Robie Lester

Known for

Acting

Born

March 23, 1925

Birthplace

Megargel, Texas, USA

Died

June 14, 2005 (aged 80)

Biography

Robie Lester (born Roberta Lester) was an American voice artist, singer, actress, and author.

Lester was born in Megargel, Texas and raised in northern Ontario, Canada.[1] After a few years in Detroit, she joined the US Army Air Corps before attending UCLA with a major in music. In Hollywood, she worked with Henry Mancini and Herb Alpert, recorded for Liberty, Warner Brothers and A&M, and sang demos for songwriters. At A&M Records Lester recorded one of her most frequently heard, though uncredited, contributions—the Spanish verse in the Sandpipers 1966 hit "Guantanamera".

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