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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Spanish guitarist and singer Charo was growing up, she desperately sought to be the female Andrés Segovia. Instead, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charo may be an icon of the '70s, but she's still shimmying all over the place. "My grandmother had a dog that she picked from ...

Charo comes on the phone and immediately starts chattering away in that rapid-fire, Spanish-accented voice that anyone who ever watched a talk show or game show in the ’60s and ’70s still instantly ...

"Please don't call them tapas," requests the menu at Cuchi Cuchi in Central Square, Cambridge. "We globe trot!" Globe trot, time trot... Cuchi Cuchi is all over the place cuisine-wise and era-wise, ...

Cimafunk performs “Cuchi Cuchi” live at the 37th Hispanic Heritage Awards. Afro-Cuban funk artist Cimafunk performs his song “Cuchi Cuchi” on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera ...

Packed into a waist-nipping pink pantsuit, Charo, the queen of “cuchi cuchi,” ripped into “La Vida Loca” with a shriek and bounded into the audience. There, she plucked Wallen Arbetter of Highland ...

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 ...

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.