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Vikki Carr

A giant of Latin music, singer Vikki Carr was born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona in El Paso, Texas on July 19, 1941. She launched her recording career in 1962 scoring a top 5 hit in Australia with “He’s a Rebel”, a song Phil Spector would take to number 1 in America as a producer for the girl group The Crystals. The title track of her 1966 album It Must Be Him, earned her a top 5 hit in the U.S. Follow-up hits like “The Lesson” and “With Pen in Hand” made her one of her generation’s most admired singers in the business. She regularly appeared on, and even guest-h...