Category: Chanson
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Hildegard Knef
About Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was a German actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Albums/Songs: Portrait in Musik Hildegard Knef spricht und singt Tucholsky Die geliebte Stimme Halt mich fest Die Hildegard Knef Album-Edition: 1972-1980 Lausige Zeiten Ihre Freunde nennen sie Hilde (1951-1980) So…
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Maurane
About Claudine Luypaerts, better known as Maurane, was a Francophone Belgian singer and actress. Albums/Songs: Toi du monde Nougaro ou l’espérance en l’Homme Danser Fais-moi une fleur Maurane L’Heureux Tour Ami ou ennemi Les 50 plus belles chansons Quand l’humain danse Si aujourd’hui Best Of Maurane Maurane sur scène + duos & raretés Une fille…
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Marcel Amont
About Marcel Amont was a French singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Amont also recorded in Occitan and promoted Bearn culture from the 1950s. Albums/Songs: Marcel Amont Les Plus Grands Succès – 4 – Nos chansons de leurs 20 ans Marcel Amont Heritage – Escamillo – Polydor (1956-1957) Amont-Tour Heritage – Bleu, Blanc, Blond –…
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Françoise Hardy
About Françoise Madeleine Hardy was a French singer-songwriter and actress who was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in French yé-yé music and became a cultural icon in France and internationally. In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian,…
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Léo Ferré
About Léo Ferré was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-1970s. Some of his songs have become classics of the French…
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Georges Brassens
About Georges Charles Brassens was a French singer-songwriter and poet. Albums/Songs: Nº5 : Georges Brassens et sa guitare Volume 10 : La Religieuse Volume 8 : Les Copains d’abord Nº4 : Georges Brassens et sa guitare Nº9 : Les Trompettes de la renommée Nº8 : Georges Brassens, à la basse : Pierre Nicolas Volume 7…
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Juliette Gréco
About Juliette Gréco was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are “Paris Canaille”, “La Javanaise” and “Déshabillez-moi” (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career concluded with her final…
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Charles Aznavour
About Charles Aznavour was a French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded…
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Jacques Brel
About Jacques Romain Georges Brel was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Albums/Songs: Les Bourgeois Jacques Brel chante ses plus grands succès de 1955 à 1961…
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Edith Piaf
About Édith Piaf was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France’s greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Albums/Songs: 25e anniversaire, Volume 2 De L’Accordéoniste à Milord Chansons parisiennes Disque d’or Piaf Tonight La…
