Graciela Susana Ambrosio (22 January 1953 – 19 November 2024), 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][2][3]
Life and career
Graciela Susana was born in Buenos Aires on 22 January 1953. 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]
Susana died on 19 November 2024, at the age of 71.[5]
