In 2025, Charo re-released her 1977 LP Cuchi-Cuchi with five additional tracks. It’s available on vinyl for the first time ...

As Whelan noted, while Charo became known for her flamboyant persona and signature "cuchi-cuchi" catchphrase, the Spanish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charo's movie and TV credits date back to the '60s. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) The first time Charo remembers delivering what became her signature phrase, it was a way to flatter The ...