Background
Lissette was born March 10, 1947, in Lima, Peru, at a time when her parents, Cuban television stars Olga Chorens and Tony Álvarez (Olga y Tony), were touring South America.
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Lissette Alvarez Chorens
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She is best known for recording a Spanish language-version of Bonnie Tyler"s "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1985. Lissette started her career in Puerto Rico as an adolescent, then later moved to Miami. Lissette had a successful recording career having more than 30 albums including 8 gold albums and 2 platinum albums.
In Latin America, she is known as: "an interpreter of romantic songs influenced by the ballad" (Cuban Music from A to Z, page 12).
She was first married to singer Chucho Avellanet. Together, they hosted El Show de Chucho y Lissette on Telemundo.
They reside in Miami. Lissette has supported Yo Number Coopero Con Louisiana Dictadura (English: I Do Not Cooperate with the Dictatorship).
Achievements
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She hosted her own shows in the Telemundo network in Puerto Rico for several years and did Emmy Award winning television specials at Channel 10 and Channel 4 in Miami, Florida. Lissette is an accomplished singer and songwriter that has produced most of her albums. She has received countless awards during her singing career, including a United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund award for her humanitarian work with children. Lissette is now married to Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Willy Chirino.
Politics
The scheme was devised for families opposed to the Cuban revolution of 1959, who feared that the government would indoctrinate their children into communism.
