Olga Guillot obituary

Cuban singer hailed as 'the queen of bolero'The Cuban singer Olga Guillot, who has died aged 87, was affectionately known as "the queen of the bolero". These ballads of love, betrayal and loss were the main ingredient of most Latin orchestras and big bands in the 1950s, and Guillot's seductive singing and theatrical performance style meant that she made many famous boleros her own. Her repertoire included Frank Dominguez's Tu Me Acostumbraste (I Got Used to You), René Touzet's La Noche de Anoch...

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