When Spanish guitarist and singer Charo was growing up, she desperately sought to be the female Andrés Segovia. Instead, she became known for the ‘70s pop song “Cuchi-Cuchi” — and she’s OK with that.

As a small child, Charo took her first guitar lessons from gypsies who camped out near her grandparents’ farm. Then, from age 9 to 16, she studied under Andres Segovia, perhaps the most revered ...

The first time Charo remembers delivering what became her signature phrase, it was a way to flatter The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson's ego, as a publicist had advised her to do with men. After he ...

Newly minted “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Charo has two distinctions heading into Monday night’s season premiere. The Spanish native (born in Murcia) still has the thick accent that helped ...

The best description of Viva la Noche, the 2013 Bridge Project Gala? “Just a crazy cuchi-cuchi evening with the one and only Charo.“ These words come from Brian Fun, who with life partner Charles ...

All in all, Charo was simply a woman ahead of her time. When she gyrated her first "cuchi, cuchi" in the 1960s, thrusting her considerable bosom forward like a demented pigeon, Britney Spears was ...

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Comedienne and actress Charo wiggled, giggled and jiggled her way across TV and movie screens in the 1970s and 1980s. Even if you don't know the name, you know the image — curvaceous, blond, wearing a ...

The last time Charo was in San Francisco, it was a challenge to recognize her. “Charo? The full-lipped chanteuse with a blond ponytail atop her head and a bazillion sequins (barely) covering her ample ...

Whelan and Charo recently reconnected, and Whelan recalled the time Charo rescued a baby bull and named it Manolo. However, the animal kept growing, and eventually got loose in her Beverly Hills home, ...

Charo, 66, revealed three years ago just where her catchphrase came from — and it’s not what you think. “What cuchi cuchi came from is such a disappointment for everybody when they know because ...