- She was the oldest member and lead singer of the female-sister group DeCastro Sisters.
- Their only hit, the 1955 Sammy Kahn-penned "Teach Me Tonight" (#2 in 1955), has been covered by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr. and Al Jarreau, among others.
- Was discovered in a nightclub, called the "Club Brazil", by famed actress and singer Carmen Miranda.
- Over the last 50 years the Decastro sisters were regular performers at Las Vegas casinos and later were inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame.
- The De Castro Sisters were sometimes referred to as "The Cuban Andrews Sisters".
- Older sister of Babette De Castro and Cherie De Castro.
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