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.

In 2025, Charo re-released her 1977 LP Cuchi-Cuchi with five additional tracks. It’s available on vinyl for the first time since its original release. The singer says her favorite song on the album is ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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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 ...

Whelan and Charo recently reconnected, and Whelan recalled the time Charo rescued a baby bull and named it Manolo. However, ...

I was a kid when I first saw Charo on the “Carol Burnett Show” in the late ’60s. I had never heard of the cuchi-cuchi girl, but there she was alongside Burnett who, dressed up as Charo’s mother, swung ...