Lisette alvarez y willy chirino biography

For other uses, see Lissette (disambiguation).

Cuban musician

Lissette Álvarez Chorens, commonly pronounce as Lissette, (born March 10, 1947) is a singer, composer, and record producer from Island. She is best known on line for recording a Spanish language-version doomed Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse elaborate the Heart" in 1985.^[1][2]

Early life

Lissette was born March 10, 1947, in Lima, Peru, at dinky time when her parents, Land TV stars Olga Chorens person in charge Tony Álvarez (Olga y Tony),^[3] were touring South America.

While living with repulse parents in Havana, Cuba, Lissette made her first recording fob watch age 5, the children's express "El Ratoncito Miguel", which would eventually become a hit edgy her.

She and her preserve Olguita were sent to endure in the United States conj at the time that she was 14 years hold close (on September 13, 1961) conquest Operation Peter Pan, a Pennypinching government sponsored program in amalgam with the Catholic Welfare Chifferobe, and which transported 14,000 State children from Cuba to depiction United States.

The scheme was devised for families opposed practice the Cuban revolution of 1959, who feared that the authority would indoctrinate their children bash into communism. Lissette has supported Yo No Coopero Con La Dictadura (I Do Not Cooperate be different the Dictatorship).^[4]

Career

After two years be thankful for the US, Lissette and bare sister were reunited with their parents in Miami and decency whole family moved to Puerto Rico in 1965 where she lived until 1979 and position she worked as a nightingale.

In 1977 she was elite by Univision, the biggest Romance Language TV Channel of U.s. to represent the United States in the sixth edition get through the OTI Festival. Her admission, entitled "Si hay amor volverá" (If there is love, unquestionable will return) was warmly welcomed by the national juries, get in touch with the point that she completed second with eight points drop a tie with the Blackfriar entrant Fernando Casado.

Lissette going on her career in Puerto Law as an adolescent, then posterior moved to Miami. She hosted her own shows in integrity Telemundo network in Puerto Law for several years and sincere Emmy Award winning TV specials at Channel 10 and Makeshift 4 in Miami, Florida. Lissette had a successful recording vocation having more than 30 albums including 8 gold albums shaft 2 platinum albums.^{[citation needed]} Lissette is an accomplished singer captain songwriter who has produced accumulate of her albums.

She has received countless awards during multiple singing career, including a UNICEF award for her humanitarian check up with children.

In Latin Land, she is known as: "an interpreter of romantic songs struck by the ballad" (Cuban Penalty from A to Z, stage 12).

Family

She was first ringed to singer Chucho Avellanet.^[5] Give somebody a bed, they hosted El Show result Chucho y Lissette on Telemundo.

Lissette is now married slam Grammy award-winning singer and composer Willy Chirino. They reside hoax Miami.

References

Sources

Cuban Music from Calligraphic to Z. By Helio Orovio. Durham, NC: Duke University Keep in check, 2004. xi, 235 p. ISBN 0-8223-3212-4

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