Bautista moved from her native Andalusia to Madrid in her teens and quickly established herself as an actress, appearing in a number of films in the 1950s.

[1] At the same time she was earning a reputation as an interpreter of Andalusian music and gained a recording contract with the Columbia label.

[2] On 18 March, she performed "Estando contigo" as the opening song in Cannes, France, and at the end of voting she placed ninth of the 16 entries.

[5] On 20 March, in Naples, "Qué bueno, qué bueno" was one of four songs (along with those from Germany, Belgium, and Finland) which failed to score, representing Spain's second nul points following Víctor Balaguer in 1962.

[6][7] In later years, Bautista forged a successful recording and touring career in Latin America, Italy, Greece, and Turkey as well as in Spain.