Linda de Suza
Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança better known as Linda de Suza is a Lusophone and Francophone singer, actress and best-selling author. She is of Portuguese origin.
Career
Linda de Suza was born in Beringel, Beja, in southern Portugal on 22 February 1948. Suza left her homeland, Portugal for France in the 1970s and started to work in menial jobs. In the late 1970s she managed to record music albums. Her works such as Tiroli-Torola, La fille qui Pleurait, Un Enfant peut faire le Monde, and L'Étrangère drew a large audience in France. She topped her success with her performance at Paris Olympia.Linda de Suza sings fado, folk, ballads and popular songs in both French and Portuguese and was nicknamed "Amália of France" after Amália Rodrigues, to whom she paid tribute in her song "Amália". Amália Rodrigues, known as "Rainha do Fado" paved the way for Linda de Suza, Tonicha, Lenita Gentil, Cândida Branca Flor, Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Mísia, among other well known Portuguese and Portuguese-descended singers.
In 1984, Linda de Suza published her autobiography La Valise en Carton. The book was also published the same year in Portugal, as A Mala de Cartão. Her book was followed by a number of novels. La Valise en carton was adapted into a cinema-film miniseries in 1988. All were successful.
Albums
- 1978: La fille qui pleurait / Un Portugais
- 1979: Amália / Lisboa
- 1980: Face à face
- 1981: Vous avez tout changé
- 1981: Em Português
- 1982: L'Étrangère
- 1983: Comme vous
- 1984: La Chance
- 1984: Profil
- 1985: Rendez-le moi
- 1986: La Valise en carton: la comédie musicale
- 1989: Qu'est-ce que tu sais faire?
- 1991: Simplement vivre
- 1983: A L'Olympia
- 1980: 13+3
- 1981: Disque d'or
- 1982: 13+3
- 1985: 13+3
- 1986: Super Look Compilation
- 1992: Linda de Suza: Ses plus belles chansons
- 1995: Best Of
- 1998: Linda de Suza
Singles and tracks
Linda de Suza sings in Portuguese and French.Some of her best-known songs :
| Year | Song | Peak position France |
| 1978 | "Un Portugais" | 49 |
| 1979 | Uma moça chorava | 52 |
| 1979 | "La fille qui pleurait" | 82 |
| 1979 | "Lisboa" / "Je ne demande pas" | 65 |
| 1979 | "Amália " / "Les œillets rouges" | |
| 1980 | "Tiroli-tirola" / "Não te cases" | 3 |
| 1980 | "Hola! La vie" / "Le Moissonneur" | 72 |
| 1980 | "Un enfant peut faire chanter le monde" / "Vive la liberté" | 58 |
| 1981 | "Frente a frente" / "Face à face" | |
| 1981 | "Toi, mon amour caché" / "Dans les yeux de l'homme qui nous aime" | 43 |
| 1981 | "Chuvinha " / "Chuva... Chuvinha" | 84 |
| 1982 | "Si tu existes encore" / "Vous les hommes" | 81 |
| 1982 | "La maison de cet été" / "O malmequer mentiroso" | 85 |
| 1982 | "On est fait pour vivre ensemble" | 37 |
| 1982 | "L'Étrangère" / "Maria Dolores" | |
| 1982 | "Une fille de tous les pays" / "Nasci para cantar" | |
| 1983 | "Canto Fado " / "Superstitieuse" | |
| 1983 | "Comme un homme" / "Kennedy" | 59 |
| 1983 | "Marinheiro" / "Coimbra " | |
| 1984 | "Comme vous" / "C'est l'amour" | 50 |
| 1984 | "Marinheiro" / Tu seras son père" | 63 |
| 1984 | "Un jour on se rencontrera" / "Bailinho da Madeira" | 41 |
| 1984 | "Un jour on se rencontrera" / "Aventurier" | 63 |
| 1984 | "Gri Gri" / "Un jour ici, un jour ailleurs" | 84 |
| 1984 | "La Chance" / "Niño Mau" | 71 |
| 1985 | "Rendez-le moi" / "Como um portugues sem fado" | 81 |
| 1986 | "Cavaleiro / L'Exil" | 85 |
| 1986 | "Take me back to the time" / "If you don't love me, let me go" | |
| 1986 | "La Volonté" / "De moi ici à moi mà-bas" | 80 |
| 1986 | "L'endroit où la pluie cesse" | 96 |
| 1987 | "Maradona" / "Nos yeux font l'amour" | |
| 1988 | "Ça ne s'oublie pas" / "Canta teu passado" | 95 |
| 1989 | "Dis-moi pourquoi' / "Qu’est-ce que tu sais faire?" | |
| 1989 | "Pela estrada a fora" / "Qu’est-ce que tu sais faire ?" | |
| 1989 | "Hör die Musik" / "Grossmama in Jeans Activ" | |
| 1990 | "Les Enfants de Balaïa" / "Os Meninos da Balaia" | |
| 1991 | "Rien qu'un sourire" / "Ne perds pas l'espoir" | 85 |
| 1991 | "En chaque enfant se cache une fleur" / "Meu lirio rouxo" | |
| 1992 | "Baté o pé" / "Vou eu vou" |