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Vikki Carr (born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona; July 19, 1941) is an American singer and humanitarian. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.
After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962. Her first single to achieve success was "He's a Rebel", which in 1962 reached No. 5 in Australia and No. 115 in the United States. Producer Phil Spector heard Carr cutting the song in the studio and immediately recorded a cover version billed to The Crystals that reached No. 1 in the United States. In 1966, Carr toured South Vietnam with actor/comedian Danny Kaye to entertain American troops there. The following year her album It Must Be Him was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The title track reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1967. "It Must Be Him" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She had two other songs make the US Top 40: 1968's "The Lesson" and 1969's "With Pen in Hand". Around this time, Dean Martin called her "the best girl singer in the business". Carr had 10 singles which made the US pop charts and 13 albums which made the US pop album charts.
With pen in hand you sign your name Today I find I'll be on that train And you'll be free and I will be alone So alone If you think we can't find The love we once knew If you think I can't make Everything up to you Then I'll be gone And you'll be on your own You'll be on your own Can you take good care of Jenny Can you take her to school everyday Can you teach her how to play All the games that little girls play Here what I say Can you teach her how to roll up her hair Can you make sure each night That she says her prayers Well if you can do these things Then maybe she won't miss me Maybe she won't miss me And tonight as you lay In that big lonely bed And you look at that pillow Where I laid my head With your heart on fire Will you have no desire To kiss me Or to hold me And if you can forget The good times that we had If you don't think the good times Outweigh the bad Than go ahead and sign your name And I'll be on my way I'll be on my way La da da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da da FADE