- Gloria Lasso
Gloria Lasso (
November 25 1922 –December 4 2005 ) was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitors toDalida .Born as Rosa María Coscolin in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such as "Amour, castagnettes et tango" (1955), "Etranger au paradis" (1956, a French version of "Stranger in paradise" by
Tony Bennett ), "Buenas noches mi amor" (1957) and "Bon voyage" (1958).Eventually superseded by
Dalida , she moved to Mexico, but attempted a come back in France in 1985 at theParis Olympia . She was reportedly married six (6) times. Fact|date=September 2007She passed away on the from a heart attack, aged 83, at her
Cuernavaca, Mexico home.Chart positions (France)
Albums
*1956 - Le tour de chant de Gloria Lasso - #10
ingles
*1955 - Étranger au Paradis - #2
*1956 - Dolorès - #7
*1956 - Toi mon démon - #8
*1956 - Mandolino - #11
*1956 - Amour, castagnettes et tango - #5
*1956 - La fête Brésilienne - #41
*1956 - Malaguena - #45
*1956 - La cueillette du coton - #16
*1956 - Lisbon Antigua - #3
*1956 - Adieu Lisbonne - #20
*1957 - Bambino - #6
*1957 - Le torrent - #3
*1957 - Canastos (duet with Luis Mariano) - #3
*1957 - Amour perdu - #18
*1957 - Buenas noches mi amor - #7
*1957 - Marianne - #12
*1957 - Padre Don José - #46
*1957 - Histoire d'un amour - #17
*1958 - Gondolier - #10
*1958 - Bon voyage - #15
*1958 - Diana - #10
*1958 - Ça c'est l'amour - #27
*1958 - Sarah - #46
*1958 - Je t'aimerai, t'aimerai - #22
*1959 - Bonjour, chéri - #22
*1959 - Vénus - #1 (for 5 weeks)
*1959 - La chanson d'Orphée - #6
*1959 - Sois pas fâché - #21
*1960 - Valentino - #5
*1961 - Pépito - #15
*1961 - Le goût de la violence - #32
*1961 - Oui devant Dieu - #56
*1962 - Et maintenant - #17
*1962 - Magali - #35External links
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* [http://www.infodisc.fr InfoDisc] Charts in France
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