Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolín Figueras (28 October 1922 – 4 December 2005) known professionally as Gloria Lasso was a Spanish-born
canción melódica singer, long based in France. In the 1950s, she was one of the major competitors to
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...
.
Born in
Vilafranca del Penedès
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(
Barcelona
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) in
Catalonia
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, Spain, 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
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), ''Buenas noches mi amor'' (1957) and ''Bon voyage'' (1958).
Eventually superseded by
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...
, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a comeback to France in 1985 performing at the
Paris Olympia
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. She was reportedly married six times.
She died from a
myocardial infarction
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, aged 83, at her
Cuernavaca
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The na ...
,
Mexico
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home.
Chart positions (France)
Albums
*1956 – ''Le tour de chant de Gloria Lasso'' – #10
Singles
*1955 – Étrangère 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
*1960 – Adios Muchachos / Acercate Mas
*1961 – Pépito – #15
*1961 – Le goût de la violence – #32
*1961 – Oui devant Dieu – #56
*1962 – Et maintenant – #17
*1962 – Magali – #35
References
External links
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InfoDiscCharts in France
1922 births
2005 deaths
People from Alt Penedès
People from Cuernavaca
Spanish women singers
French-language singers
20th-century Spanish women
Spanish expatriates in France
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