Karina

   Spain

   Singer

   Karina was the leading female vocalist in Spanish pop music during the second half of the 1960s and the early 1970s. She dominated the charts and records sales, through a solid repertoire of cover versions of well-known European and American songs and compositions by the most prestigious Spanish songwriters. Her greatest hits include "Abergavenny" (La fiesta), "Little Arrows" (Las flechas del amor), "El baúl de los recuerdos" (The Chest of Memories), "Romeo y Julieta" (Romeo and Juliet). She won over Spanish audiences with her sweet, angelic, ingenuous air and became the ideal girlfriend for adolescents of her generation. Kar-ina's fame waned in the 1980s, although periodically she performs her old hits as a last act of nostalgia.

   See also: rock and pop

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