Cherie DeCastro
September 1, 1922 – March 14, 2010
Cherie DeCastro was one-third of the original trio of singing siblings, the DeCastro Sisters. Formed while still young schoolgirls, they liked to think of themselves as the Cuban Andrews Sisters. In 1947, the trio sang on the premiere telecast of Los Angeles’ first television station, KTLA, and did it again to celebrate the station’s 50th anniversary in 1997. Their 1947 performance was on the first television broadcast west of the Mississippi River. That same year, the DeCastro Sisters made a memorable appearance in the popular film, Copacabana. During the ’50s, the DeCastro Sisters began making records and became a popular concert draw in Las Vegas. Their 1954 single, “Teach Me Tonight,” sold over 5 million copies. Cherie DeCastro died of pneumonia on March 14, 2010. She was 87 years old.
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