Vikki Carr
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Vikki Carr is an American
singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas
. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz
, pop
and country
, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish
.
'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records
in 1962. Her first single to achieve success was "He's a Rebel
", which in 1962 reached No. 5 in Australia and No. 115 in the United States. Producer Phil Spector
heard Carr cutting the song in the studio and immediately recorded a cover version billed to The Crystals
that reached No. 1 in the United States. In 1966, Carr toured South Vietnam
with actor
/comedian
Danny Kaye
to entertain American troops there. The following year her album
It Must Be Him was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The title track
reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100
in the United States in 1967. "It Must Be Him" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
. She had two other song
s make the US
Top 40: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "With Pen in Hand". Around this time, Dean Martin
called her "the best girl singer in the business". Carr had 10 singles
which made the US pop charts and 13 albums which made the US pop album charts.
In 1968, she taped six specials for London Weekend TV
. She appeared on various television programs, such as ABC
's The Bing Crosby Show
in the 1964-1965 season. In 1970, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times
. She guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
in 1973. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 1981. Carr also achieved the rare feat of singing for five presidents during her career: Richard Nixon
, Gerald Ford
, Ronald Reagan
, George Bush
, and Bill Clinton
. Ford writes in his autobiography
, A Time to Heal
, that when Carr appeared at the White House
, she asked the president, "What Mexican dish do you like?" His response: "I like you." He goes on to write that the First Lady
was not pleased: "Betty overheard the exchange, and needless to say, she wasn't wild about it."
In the 1980s and 1990s Carr had enormous success in the Latin music world, winning Grammy 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 Solis
. 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
". The latter song 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
.
In 1999 she taped a PBS
TV special, Vikki Carr: Memories, Memorias, in which she performed popular bilingual tunes from the 1940s and 1950s. Her guests were Pepe Aguilar
, Arturo Sandoval
and Jack Jones
. In 2001, she released a bilingual holiday album, The Vikki Carr Christmas Album.
In 2002, she appeared to great acclaim in a Los Angeles
production of the Stephen Sondheim
musical Follies
, which also featured Hal Linden
, Patty Duke
and Harry Groener
. In 2006, Carr made a cameo appearance in a straight-to-video thriller called Puerto Vallarta Squeeze. In 2008, Carr hosted a PBS
TV special, 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. She marked the occasion with an appearance on the Latin Grammy telecast in which she performed "Cosas del Amor" with Olga Tañón
and Jenni Rivera.
and a humanitarian, she devotes time to many charities including the United Way, the American Lung Association
, the Muscular Dystrophy Association
and St. Jude's Hospital
. For 22 years she held benefit concerts to support Holy Cross High School in San Antonio
, Texas
. In 1971, she established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation, dedicated to offering college scholarships to Hispanic
students in California and Texas. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than 280 scholarships totaling over a quarter of a million dollars.
In "MoonStruck", starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, upon Loretta Castorini coming home to tell her father that she was engaged to Johnny Cammerieri, Cher's character and her father go up to tell her mother the news. The family has a heated exchange over who shall pay for the wedding. Loretta's father ends the fight by putting on a Vikki Carr record, ending the fight. The mother, Mrs. Castorini, played by Olympia Dukakis alleges that "Now he's going to listen to that Vikki Carr record and he won't touch me."
In "Vanilla Sky
", starring Tom Cruise
and Penelope Cruz
, David Ames is given music options from Sofia Serrano: Jeff Buckley
or Vikki Carr. He picked both, simultaneously.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
Career
After taking the stage nameStage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...
in 1962. Her first single to achieve success was "He's a Rebel
He's a Rebel
"He's a Rebel" is a pop song credited to the girl group The Crystals, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in November 1962. Written by Gene Pitney and produced by Phil Spector, it is considered one of the definitive examples of the Spector-produced girl group sound.In 2004, the song was...
