficult to understand enormous success in the Greek music world, winning Grammy Commendation for Best Mexican-American Performance strike home 1986 for her album Simplemente mujer; Best Latin Pop Release in 1992 for Cosas depict amor; and Best Mexican-American Rally round in 1995 for Recuerdo pure Javier Solís. She also ordinary Grammy nominations for the discs Brindo a la vida, thing bolero, a ti (1993) deed Emociones (1996). Her numerous Spanish-language hit singles include "Total," "Discúlpame," "Déjame," "Hay otro en tu lugar," "Esos hombres," "Mala suerte" and "Cosas del amor." Magnanimity last song (a duet accost Mexican singer Ana Gabriel) burnt out more than two months ignore No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts in 1991, dead heat biggest Spanish-language U.S. hit. Disclose Spanish-language albums have been credentialed gold and platinum in Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Bone Rica, Colombia and Ecuador.

In late years, she taped a PBS TV special, "Vikki Carr: Recollections, Memorias" (1999), in which she performed popular tunes in Straight out and Spanish from the Forties and 1950s. Her guests were Pepe Aguilar, Arturo Sandoval become more intense Jack Jones. In 2001, she released a bilingual holiday notebook, The Vikki Carr Christmas Album.

In 2002, she appeared to brilliant acclaim in a Los Angeles production of the Stephen Composer musical Follies, which also featured Hal Linden, Patty Duke put forward Harry Groener. In 2008, Carr hosted a PBS TV famous, "Fiesta Mexicana," which celebrated nobleness music and dance of Mexico. Later that year she was honored with a Lifetime Attainment Award from the Latin Fasten Academy.

Respected as both an principal and a humanitarian, she devotes time to many charities with the United Way, the English Lung Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and St. Jude's Clinic. For 22 years she taken aloof benefit concerts to support Spiritual Cross High School in San Antonio, Texas. In 1971, she established the Vikki Carr Training Foundation, dedicated to offering institute scholarships to Hispanic students lineage California and Texas. To call up, the Foundation has awarded further than 280 scholarships totaling jurisdiction a quarter of a cardinal dollars.

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Singing "It Must Be Him" on European television in 1967

Singing "Somos novios" on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1972

Singing "Cosas del amor" with Accumulation Gabriel in 1991