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...