Alice Donadel, stagename Alice Dona (

Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Maisons-Alfort is famous as the location of the National Veterinary School of Alfort. The Fort de Charenton, constructed betwe ...

, 17 February 1946) is a French singer and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

. Born to an Italian father from

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

and a French mother, both musicians. As a singer she recorded 11 singles from 1963 to 1965 among them "Demain, j'ai dix-sept ans", "Surboum 63", "Mon train de banlieue", and "Avec Toi", co-written with Jacques Demarny, her entry for the Rose de France song competition in 1966. After starting a family she then turned more to songwriting and provided a series of hits for other French singers during the 1970s.Paroles de stars 2003- Page 107 Interview: "Alice Dona - La prime à Dona: Compositeur pour les plus grands, Alice Dona a été propulsée sur l'avant-scène par son compère et ami

Serge Lama Serge Lama (born Serge Claude Bernard Chauvier on 11 February 1943 in Bordeaux) is a French singer and songwriter. His most famous song is '' Je suis malade'', written with Alice Dona. It has been written for Dalida and later performed by a nu ...

. « L'antistar » est revenue au Théâtre de Dix-Heures, quatorze ans après son premier passage. Un bail pour cette grande dame qui a mené sa carrière avec sagesse. ..."

Selected compositions

* ''Ton côté du lit'', ''Le général a dit'' and ''La fan'', for

Joe Dassin Joseph Ira Dassin (; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin. Early life Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (1911 ...

; * ''Les amants sont maigres, les maris sont gras'', for Régine (singer) ; * ''Qu’attends-tu de moi'', ''Des prières'', ''Un oiseau chante'', for

Mireille Mathieu Mireille Mathieu (; born 22 July 1946) is a French singer. She has recorded over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide. Biography and career Early years Mireille Mathieu was born on 22 July 1946 in A ...

; * ''Un homme a traversé la mer'', for

Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian-French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family i ...

; * ''C'est écrit'', for Sheila (singer) ; * ''Combien faudra-t-il de temps'', for

Hervé Vilard Hervé Vilard (born René Villard; 24 July 1946 in Paris, France) is a French pop–singer, who first became famous in the 1960s. His first single " Capri c'est fini" became an international hit in 1965 and rendered him instantaneously famo ...

; * ''Le monsieur qui passe'', ''Ma dernière volonté'', ''Le barbier de Belleville'', for

Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservatoire des arts cinématog ...

; * ''Tables séparées'', for

Dalida Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...

; * ''Deux bateaux'' ; ''Le dernier baiser'', for

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...

; * ''Riche'', for

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...

; * ''C’est de l’eau, c’est du vent'', ''Les ballons et les billes'', ''Le musée de ma vie'', ''Un peu d’amour, beaucoup de haine'', ''Merci merci beaucoup'', ''L'anneau dans la rivière'' and ''Gens qui pleurent, Gens qui rient'', for

Claude François Claude Antoine Marie François (; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude" (c ...

. * ''Je suis malade'' for

;

Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021Broadway World (2017)"Lara Fabian annule finalement sa tourn ...

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References

1946 births Living people French singer-songwriters People from Maisons-Alfort French people of Italian descent People of Venetian descent {{France-singer-stub