The entertainer opens up about immigration fears, grief and why live shows still give her life ahead of her June 20 Orinda performance.

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 ...

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 ...

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 speaks to Yahoo Life about her career and the misconceptions she has faced. (Photo: Getty) Unapologetically is a Yahoo Life series in which women and men from all walks of life get the chance to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charo's movie and TV credits date back to the '60s. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) (Getty Images) The first time Charo ...