She's beautiful, outspoken and clean fun. She's down to earth, not aloof.

Charo was, is, a truly wonderful guitar player. I watched her once just come on stage and play classical guitar like Jose Feliciano. After that, and also listening to her when she was serious (some long forgotten interview) and seeing how intelligent and knowing she was I never lost my admiration for her, and saw that her lively, funny persona was her own creation. Here the guys all look like lumps of coal next to her.

Remember, Charo is a Classically trained musician!!

Gorgeously talented artist

As with Carol Wayne, the joke was on anyone who laughed at Charo. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Always a treat to see a clip from before the show moved to Burbank. This episode is from Monday, September 13, 1971. Charo was electric! Also on this show was former boxer Jake LaMotta, Miss America Laurel Lea Schaefer and mentalist Kreskin. Good show. Burt was a very capable guest host. Thanks for posting this gem!

people don't know that she was living with her mother in the bronx all through the years of her greatest fame and that her sister made her stage clothes for her by hand

DWTS brought me here. :-) :-) I met Charo when I was a little girl.. She was nice in person

Charo is incredible in so many ways. Beautiful, sexy, funny as Hell, a great dancer, singer & a phenominal Flamenco guitarist. She is still a one in a million gem.

She is so adorable.. Sweet and Classy!

Rest in Peace Burt, we will miss your laugh!!

Top notch !

And she's still maintaining her beauty in 2019!!! Best guitarist in the world!!

I was fortunate to see her show in Las Vegas a while back...great performer.

Wow ! Charo , what a dynamite Charming gorgeous showpiece !

She’s always been a sweetheart 💞

I want that hair,wow!!

why wasn't charo cast as sofia vergara's mother on Modern family?

she was so over the top and so confident and enthusiastic. it's always great to watch her.

I wish this clip showed how well she plays guitar. She's an amazing musician!

Charo was and still is an all around entertainer. Musician, Singer, dancer, actress and comedian.

Total hotness. Someone needs to post some high-quality clips of her back then.

Alive and well, and I believe still performing

woooow! what a beauty she was and the end was explosive. Amazing talent.

I always loved Burt! it's sad to see how he is not well in his older yrs! God bless the legend!

this is the first time i heard her sing. this was early in her career. she went on to study under Andres Segovia as her personal teacher!!! she was much more than just Flamenco. Spanish/Classical as well. i had no idea. i just remembered her as the zanie "coochie coochie" lady. then i swithched to playing acoustic guitar and rediscovered Charo. LOVE U CHARO! U are one of the best!!! Thank you for this vid! +++

Dude, a new Ironside movie! NBC was rolling back then.

Alex Karras is a gem.

BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE , CHARO!

Ahhh yes....back when CHARO was a star! Those were the days Folks! LUV Alex Kara’s reaction to Charo!

She's charming.

Wonderful performance! What an entertainer.

Vibrant personality, glad to see her thriving and alive

Charo!!!

Andres Segovia was her guitar teacher she would practice 4 hours a day if she missed one note she would have to start the song over i seen her on the Mike Douglas taking about it awesome guitarist

She still looks exactly the same, 40 years later. What an entertainer she is. And I've heard she's fun to meet in person.

Love Charo's outfit!...Of course she fills it out better than I do but who's counting?

I soo love her hairstyle,I want it!

What a great entertainer.

charo is well known all over the world by the hit "dance a little bit closer" Never seen her sing this huge success live. if someone has this video... please post it here!

I was an opening act for Charo in some Performing Arts Center in San Diego..in between shows she took me down to her dressing room and played for me on her guitar..After she finished I smiled and said You studied with Cigovia....She just smiled.... What a talent

Monday, September 13, 1971. The ad at the end is for an Ironside "movie" (actually two-hour-long episode) that aired the next day.

She still muy bonita!!!!

funny I remember seeing he ron all the shows of th e70;s when tv was worth staying home and watching, I always loved her but felt like we were getting to see an x-rated star....looking back I smile and say she was really talented!!!!!!!!!!!

