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Graciela Susana

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Graciela Susana
Born(1953-01-22)22 January 1953[1]
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OriginArgentina
Died19 November 2024(2024-11-19) (aged 71)
GenresTango
OccupationSinger
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsExpress (Toshiba-EMI)

Graciela Susana Ambrosio (22 January 1953 – 19 November 2024)[2], known as simply Graciela Susana (Japanese: グラシエラ・スサーナ), was an Argentinian tango singer who achieved success in Japan in the 1970s.[1][3][4]

Biography

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Graciela Susana was born in Buenos Aires. Her father, Ricardo Ernesto Ambrosio, was a musician who sang and played piano in an orchestra, and she grew up immersed in music. When she was a child, she performed as a folk duo with her sister Cristina. In the late 1960s, she began to sing tango as a soloist, accompanying herself on guitar. Among her teachers were such renowned guitarists as Kelo Palacios and Roberto Lara.[1]

In 1971, at the age of 18, she was discovered by Japanese singer Yōichi Sugawara [ja], who together with his manager was in the audience when she performed at the famous tango bar El Viejo Almacén [es]. She then travelled to Japan[5] where she became a successful recording artist for Toshiba-EMI.[3] Her most commercially successful album is Adoro, La reine de Saba released in 1973. It was a long-lasting hit, staying in the Oricon Top 100 for over 220 weeks and selling over 1 million copies.[citation needed]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Biography of Graciela Susana by Luis Alposta". Todotango.com.
  2. ^ Murió Graciela Susana, la cantante que llevó el tango a Japón (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b "Toshiba Hops to Latin Beat". Billboard. 7 July 1979. p. 58. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "GRACIELA SUSANA: La novelesca vida de una gran cantante". El Quindiano. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Fue furor en Japón, estuvo en situación de calle, fue secuestrada y hoy vive en La Casa del Teatro". La Nación (Argentina). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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