Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolín Figueras (28 October 1922 – 4 December 2005) known professionally asGloria Lasso was a Spanish-borncanción melódica singer, long based in France. In the 1950s, she was one of the major competitors toDalida.
Born inVilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona) inCatalonia, Spain, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such asAmour, castagnettes et tango (1955),Etranger au paradis (1956, a French version ofStranger in paradise byTony Bennett),Buenas noches mi amor (1957) andBon voyage (1958).
Eventually superseded byDalida, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a comeback to France in 1985 performing at theParis Olympia. She was reportedly married six times.[1]