Éric Jacques Levisalles, stage name Eric Lévi (Paris, 1955) is a French rock musician and film composer. In 1975, Eric Lévi founded the hard rock band Shakin' Street with Fabienne Shine, which would release the two albums ''Vampire Rock'' and ''Solid as a Rock''. Shakin'Street played as the opening act of the 1980 "Black And Blue Tour" in the US, featuring Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult, during this tour the band founded by Eric Levi also played with

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, Alice Cooper, Journey ( Day on The Green )before disbanding in 1981. Eric Levi then moved to New York where he collaborated with Marianne Faithfull, and back to Paris in 1992. Later on in his career, Eric Lévi wrote the musical score to several films, including '' L'Opération Corned-Beef'', the comedy ''

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'' which was an international success and one of the highest-grossing films of all time in France, and ''

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''. Levi wrote the end-credit song " People And Places" for ''La Vengeance d'une Blonde'' with

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. "People And Places" was recorded by

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for the film soundtrack. It was released as a single and on the soundtrack album as a single, club mix, and instrumental version. Lévi is best known for the musical project '' Era'', and for inventing the Latin-sounding words of these songs. ''Era''s self-titled debut album in 1997 was commercially successful, becoming the most exported French album with over 6 million copies sold. A sequel, ''Era 2'' was released in 2000, followed by ''Era: The Mass in 2003''. The trilogy is characterized by a mixture of rock, synth, and pseudo-Latin

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.Discography of Eric Levisalles
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References

External links

Official Era site

Official Shakin' Street site

Alternative Forum of Era & News
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including picture and full name

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHufRFdyl0I 1955 births Living people French musicians French expatriates in England {{electronic-musician-stub