Graciela Susana

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

Biography

Graciela Susana was born on 22 January 1953 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^[4] where she became a successful recording artist for Toshiba-EMI.^[2] 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]}

See also

• List of best-selling albums of the 1970s (Japan)

References

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