Margarita Sierra
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Margarita Sierra born as Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra in Madrid
, Spain
, was a singer, dancer, and actress perhaps best known for her supporting role as the nightclub-singing Cha Cha O'Brien on the early-1960s ABC
television show, Surfside 6
.
Episodes of Surfside 6 often featured Sierra usually singing in English but occasionally in Spanish. The Cha Cha Twist, a song featured during the show's second and final season, was released as a single on Warner Brothers Records
but did not enter the Billboard Top 100 chart.
Sierra tragically died in 1963 at the age of 27
from complications following heart surgery performed a day earlier.
Madrid
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, Spain
Spain
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, was a singer, dancer, and actress perhaps best known for her supporting role as the nightclub-singing Cha Cha O'Brien on the early-1960s 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...
television show, Surfside 6
Surfside 6
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered around a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield, II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison ; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne...
.
Episodes of Surfside 6 often featured Sierra usually singing in English but occasionally in Spanish. The Cha Cha Twist, a song featured during the show's second and final season, was released as a single on Warner Brothers Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
but did not enter the Billboard Top 100 chart.
Sierra tragically died in 1963 at the age of 27
27 Club
The 27 Club—also occasionally known as the Forever 27 Club, Club 27 or the Curse of 27—is the title for a group of popular musicians who all died at the age of 27...
from complications following heart surgery performed a day earlier.
Television
- 1957: The Jack Paar Tonight Show, guest appearance
- 1960 - 1962: Surfside 6Surfside 6Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered around a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield, II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison ; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne...
, nightclub singer Cha Cha O'Brien
External links
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- Margarita Sierra at Find a Grave
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