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.
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| Born | Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolín Figueras 25 October 1922 |
| Died | 4 December 2005 (aged 83) |
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Born in Vilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona) in Catalonia, 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), Buenas noches mi amor (1957) and Bon voyage (1958).
Eventually superseded by Dalida, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a comeback to France in 1985 performing at the Paris Olympia. She was reportedly married six times.[1]
She died from a myocardial infarction, aged 83, at her Cuernavaca, Mexico home.
Chart positions (France) edit
Albums edit
- 1956 – Le tour de chant de Gloria Lasso – #10
Singles edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "The San Diego Union-Tribune". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
External links edit
- Gloria Lasso at IMDb
- InfoDisc Charts in France
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