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Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martínez Cardona (born July 19, 1940), known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is an American vocalist. She has a singing career that spans more than five decades. Born in
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, Texas, to Mexican parents, she has performed in a variety of
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s, including
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and
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, while her greatest success has come from singing in Spanish. She established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation in 1971. Vikki Carr has won three
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and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 at the
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.


Career

Cardona was born in
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, on July 19, 1940. In 1958, she graduated from
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in
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, in a class that included famed fashion designer
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. Under the stage name "Vikki Carr" she signed with
Liberty Records Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous rev ...
in 1962. Her first single to achieve success was " He's a Rebel", which in 1962 reached No. 3 in Australia and No. 115 in the United States. Producer
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heard Carr cutting the song in the studio and immediately produced his own cover version with
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(though it was presented as a recording by
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) which reached No. 1 in the United States. In 1966, Carr toured
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with actor/comedian
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to entertain American troops. The following year, her album '' It Must Be Him'' was nominated for three
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. The
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reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States in 1967, sold more than 1 million copies and received a
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. Carr followed with two US
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hits: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "
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". Around this time,
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called her "the best girl singer in the business". In total, Carr had 10
singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...
and 13 albums that made the US pop charts. In 1968, Carr taped six specials for London Weekend TV. She made frequent appearances on various television programs, such as
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's '' The Bing Crosby Show'' in the 1964–1965 season. She appeared on
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in 1969. In 1970, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the ''
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''. A favorite of
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's, she appeared more than 30 times on ''
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'', even hosting on occasion. She received a star on the
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in 1981. Carr also achieved the rare feat of singing for five
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during her career:
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,
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,
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, George Bush and
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. The
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nature of her career has included recording with
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and
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while the likes of
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and
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were friends. In the 1980s and 1990s, Carr had enormous success in the
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world, winning
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Awards for Best Mexican-American Performance in 1986 for her album '' Simplemente Mujer'', Best Latin Pop Album in 1992 for '' Cosas del Amor'' and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1995 for ''
Recuerdo a Javier Solís ''Recuerdo a Javier Solís'' (''I remember Javier Solís'') is an album that was released in 1994 by Vikki Carr. It won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album contains the hit song ''Amaneci en Tus Brazos''. The album is a t ...
''. She also received Grammy nominations for the discs '' Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti'' (1993) and '' Emociones'' (1996). Her numerous Spanish-language hit singles include "Total", "Discúlpame", "Déjame", "Hay Otro en Tu Lugar", "Esos Hombres", "Mala Suerte" and " Cosas del Amor". "Cosas del Amor" spent more than two months at No. 1 on the US Latin charts in 1991, her biggest Spanish-language US hit. Her Spanish-language albums have been certified gold and platinum in Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador. She also voiced Georgette in the Latin American dub of Disney's ''
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''. In 1999, Carr taped a
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TV special, ''Vikki Carr: Memories, Memorias'', in which she performed popular
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tunes from the 1940s and 1950s. Her guests were
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and Jack Jones. In 2001, she released a bilingual holiday album, ''The Vikki Carr Christmas Album''. Carr appeared to great acclaim in a 2002 Los Angeles production of the
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musical ''
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'', which also featured
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,
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and
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. In 2006, Carr made a cameo appearance in a straight-to-video thriller called ''Puerto Vallarta Squeeze.'' Carr hosted a PBS TV special in 2008, ''Fiesta Mexicana'', which celebrated the music and dance of Mexico. Later that year she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy. Carr marked the occasion with an appearance on the Latin Grammy telecast, in which she performed "Cosas del Amor" with
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and
Jenni Rivera Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and producer known for her work within the regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of Banda (music), ...
. In 2014, Carr was invited by producer Gerry Gallagher to record with Latin rock legends
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Walfredo Reyes Jr.,
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, Peter Michael Escovedo,
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, Marcos J. Reyes and
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, and is featured on a remake of the Latin classic "Sabor A Mi" from a 2019 Gallagher studio album. In August, she headlined a benefit in El Paso for the Walmart shooting victims of the
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.


Personal life

Carr has been married three times, first to producer and entertainment attorney Dann Moss, then paint company executive Michael Nilsson. She was married to San Antonio, Texas, physician Pedro De Leon from 1993 until his death in 2019.


Charitable work

Carr devotes time to charities including the
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, the
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, the
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, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For 22 years, she hosted benefit concerts to support Holy Cross of San Antonio Middle and High School in
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, Texas. In 1971, she established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation dedicated to offering college scholarships to Hispanic students in California and Texas. The foundation, since 2018 partnered with the
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, has awarded more than 280 scholarships totaling more than $250,000.


Discography


Albums


Singles


1960s and 1970s

* Years represent year of release, not necessarily the chart peak year.


1980s to the present


Cultural references

*In the ''
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'' episode " Total Recall", Peter remarks, "So what? She can name a kind of car. Big whoop, I can do that, too. Vikki. Vikki Carr". *At a November 12, 1974 state dinner, Don Penny was dancing with
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while President
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was dancing with Vikki Carr. Carr asked the president "What's your favorite Mexican dish?" to which he replied, "You are." Betty Ford was not amused. *In the 1987 film ''
Moonstruck ''Moonstruck'' is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Cher as a widowed Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger broth ...
'', Cosmo Castorini is a fan of the singer, often listening to her record " It Must Be Him"; his wife Rose remarks to their daughter Loretta: "Now he's going to play that damn Vikki Carr record, and when he comes to bed he won't touch me." *In ''The Nanny'' season 2 episode "Strange Bedfellows", several nannies celebrate the retirement of Mona, played by
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. Bemoaning how little she received after devoting her life to raising the children of other people, Mona says "you give somebody's kids the best years of your life and what do you get? A pat on the back and a couple of stinking Vikki Carr CDs." * During the first episode of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', the credits include
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saying "The final score, Pigs 9, British Bipeds 4. The Pigs go on to face Vikki Carr in the finals."


References


External links

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Vikki Carr Exclusive Booking Agents ~ Paradise Artists
* * Vikki Carr at Billboard.combr>"In the Spotlight with Vikki Carr"
hosted by Ron Roberts. A one-hour monthly internet radio program streaming worldwide, devoted to the music of Vikki Carr: 3:00 – 4:00pm NYT, with rebroadcasts as per the program schedule. {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Vikki 1940 births Living people 01 American women pop singers Mexican singers Traditional pop music singers Grammy Award winners Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners American performers of Latin music American cabaret singers American torch singers Ranchera singers Spanish-language singers of the United States American musicians of Mexican descent Musicians from El Paso, Texas Columbia Records artists Liberty Records artists 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers Hispanic and Latino American musicians Hispanic and Latino American women singers Women in Latin music