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 Costrumbraste
Olga Guillot Lyrics
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A todas esas cosas
Y tú me enseñaste
Que son maravillosas
Sutil llegaste a mi como una tentación
Llenando de ansiedad mi corazón
En tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Tu me acostumbraste
Tú me acostumbraste
A todas esas cosas
Y tú me enseñaste
Que son maravillosas
Sutil llegaste a mi 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
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
In the lyrics of Olga Guillot's song Tu Me Costrumbraste, the singer laments her inability to live without the person who has become an integral part of her life. The song is about the power of habit and how it shapes our lives. The singer is talking about a person who has taught her everything she knows and made her fall in love with life. The person has become the source of her happiness and the reason for her existence. The singer is amazed at how she has become so reliant on this person's presence in her life, and she wonders how she can live without them.
The song has a slow melody that perfectly captures the feelings of the singer. The first verse talks about how the person has introduced her to new things, making her understand that they are wonderful. The second verse talks about how this person arrived in her life subtly and filled it with excitement and desire. The chorus talks about how the singer has been taught everything about love by this person, and she wonders how she can live without them.
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
You came to me subtly 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 because of you I learned
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder when I see that you forgot me
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Porque no me enseñaste como se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: FRANK DOMINGUEZ
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