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, who together with his manager was in the audience when she performed at the famous tango bar El Viejo Almacén. 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.

See also

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

References