Word: cholita
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...Hollywood. In Lima in 1941, the late Grace Moore heard her, promised to launch her on a career in the U.S. But shortly after Yma got to Manhattan in 1947, the famed soprano was killed in a plane crash. With husband Moises Vivanco playing the guitar and cousin Cholita Rivero dancing ("The Inca Taky Trio"), Yma sang at a Pan American Union concert in Washington in 1948. Demanded the Times-Herald critic, after praising her to the skies: "What's the matter with...
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