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Vikki Carr (born July 19 1941, in El Paso, Texas as Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona) is an United States|American singer who has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop music|pop and country music|country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish language|Spanish.
Career
After taking the stage name "Vikki Carr" the singer signed with Liberty Records in 1962. Her first single to achieve any success was "He's a Rebel", which in 1962 reached No. 5 in Australia and No. 115 in the United States. In 1966 she toured Vietnam with actor/comedian Danny Kaye. The following year her album ''It Must Be Him (album)|It Must Be Him'' was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The It Must Be Him (song)|title track reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1967. She had two other songs make the U.S. Top 40: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "With Pen in Hand". Around this time, Dean Martin called her "the best girl singer in the business". Carr had 10 single (music)|singles which made the U.S. pop charts and 13 albums which made the U.S. pop album charts.
In 1968, she taped six specials for London Weekend Television|London Weekend TV. In 1970, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1981. Carr als... read all
