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Olga Guillot (October 9, 1923 – July 12, 2010 [1]) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". [2] She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. [2] Biography
Touzet was married to Isabel González (b. 1917, d. 1991), with whom he had two daughters, Olivia and Nilda Touzet-González. He also had three other daughters, singer Olga María Touzet-Guillot (with singer Olga Guillot), Lisa Bahadoor, and Bonita Calderón. He later married Mercy Remos.
His most famous song, "Tú me acostumbraste", was written in 1955 and has been recorded by many singers among them, Olga Guillot, Lupita D’Alessio, Luis Miguel, Chavela Vargas, Pedro Vargas, Caetano Veloso, Luciano Tajoli, Domenico Modugno, Tom Jones, Lola Flores, Sara Montiel, Andrea Bocelli and the Gipsy Kings
Olga Guillot, singer; Arawak Jah, international Cuban reggae star, member and founder of the reggae group Arawak Jah in Orlando, Florida; Lauren Jauregui, Cuban-American singer, member of Fifth Harmony; Roberto Ledesma, singer; Lissette, singer, actress; wife of Willy Chirino; daughter of Olga y Tony; La Lupe, singer and gay icon
Puchito Records was Cuba's second independent record label. It was founded in 1954 during the mambo and cha-cha-chá explosion of the 1950s. Many of its recordings, produced by its founder Jesús Gorís (1921–2006), became instant hits.
Yambaó was a co-production between Mexico and Cuba and was shot entirely in Cuba. Yambaó is played by the Cuban dancer Ninon Sevilla, who had a long career in the Cinema of Mexico of the 1940s and 50s, particularly in the subgenre known as the Rumberas film.
In 1954, Gorís and his two partners produced an LP of Olga Guillot singing with The Castro Brothers Orchestra, one of Cuba's first jazz bands (no relation to Fidel Castro). [6] Although Guillot. "Mienteme" ("Lie to Me"), a bolero composed by Chamaco Domínguez (1921–1985), was one of the album's great successes.
Olga is a female name of Slavic origins. It is the equivalent of Helga , and derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr (prosperous, successful). The name was brought to Eastern Europe in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded Kievan Rus' .