Gloria Lasso was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida

Dalida

Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...

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Born as Rosa María Coscolin in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, 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

Stranger in Paradise (song)

"Stranger in Paradise" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens," from the Polovtsian...

by Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....

), Buenas noches mi amor (1957) and Bon voyage (1958).

Eventually superseded by Dalida

Dalida

Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...

, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a come back in France in 1985 at the Paris Olympia

Paris Olympia

The Olympia is a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Located at No. 28, Boulevard des Capucines, its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin and Auber....

. She was reportedly married six (6) times.

She died from a myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

, aged 83, at her Cuernavaca, Mexico home.

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
• 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

External links

• InfoDisc Charts in France