", which in 1962 reached No. 5 in Australia and No. 115 in the United States. Producer Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
heard Carr cutting the song in the studio and immediately recorded a cover version billed to The Crystals
The Crystals
The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron " and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead...
that reached No. 1 in the United States. In 1966, Carr toured South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
with actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
/comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian...
to entertain American troops there. The following year her album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
It Must Be Him was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The title track
It Must Be Him (song)
"It Must Be Him" is a popular song with music written by Gilbert Bécaud, originally with French lyrics by Maurice Vidalin.-English language cover:...
reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in the United States in 1967. "It Must Be Him" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. She had two other song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s make the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Top 40: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "With Pen in Hand". Around this time, Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
called her "the best girl singer in the business". Carr had 10 singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
which made the US pop charts and 13 albums which made the US pop album charts.
In 1968, she taped six specials for London Weekend TV
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television was the name of the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties including south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Warwickshire, east Dorset and...
. She appeared on various television programs, such as ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's The Bing Crosby Show
The Bing Crosby Show
The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a middle-aged couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s...
in the 1964-1965 season. In 1970, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. She guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night....
in 1973. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
in 1981. Carr also achieved the rare feat of singing for five presidents during her career: Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
, Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
, George Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
, and Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. Ford writes in his autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal is a quotation from the Bible .It may refer to:*A Time to Heal , a 1994 television film*A Time to Heal , a 2004 novel by David Mack set in the fictional universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, that when Carr appeared at the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, she asked the president, "What Mexican dish do you like?" His response: "I like you." He goes on to write that the First Lady
First Lady
First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
was not pleased: "Betty overheard the exchange, and needless to say, she wasn't wild about it."
In the 1980s and 1990s Carr had enormous success in the Latin music world, winning Grammy Awards for Best Mexican-American Performance
Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
The Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album was an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Mexican music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
in 1986 for her album Simplemente Mujer
Simplemente Mujer
Simplemente Mujer: A 1984 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Ni Princesa, Ni Esclava. This was Carr's first recording with mariachi accompaniment...
; Best Latin Pop Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
in 1992 for Cosas del Amor
Cosas del Amor
Cosas del Amor was a 1991 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Cosas del Amor, which stayed at No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts for more than two months. The album also reached No. 1, where it stayed for one month. In...
; and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1995 for Recuerdo a Javier Solis
Recuerdo a Javier Solis
Recuerdo a Javier Solís was a 1994 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Amaneci en Tus Brazos. The recording is a tribute to Javier Solís, a popular Mexican singer . Label: Sony.- Tracks :*1. Sombras*2...
. She also received Grammy nominations for the discs Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti
Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti
Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti is a 1992 album by Vikki Carr that was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Dejame...
(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 (song)
"Cosas del Amor" is a song by American recording artist Vikki Carr and Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from Carr's studio album Cosas del Amor...
". The latter song 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
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
.
In 1999 she taped a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
TV special, Vikki Carr: Memories, Memorias, in which she performed popular bilingual tunes from the 1940s and 1950s. Her guests were Pepe Aguilar
Pepe Aguilar
José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...
, Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
and Jack Jones
Jack Jones (singer)
John Allan "Jack" Jones is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s.-Overview:...
. In 2001, she released a bilingual holiday album, The Vikki Carr Christmas Album.
In 2002, she appeared to great acclaim in a Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
production of the Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
musical Follies
Follies
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies," a musical revue , that played in that theatre between the World Wars...
, which also featured Hal Linden
Hal Linden
Hal Linden is an American stage and television actor and television director, best known for his role in the television comedy series Barney Miller and as presenter on the ABC educational series Animals, Animals, Animals....
, Patty Duke
Patty Duke
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely...
and Harry Groener
Harry Groener
Harry Groener is a German-born American actor and dancer, perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in Buffy the Vampire Slayer .-Early life:...
. In 2006, Carr made a cameo appearance in a straight-to-video thriller called Puerto Vallarta Squeeze. In 2008, Carr hosted a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
TV special, 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. She marked the occasion with an appearance on the Latin Grammy telecast in which she performed "Cosas del Amor" with Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
and Jenni Rivera.
