Guillot and her family moved to Ciudad Havana when she was a small child. As a teenager, she and her sister, Ana Luisa, performed as a duo, named the "Duo Hermanitas Guillot".
It wasn't until 1945 that her talent as a bolero singer would be discovered, when Facundo Rivero, an influential man in the Cuban music industry of the era, heard her sing for the first time, and helped her make her professional singing debut, at a famous Havana night club. Soon after, Guillot met Miguelito Valdes, who took her to New York city, where Guillot was able to record her first album, with the Decca label.
Guillot traveled to Mexico in 1948. There, she established herself as an international singer and actress, participating in various films and making her second album. In Mexico, Guillot began to enjoy much popularity for the first time in her career.
In 1954, she recorded her song "Mienteme" ("Lie to Me"), which became a hit across Latin America, and earned her three consecutive awards back home in Cuba as Cuba's best female singer.
1958 proved to be an important year for Guillot, as she toured Europe for the first time, including stops in Italy, France, Spain and Germany. She sang alongside the equally legendary Édith Piaf during a concert held in Cannes.
Olga Guillot kept a house in Cuba as she traveled around the world with her music, apart from her house in Mexico. But Guillot opposed Fidel Castro's Government, and, in 1961, she decided to leave Cuba for good and establish herself in Venezuela. Not long after that, she left Venezuela, making Mexico her only permanent residence country.
Meanwhile, she kept touring around the world, singing in places such as Israel, Japan, Hong Kong and many others. In 1963, Guillot was given the Golden Palm award as "best bolero singer of Latin America". She received the award in Hollywood, California. Guillot sang in 1964 at New York's famed Carnegie Hall.
Guillot continued on touring for the next forty years, releasing over fifty albums and winning numerous awards for her activity in the music world. She was very good friends with Celia Cruz, to whom she often referred to as "(her) sister". When Cruz died from cancer, Guillot was one of the most affected persons in the show business world.
Her albums and music are prohibited in Cuba. Guillot remained a quiet, but strong critic of Castro and his policies towards Cuban residents.
Guillot lived mainly in Mexico and had another home on Miami Beach, Florida.
On July 12, 2010, she died of an infarction at the age of 87 in the city of Miami Beach. She is survived by one daughter, Olga Maria Touzet-Guillot, born from her relationship with pianist and composer, René Touzet.
Tu Me Acostumbraste
Olga Guillot Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
A todas esas cosas
Y tú me enseñaste
Que son maravillosas
Sútil llegaste a mí como una tentación
Llenando de ansiedad mi corazón
Yo no comprendía cómo se quería
En tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
The lyrics to Olga Guillot's song Tú Me Acostumbraste convey the bittersweet emotions of a person who has been taught to love someone deeply and completely but finds themselves alone after the relationship has ended. The singer laments how they were taught to love all the wonderful things in life by their lover and how they had become accustomed to them. The lover had subtly tempted the singer into falling in love, feeding their heart with anxious feelings. The singer did not understand love until they met the lover, and they learnt how to love through the lover's strange world. It is obvious that the lover had a significant impact on the singer, but now the lover has gone, leaving the singer feeling empty and lost.
The singer, in a moment of reflection, wonders if it is possible to live without the lover. The singer is trying to make peace with the loss and move on despite the pain, but they cannot seem to rid themselves of the memories and feelings that the lover had instilled in them. The singer is then left to rue the fact that the lover did not teach them how to live without them.
In summary, the song is about a love that has been lost, and how the person who has been left behind feels lost and broken, having been taught to love so deeply by their former lover. It conveys the helplessness and sadness that come with losing a true love that has taught you what real love is.
Line by Line Meaning
Tú me acostumbraste
You got me used to
A todas esas cosas
All those things
Y tú me enseñaste
And you taught me
Que son maravillosas
That they are wonderful
Sutil llegaste a mi como una tentación
Subtle, you arrived to me like a temptation
Llenando de ansiedad mi corazón
Filling my heart with anxiety
Yo no comprendía cómo se quería
I didn't understand how to love
En tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí
In your strange world, and for you, I learned
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder when I see that you forgot me
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder when I see that you forgot me
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Lyrics © DistroKid, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Frank Dominguez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Christian Lugo
Tu me acostumbraste
a todas esas cosas
y tu me enseñaste
que son maravillosas
... Yo no concebía
cómo se quería
en tu mundo raro
y por ti aprendí
Por eso me pregunto
al ver que me olvidaste
por qué no me enseñaste
cómo se vive sin ti... ¡Lo máximo!
franca ibarra bustamante
Tú me acostumbraste,
A todas esas cosas,
Y tu me enseñaste,
Que son maravillosas.