She's wonderfully and innocently gorgeous!!!! A lot of people these days actually got inspired from her.

A lot of people don't know she was actually a very accomplished Flamenco guitarist!

I still remember The Sopranos episode when Tony and Paulie were meeting the Mexican gang in Florida and Paulie said, Where's Charo?"

R.I.P Burt

There's some good videos of Charo playing guitar

WOW! the name of this song is "El Porompompero" a widely known spanish flamenco song. Charo may not have a great voice but surely is a great guitar player and an exceptional showman still nowadays.

Burt Reynolds was the best guest-host of The Tonight Show. He could've easily have his onw talk show and would've been quite successful. And Charo seems like such a funny woman!

I remember watching the opening of this show but it is now nowhere to be found. Thanks for sharing.

Burt taps anything that moves, even a chicken. Nonetheless, Charo is a good guitar player. One of a kind.

As identified in the clip description, the person sitting next to Ed is guest Alex Karras, form NFL pro turned actor.

Wow before her time.

@robatsea2009 I second that comment...She is a brilliant Flamenco Guitarist!!!

BURT MOTHER EFFING REYNOLDS!

Spanish documents list her as 1941 birthday. That makes her 30 here, and her demeanor speaks to that. I don't know of 20 year olds like this.

All the guys are acting a bit silly with her here, but truth be told, everyone loved her. She's great fun and a talented guitar player!

Guauuu !!! que grandes !!!!!!

Pedazo de artista nos perdimos en España !!

She really is something ain't that right

Charo, Burt and all the rest 🍻

I know she will not read this but happy birthday to her. We share the same month and day. 🎼🎉

the video with Don Rickles is priceless! Carol Burnett too.

@EFISHANT I've seen her perform, and agreed - she doesn't get much recognition (if any) for her guitar skills, which are exceptional

I want to see Alex Karras!

nice hair piece burt.

SHE WAS 30 YEARS OLD

she was 20 years old here, she had already been world famos for 5 years

Ok, a little gootchie gootchie is magnifico ! TL

Que sexy el.presentador 😍😍😍

so shakira stole this womans whole act

I wish I was enjoying as much 'sucksex' as she was! Her flares are huge, I thought she was wearing two skirts :D

Hello... thanks for posting this clip and another from this episode, this rare episode! would you have any more segments of this ? I'd like to see the rest of it. Thanks.

Boy how did I end up here???

mucha muchacha!

Charo’s first appearance on tonight show

If she was born in 1951, in this video she would have been 21 yo, she looks quite older.

The men of this era never respected her, but she fought through.

“Oh yes I crick”

Is that her hair?

She's quite a personality i did not know she could sing.

I bet Burt tickled his mustache on Charo's "coochi, coochi".

Smoking like crazy

Aye dios mio was a tongue roll

She always said 'cuchi cuchi' lol

Charo is a great example of what American taste was like back then. She was a classical guitarist, but we wanted her to gyrate and say, “Coochie Coochie.” Well, give the people what they want. I think that was the name of her dog.

@rkcsam69 Johnny Carson would go on vacation and even if it was a regular week he often was off the show on Monday nights and so a variety of guest hosts would sit in. Burt was one of them and many others including Garry Shandling, David Letterman, Joey Bishop, Joan Rivers, David Brenner, Bob Newhart etc.

Does anyone know what song this is?

Looks like public access cable tv in the 1990s.

Reynolds wig is frightening.

she is actually very talented, I like her a lot, how old is she now

Ooo...

What is the song she's singing? I like it mucho! : )

Is the host Vicente Fernandez?

Was this 1971 or 1981? If it was 1971 she would have been 20 years old. She looks a lot older than 20.

I wonder if she's still living. This video is from 42 years ago.

The 3:00 mark! Hilarious!!!

So that's what she was famous for!