Charitable work
Respected as both an artistMusician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and a humanitarian, she devotes time to many charities including the United Way, the American Lung Association
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.-History:...
, the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
and St. Jude's Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501 tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.In...
. For 22 years she held benefit concerts to support Holy Cross High School in San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. In 1971, she established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation, dedicated to offering college scholarships to Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
students in California and Texas. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than 280 scholarships totaling over a quarter of a million dollars.
Albums
| Year | Album | US 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Latin Billboard Top Latin Albums Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Color Her Great | - | - | - | |
| 1964 | Discovery | 114 | - | - | |
| 1965 | Anatomy of Love | - | - | - | liner notes by Ethel Merman |
| 1966 | Way of Today | - | - | 31 | |
| 1967 | Intimate Excitement | - | - | - | |
| It Must Be Him | 12 | - | 12 | UK release differs from US release | |
| 1968 | Vikki! | 63 | - | - | |
| Don't Break My Pretty Balloon | - | - | - | ||
| 1969 | For Once in My Life | 29 | - | - | live |
| 1970 | Nashville By Carr | 111 | - | - | recorded in Nashville |
| 1971 | The Ways to Love a Man | - | - | - | |
| Que sea el | - | - | - | ||
| Love Story | 60 | - | - | ||
| Superstar | 118 | - | - | ||
| 1972 | The First Time | 146 | - | - | title "Song Sung Blue" in UK |
| En español | 106 | - | - | ||
| 1973 | Ms. America | 142 | - | - | |
| Live at the Greek Theatre | 172 | - | - | ||
| 1974 | One Hell of a Woman | 155 | - | - | |
| 1975 | Hoy | 203 | - | - | |
| 1976 | The Story of a Woman | - | - | - | live from Japan (JP release only) |
| 1980 | Y el amor | - | - | - | |
| 1981 | El retrato del amor | - | - | - | |
| 1982 | Vikki Carr | - | - | - | |
| 1984 | A todos | - | - | - | |
| 1985 | Simplemente Mujer Simplemente Mujer Simplemente Mujer: A 1984 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Ni Princesa, Ni Esclava. This was Carr's first recording with mariachi accompaniment... |
- | - | - | #3 US Regional MX Regional Mexican Albums Regional Mexican Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. Established in June 1985, the chart compiles information about the top-selling albums in genres like mariachi, norteño, banda and Duranguense, which are frequently considered regional Mexican. The chart features only... / #15 US Latin Pop Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... |
| 1986 | Promesas | - | - | - | |
| Esta noche vendras | - | - | - | ||
| OK Mr. Tango | - | - | - | with Mariano Mores | |
| 1987 | Dos corazones (with Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to... ) |
- | - | - | #2 US Regional MX |
| Me Enloqueces | - | - | - | ||
| 1988 | Esos hombres | - | - | - | #4 US Latin Pop |
| 1990 | Set Me Free | - | - | - | several songs from Esos hombres sung in English |
| 1991 | Cosas del Amor | - | - | - | #1 US Latin Pop |
| 1993 | Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti is a 1992 album by Vikki Carr that was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Dejame... |
- | - | - | |
| 1994 | Recuerdo a Javier Solís Recuerdo a Javier Solis Recuerdo a Javier Solís was a 1994 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording. The album produced a hit single in the song Amaneci en Tus Brazos. The recording is a tribute to Javier Solís, a popular Mexican singer . Label: Sony.- Tracks :*1. Sombras*2... |
- | 35 | - | #10 US Latin Pop |
| 1996 | Emociones | - | - | - | |
| 1998 | Con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán | - | - | - | |
| 1999 | Memories, Memorias | - | - | - | from the PBS TV Special |
| 2001 | Christmas Album | - | - | - | |
Singles
- Years represent year of release, not necessarily the chart peak year.
