Graciela Susana
{{Short description|Argentine singer (1953–2024)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background = person
| name = Graciela Susana
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|22|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.todotango.com/english/artists/biography/1430/Graciela-Susana/|title=Biography of Graciela Susana by Luis Alposta|website=Todotango.com}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| origin = Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|11|19|1953|1|22|df=y}}
| death_place =
| genre = Tango
| occupation = Singer
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active =
| label = Express (Toshiba-EMI)
}}
Graciela Susana Ambrosio (22 January 1953 – 19 November 2024), known as simply Graciela Susana ({{langx|ja|グラシエラ・スサーナ}}), was an Argentinian tango singer who achieved success in Japan in the 1970s.{{cite magazine | title=Toshiba Hops to Latin Beat | work=Billboard | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT125&dq=%22Graciela+Susana%22 | date=1979-07-07 | language=en | access-date=2023-11-20 | page=58}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elquindiano.com/noticia/35194/graciela-susana-la-novelesca-vida-de-una-gran-cantante|title=GRACIELA SUSANA: La novelesca vida de una gran cantante|website=El Quindiano|date=2022-06-24|accessdate=2023-11-20}}
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.
In 1971, at the age of 18, she was discovered by Japanese singer {{ill|Yōichi Sugawara|ja|菅原洋一}}, who together with his manager was in the audience when she performed at the famous tango bar {{ill|El Viejo Almacén|es}}. She then travelled to Japan{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/graciela-susana-la-artista-que-abrio-las-puertas-del-tango-en-japon-estuvo-en-situacion-de-calle-y-nid07032022/|title=Fue furor en Japón, estuvo en situación de calle, fue secuestrada y hoy vive en La Casa del Teatro|website=La Nación (Argentina)|date=2022-03-07|accessdate=2023-11-20}} where she became a successful recording artist for Toshiba-EMI. 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|date=November 2023}}
Graciela Susana died on 19 November 2024, at the age of 71.[https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/murio-graciela-susana-la-cantante-que-llevo-el-tango-a-japon-nid19112024/ Murió Graciela Susana, la cantante que llevó el tango a Japón] {{in lang|es}}
See also
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Category:Singers from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine women singers
Category:Argentine women guitarists
Category:20th-century Argentine singers