Gloria Estefan remembers vividly the first time she met her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. “He had short shorts, he had great legs, playing the accordion — he looked naked,” she says with a laugh while reflecting on a moment that would change their lives forever.

She was at a friend’s house putting a band together for one night, and Emilio, who knew her friend, showed up to give them some pointers. “I was sitting on the floor and I thought, ‘Wow, this guy has charisma,’ ” she recalls. “He left, we did our gig, everybody went their separate ways.”

That summer, the two would meet again at a wedding that her mother had dragged her to. He was part of the band, playing Van McCoy’s “Do the Hussle” on the accordion when she spotted him — this time in a tux. “We run into each other in a doorway, an

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