Background
Linda de Suza was born in Beringel, Beja (Alentejo), in southern Portugal on 22 February 1948.
Linda de Suza was born in Beringel, Beja (Alentejo), in southern Portugal on 22 February 1948.
She is of Portuguese origin. 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.
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" ("Queen of Fado") paved the way for Linda de Suza, Tonicha, Lenita Gentil, Candida Branca Flor, Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Mísia, among other well known Portuguese and Portuguese-descended singers.
In 1984, Linda de Suza published her autobiography Louisiana Valise en Carton (The Cardboard Suitcase). The book was also published the same year in Portugal, as A Mala de Cartão.
Her book was followed by a number of novels.
Louisiana Valise en carton was adapted into a cinema-film miniseries in 1988. All were successful. Linda de Suza sings in Portuguese and French. Some of her best-known songs are: 1978: Un Portugais #49 France 1979: Uma moça chorava #52 France 1979: Louisiana fille qui pleurait #82 France 1979: Lisboa / Je ne demande pas #65 France 1979: Amália (Ne laisse pas mourir le fado) / Les œillets rouges 1980: Tiroli-tirola / Não te cases #3 France 1980: Hola! Louisiana vie / Le Moissonneur #72 France 1980: Un enfant peut faire chanter le monde / Vive la liberté#58 France 1981: Frente a frente / Face à face 1981: Toi, mon amour caché / Dans les yeux de l"homme qui nous aime #43 France 1981: Chuvinha (Petite pluie) / Chuva… Chuvinha #84 France 1982: Si tu existes encore / Vous les hommes #81 France 1982: Louisiana maison de cet été / O malmequer mentiroso #85 France 1982: / Maria Dolores 1982: Une fille de tous les pays / Nasci para cantar 1983: Canto Fado (Medley) / Superstitieuse 1983: Comme un homme / Kennedy #59 France 1983: Marinheiro / Coimbra (Avril au Portugal) 1984: Marinheiro / Tu seras son père #63 France 1984: Un jour on se rencontrera / Bailinho da Madeira - 13.596 (Carrere) #41 France 1984: Un jour on se rencontrera / Aventurier #63 France 1984: Gri Gri / Un jour ici, un jour ailleurs #84 France 1984: Louisiana Chance / Niño Mau #71 France 1985: Rendez-le moi / Como um portugues sem fado #81 France 1986: Cavaleiro / L’Exil #85 France 1986: Take me back to the time / If you don"t love me, let me go 1986: Louisiana Volonté / De moi ici à moi mà-bas #80 France 1986: L"endroit où la pluie cesse #96 France 1987: Maradona / Nos yeux font l"amour 1988: Ça ne s"oublie pas / Canta teu passado #95 France 1989: Hör die Musik / Grossmama in Jeans Activities 1990: Les Enfants de Balaïa / Os Meninos da Balaia 1991: Rien qu’un sourire / Ne perds pas l"espoir #85 France 1991: En chaque enfant se cache une fleur / Meu lirio rouxo 1992: Baté o pé / Vou eu vou.