202:"La Cuatro Dientes", also known as "La Cuatro" outside of Chile, is the most famous humorous character performed by Gloria Benavides. This character with blond hair, a red miniskirt, polka dot blouse, socks and clogs, was born in 1975 on the television show Sabados Gigantes (as the show was known in Chile), initially as Mandolino's girlfriend. However, the character became an independent and stable number of the program, since
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moment. Songs like "Pequeño amorcito" or "Prima o Poi" would further increase her popularity among the youth of the time. By the end of the 60s she would perhaps reach her best moment in the world of records, the hits "Balapapa" and "Patati Patata" were loud on the radio, keeping her in the first row of the country's music scene.
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At the age of 26 (1974), she again married Army Major
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Starting in 1970, her songs would change their focus, concentrating now on songs dedicated to youth love, Scottie Scott -a distinguished
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