Year Song US 100 Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...US AC Hot Adult Contemporary TracksThe Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...US Latin UK UK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...AUS Australian Recording Industry AssociationThe Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...Original Source 1962 "I'll Walk the Rest of the Way" - - - - - single "He's a Rebel He's a Rebel"He's a Rebel" is a pop song credited to the girl group The Crystals, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in November 1962. Written by Gene Pitney and produced by Phil Spector, it is considered one of the definitive examples of the Spector-produced girl group sound.In 2004, the song was...
"115 - - - 5 single 1963 "The Rose and Butterfly" - - - - - single "San Francisco" - - - - - Color Her Great "Poor Butterfly / Stay" - - - - - Discovery 1964 "Forget You" - - - - - single 1965 "The Color of Love" - - - - - single "Busca ese camino" - - - - - "Unforgettable" - - - - - single "Tell Her of Our Love" - - - - - single "None But the Lonely Heart" - - - - - single 1966 "The Silencers" - - - - - single "Heartaches" - - - - - Anatomy of Love "My Heart Reminds Me" - 31 - - - The Way of Today! "It Must Be Him It Must Be Him (song)"It Must Be Him" is a popular song with music written by Gilbert Bécaud, originally with French lyrics by Maurice Vidalin.-English language cover:...
"3 1 - 2 2 It Must Be Him "So Nice Summer SambaSummer Samba is a 1966 bossa nova song by Brazilian composer Marcos Valle, with English-language lyrics by Norman Gimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics came from Paulo Sérgio Valle, brother to the composer.The song was first popularized by the Walter Wanderley Trio in 1966 — the album Rain...
"- 32 - - - single "Until Today" - 39 - - - single "Now I Know the Feeling" - 28 - - - single 1967 "Sunshine" - - - - - single "There I Go" - - - 50 - Vikki! "The Lesson" 34 1 - - - Vikki! 1968 "She'll Be There" 99 13 - - - Don't Break My Pretty Balloon "Your Heart Is Free Just Like The Wind" 91 32 - - - Don't Break My Pretty Balloon "Don't Break My Pretty Balloon" 114 7 - - - Don't Break My Pretty Balloon "A Dissatisfied Man" - 18 - - - single 1969 "With Pen in Hand" 35 6 - 39 - For Once In My Life "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" - - - - - It Must Be Him "Eternity" 79 5 - - - single 1970 "Singing My Song" - 30 - - - Nashville By Carr "Everybody's Talkin'" - - - - - Nashville By Carr "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - - - - - Love Story "For Once in My Life" - - - - - For Once in My Life "I'll Be Home" 96 7 - - - Love Story 1971 "Six Weeks Every Summer" - 28 - - - Love Story "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel For You" - - - - - Superstar "Que sea el" - - - - - Que sea el "I'd Do It All Again" - 39 - - - Superstar 1972 "The Big Hurt" 108 31 - - - single "Grande, Grande, Grande" - - - - - En español "Let the Band Play On" - - - - - single 1973 "Ms. America" - - - - - Ms. America "Leave a Little Room" - - - - - Live at the Greek Theatre 1974 "Sleeping Between Two People" - - - - - One Hell of a Woman "One Hell of a Woman" - - - - - One Hell of a Woman "Wind Me Up" - 45 - - - One Hell of a Woman "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - - - - - single 1975 "Hoy" - - - - - Hoy "Puttin' Myself in Your Hands" - - - - - single 1980 "Disculpame" - - - - - Y el amor "Abrazame" - - - - - Y el amor 1981 "Total" - - - - - El retrato del amor 1982 "Todo me gusta de ti" - - - - - Vikki Carr 1983 "Ya" - - - - - Vikki Carr "Prefiero amar un extraño" - - - - - El retrato del amor "Eso no" - - - - - El retrato del amor 1984 "Comprendeme" - - - - - A todos 1985 "Ni princesa ni esclava" - - - - - Simplemente mujer "Atrapame" - - - - - Simplemente mujer "Ni me viene ni me va" - - - - - Simplemente mujer "Cantare, cantaras" - - - - - Hermanos 1986 "Promesas" - - - - - Promesas "Yo creo en un mundo de amor" - - - - - OK Mr. Tango "Esta noche vendras" - - 33 - - Esta noche vendras "Tu Dicha, Tu Calma" - - - - - Esta noche vendras "Asi es la vida" - - - - - Esta noche vendras 1987 "Que no que no" - - - - - Me enloqueces "Fallaste corazon" - - - - - Me enloqueces "Me parece perfecto" - - - - - Me enloqueces "Dos corazones" (duet Duet (music)A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
with Vicente FernándezVicente FernándezVicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
)- - 10 - - Dos corazones "Juntos los dos" - - - - - Dos corazones 1988 "Mala suerte" - - 3 - - Esos hombres "Hay otro en tu lugar" - - 14 - - Esos hombres "Esos hombres" - - 37 - - Esos hombres 1991 "Cosas del Amor Cosas del Amor (song)"Cosas del Amor" is a song by American recording artist Vikki Carr and Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from Carr's studio album Cosas del Amor...
