The DeCastro Sisters

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The DeCastro Sisters were a female singing group: they consisted of Peggy, Cherie and Babette DeCastro. (When Babette retired in 1958, a cousin, Olgita DeCastro Marino replaced her.)

In 1945, the DeCastro family moved to the United States from Cuba. The sisters became protegees of Carmen Miranda, and formed a singing trio in Miami, Florida. They had a style something like the then-popular Andrews Sisters, but with a Latin flavor.

The biggest hit single for the group was "Teach Me Tonight," in 1954. The song hit #2 in the United States, and the follow-up, "Boom Boom Boomerang", hit #17.[1]

Peggy, the eldest of the group, died 6 March 2004 of lung cancer at age 82. Olgita died on 14 February 2000 at age 65.

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000

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