Sútil llegaste a mí,
Como la tentación,
Llenando de inquietud,
Mi corazón.
Yo no concebía,
Como se quería,
En tu mundo raro,
Y por ti aprendí.
Por eso me pregunto,
Al ver que me olvidaste,
Por que no me enseñaste,
Como se vive sin ti.
Sútil llegaste a mí,
Como la tentación,
Llenando de inquietud,
Mi corazón.
Yo no concebía,
Como se quería,
En tu mundo raro,
Y por ti aprendí.
Por eso me pregunto,
Al ver que me olvidaste,
Por que, por que, no me enseñaste,
Como se vive sin tí.
Jaime Pinto
Mi madre acaba de fallecer y está era su.musica favorita, ella constantemente viajaba a los recuerdos con esta cantante...QPD mi madre!
Emmanuel Colón
Tengo 26 años de edad, soy cantante Dominicano, y me quito el sombrero ante la Gran "Olga Guillot" yo se de arte y puedo decir que esta mujer era magistral. Otra no habrá como esta Reina del escenario... Me uviese gustado conocer esta Leyenda Cubana, eres Historia "OLGA GUILLOT"!!!!!!
Silvia Taylor
YO TAMBIEN ESCUCHE ESTAS CANCIONES. MI CUNADO me enseno a cantarlas , tenia el una voz preciosa, jamas habria escuchado estos boleros , todavia los recuerdos y me los se. Deberian de pasar estas leyendas y no dejalas morir. Gracias que aun perduran por las personas que hacen posible estos videos . HERMOSO, no hay temas como estos. El romanticismo de esa epoca , hicieron de esos tiempos unicos e imposible de olvidar
Daly A.
Lloro , y sigo llorando ...
Te extraño tanto , no puedo imaginar mi vida sin ti .
Contigo la vida era más bella, más ligera , más original , tenía un sentido , eras un Ángel , Y te necesito en mi vida .
Deseo que Dios te de Paz , porque yo no puedo tenerla desde que te fuiste ...😭
Gloria Mendoza Alvarado
Toda esta música es para mi un honor escuchar,, crecí con ella mi padre la escuchaba cada fin de semana semana,,, escucharla es una gran felicidad para mi,,, gracias por esta música tan hermosa que todas estas personas nos han dejado. Nunca pasará.......
Antonio del moral
Con esa voz tan suave,y a veces con tanta fuerza,que te salia de tu corazon que no abra quien pueda superarte .Fuiste unica y lo seras siempre
Antonio del moral
Soy Español tengo 84 años y escuchando cantar a OLGA me hace recordar mi juventud con nostargia y a veces con lagrimas en los ojos .que pena que personas con esa voz se nos vaya de este mundo.Pero nunca te iras de nuestro corazón
Antonio del moral
francisco silva
excelente..magistral
Ruben Pages
Dios te bendiga, hermano espa~ol. De un caralan que piensa lo mismo que tu.
Alicia Yepe
ANTONIO, SOY CUBANA AMERICANA, OLGA ES UNA GLORIA DE CUBA, POR TANTO ARTE Y TANTA DIGNIDAD, UNA MUJER CON MUCHO VALOR, COMBATIA EL COMUNISMO DESDE CUALQUIER ESCENARIO DEL MUNDO, AUNQUE POR HACERLO, PUSIERA EN RIESGO SUS PESETAS, INCLUSIVE PUDIENDO PERDER EL CONTRATO, YA NO HAY MUCHOS CON ESOS VALORES, QUE TENIAN ESAS GENERACIONES, QUE NOS DEJO LA MADRE PATRIA, ALLA EN NUESTRA ISLA DE CUBA. GRACIAS POR QUERERLA Y APRECIAR SU TALENTO. DIOS TE SIGA DANDO MUCHA SALUD Y MUCHAS ANOS DE VIDA .