" (duet with Ana GabrielAna GabrielAna Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
)- - 1 - - Cosas del amor "Me estoy volviendo loca" - - - - - Cosas del amor "Con los brazos abiertos" - - - - - Cosas del amor 1993 "Dejame" - - 30 - - Brindo a la vida, al bolero, a ti "Nadie" - - - - - Brindo a la vida, al bolero, a ti "Una Mujer" - - - - - Brindo a la vida, al bolero, a ti 1994 "Amaneci en tus Brazos" - - - - - Recuerdo a Javier Solis "Sombras" - - - - - Recuerdo a Javier Solis "En mi viejo San Juan" - - - - - Recuerdo a Javier Solis 1996 "Emociones" - - - - - Emociones "Que No Se Rompa la Noche Que No Se Rompa la Noche"Que No Se Rompa la Noche" is a ballad written and produced by Spanish singer-songwriter Manuel Alejandro, co-written by Ana Magdalena, and performed by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. It was released as the second single from his studio album Un Hombre Solo in 1987...
"- - - - - Emociones 1998 "No Soy De Piedra" - - - - - Con El Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitan
Cultural references
- In "Whither Canada?", the first episode of Monty Python's Flying CircusMonty Python's Flying CircusMonty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
, there is a running gag about pigs being killed, usually by being accidentally sat upon. During the final credits for the episode, an announcer (John CleeseJohn CleeseJohn Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report...
) says, "And here is the final score: Pigs 9, British bipeds 4. The Pigs go on to meet Vikki Carr in the final."
- In "The NannyThe NannyNanny may refer to:* Nanny, a child's caregiver* A grandmother * A Cajun word for godmother * A female goat* Nanny , a 1981–83 British drama series starring Wendy Craig* Nanny of the Maroons...
" episode "Strange Bedfellows", Fran (Fran DrescherFran DrescherFrancine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist...
) celebrates the retirement of a fellow nanny, played by Tyne DalyTyne DalyTyne Daly is an American stage and screen actress, widely known for her work as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in the television series Cagney & Lacey and as Maxine Gray in the television series Judging Amy. She is also known for her role as Alice Henderson in television series Christy...
, by giving her the newest CD from Vikki Carr, who happens to be the retiring nanny's favorite singer.
In "MoonStruck", starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, upon Loretta Castorini coming home to tell her father that she was engaged to Johnny Cammerieri, Cher's character and her father go up to tell her mother the news. The family has a heated exchange over who shall pay for the wedding. Loretta's father ends the fight by putting on a Vikki Carr record, ending the fight. The mother, Mrs. Castorini, played by Olympia Dukakis alleges that "Now he's going to listen to that Vikki Carr record and he won't touch me."
In "Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed, co-produced and co-written by Cameron Crowe. The film is an English-language remake of the 1997 Spanish movie Abre los ojos , the screenplay for which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil...
", starring Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
and Penelope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...
, David Ames is given music options from Sofia Serrano: Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
or Vikki Carr. He picked both, simultaneously.