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Charo

María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, known professionally as Charo, was born on 15 January 1951 in Murcia, Spain. She began playing classical Spanish-style guitar at nine under Andrés Segovia and entered show business after a convent teacher urged her to pursue music. Her first U.S. exposure came in the mid-1960s on television, and she married bandleader Xavier Cugat in 1966, moving to the United States. Charo’s recording career launched with the disco-infused single "Dance a Little Bit Closer" in 1977, which reached Number 18 on the U.S. Dance chart and number 44 in the UK...