2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
French music has a unique melody and exquisite charm. It is simple and understandable for the listener. World-famous French performers not only sang great, they created the
the history of their culture, making a huge contribution to the development of the art of their country.
Charles Aznavour
This famous writer, actor and singer of Armenian origin was born in 1924 to an immigrant family. From the age of nine, the future popular musician has already been performing on stage. In 1936 he made his film debut. At first, Aznavour performed on the stage in a duet with P. Roche. In 1946, they were noticed by the brilliant E. Piaf and invited to take part in her tour of the United States and France. This moment can be considered the beginning of Aznavour's professional career. He performs at the famous Olympia Concert Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall and the Ambassador Hotel. Some time later, in the studio of F. Sinatra, he recorded his first, then still American, album. Aznavour is the author of many hits that many French performers are happy to include in their repertoire. Among hisfamous songs "Mom", "La Boheme", "Ave Maria", "Eternal Love", "Youth", "Because", etc.
Edith Piaf
This famous singer had a hard fate. Her mother was a little-known actress, her father was a street acrobat.
Little Edith was raised by grandparents. The conditions in which the future "star" lived were bad. At the age of sixteen, Piaf met Louis Dupont, the owner of a local shop. A year later, her daughter, Marcel, was born. Soon, young Edith was noticed by L. Leple, the owner of the Zhernis cabaret, a place where many French performers performed in those days. He invited the young singer to perform in his show. This was Edith Piaf's first step to world fame. After some time, she meets Raymond Asso. This man ensured that Edith performed in the most famous music hall in Paris, ABC. Since then, the popularity of the singer is only gaining momentum. True dramatic talent, an extraordinary voice, stubbornness and hard work quickly led Edith to the pinnacle of success. Among Piaf's most popular songs, I would like to mention "Bal dans ma rue", "C'est l'amour", "Boulevard du crime", "Browning" and others.
Patricia Kaas
The music of French performers has always attracted with its unique style and color.
A vivid example of this is the work of pop singer Patricia Kaas, who combined pop music and jazz. She took her first steps in art at the age of thirteen. It was at this age that she signedcontract with the Rumpelkammer club. At 19, Patricia found her producer. They became famous in France and abroad actor Gerard Depardieu. It was he who financed her first single "Jealous", which, unfortunately, turned out to be a failure. The new song “Mademoiselle Sings the Blues”, authored by D. Barbelivien, brought great popularity to the singer. A year later, the second hit is released - "From Germany". Since that time, the popularity of the singer has been growing at an incredible rate. She tours to this day. Over the entire period of her creative activity, Patricia Kaas recorded 13 studio albums. Most popular songs: "Une fille de l'Est", "Quand j'ai peur de tout", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Et s`il fallait le faire", etc.
Lara Fabian
Many French contemporary performers are very popular not only in their own country. A vivid example of this is Lara Fabian. She was born to a Sicilian mother and a Fleming.
Since childhood, the future singer dreamed of becoming famous. She studied at dance and music schools, and then at the Brussels Conservatory. From the age of 14, she has been participating in many European song contests, winning prizes. In 1988, Lara Fabian performs at Eurovision from Luxembourg. She gets fourth place. In 1990, the young singer met the composer Allison Rick. Fascinated by her performance of "The Girl From Ipanema", the musician offers to help record the first album. So in 1991, the disk "Lara Fabian" was released. This album brought the singer a huge success. Just four years later, a new collection of songs called "Carpe Diem" appears. And in 1996, the Pure album was presented to the world community. He finally consolidated the success of the singer. The work of L. Fabian once again proved that the songs of French performers are known and loved all over the world. Lara's most popular hits are: "Je vivrai", "Je t'aime", "Alléluia", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans".
Mireille Mathieu
Born in a poor family of a bricklayer. Since childhood, Mirei loved music very much.
She sang in the church choir, performed duets with her father, a great tenor. At the age of sixteen, the future singer took part in a vocal competition, where she took second place. In 1965, Mireille moved to Paris to take part in a popular TV show called The Game of Fortune. The first song that Mathieu performed on the blue screen was the song "Jezebel". The performance of a young, unknown singer caused a sensation. From this moment begins the professional growth of Mireille Mathieu. In 1966, she took part in the Christmas concert at the Olympia, where many famous French performers performed at the time. Over the entire period of creativity, more than one hundred million records with recordings of Mathieu's songs were sold. Her repertoire included about 1000 singles in different languages. It was Mireille Mathieu who was the first Western performer to give a concert in China at that time.
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