Gloria Lasso

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Gloria Lasso (b. November 25, 1922 - d. December 4, 2005) was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida.

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Eventually superseded by Dalida, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a come back in France in 1985 at the Paris Olympia. She was reportedly married six (6) times.[citation needed]

She passed away on the from a heart attack, aged 83, at her Cuernavaca, Mexico home.

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[edit] Chart positions (France)

[edit] Albums

  • 1956 - Le tour de chant de Gloria Lasso - #10

[edit] Singles

  • 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 - #35

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