| 词条 | Margarita Pracatan |
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Margarita Pracatan is a Cuban novelty singer, who found success in the 1990s when Clive James had her perform live on his TV show on numerous occasions.[1] Radio DJ Martin Kelner also played her frequently on his BBC Night Network and BBC Radio 2 programmes. Pracatan's father was a union leader in Cuba.[2] She began singing at home when she was three years old.[2] She worked in a store selling men's underwear while singing at night.[2] She is divorced with one daughter.[2] James showed clips of her heavily Hispanic-inflected performances of pop hits (including Lionel Richie's Hello and New York, New York) on his BBC series Saturday Night Clive.[1] According to her website, Clive James discovered her Manhattan public-access television cable TV program in 1994 and invited her to the UK to appear on his show.[1] He sweet-talked her into believing he was serious, and she signed up. Not once on the show did he make it overt that he knew what he was doing,{{clarify|and what was he doing?|date=December 2018}} but his introductions to her end-of-show performances contained teasing irony.{{clarify|so what?|date=December 2018}} James said of Pracatan, "She never lets the words or melody get in her way. She is us, without the fear of failure."[1] Pracatan has toured in the United Kingdom and Australia,[2][3] appearing as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival, during the mid-1990s. References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=whatever happened to... Margarita Pracatan|first=PAUL |last=KENDALL|work=The Sunday Telegraph|date=May 10, 2009|page=54}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Lastword: The Questionnaire: Margarita Pracatan|first=ROSANNA |last=GREENSTREET|work=The Guardian|date=May 3, 1997|page=T.065}} 3. ^ External links
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