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(The Black Socks). He took the name ''Eddy'' from the American expatriate tough-guy actor

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(later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's '' Alphaville''), and chose ''Mitchell'' as his last name simply because it sounds American. The band performed at the Parisian nightclub

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before signing to

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and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records. Heavily influenced by American

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, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in

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and

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. Guitarists

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and Jimmy Page and drummer Bobby Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London. For his American recordings he employed session men such as Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson,

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, Reggie Young, David Briggs,

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, Steve Cropper and others.''Happy Birthday, Eddy Mitchell'', EM Productions, 1980, liner notes A great lover of American films, he hosted ''La Dernière Séance'', a TV show about American cinema from 1981 to 1998 on FR3 (later France 3). Its format was like an old-fashioned double-feature picture show, with two movies, cartoons, newsreels, and stage attractions. The title was taken from the name of one of Mitchell's albums, which in turn took it from the French title of the movie ''

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''. He is also the voice of Dylan (Flappy) in the French version of the 2005 film of ''

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'', as well as the voice of Chanticleer in the French version of '' Rock-a-Doodle''.

Discography

Albums

;with Les 5 Rocks *1960 – ''Les 5 Rocks'' (remained unreleased until 1996) ;with Les Chaussettes noires *1961 : ''100% rock'' *1961 : ''Rock'n'Twist'' *1962 : ''Le 2 000 000e disque des Chaussettes noires'' (1st official studio album) *1962 : ''Comment réussir en amour'' (soundtrack of film with same title) *1963 : ''Chaussettes Noires Party'' (2nd and last studio album) ;Solo studio albums *1963 : ''Voici Eddy... c'était le soldat Mitchell'' *1963 : ''Eddy in London'' *1964 : ''Panorama'' *1964 : ''Toute la ville en parle... Eddy est formidable'' *1965 : ''Du rock 'n' roll au rhythm 'n' blues'' *1966 : ''Perspective 66'' *1966 : ''Seul'' *1967 : ''De Londres à Memphis'' *1968 : ''Sept Colts pour Schmoll'' *1969 : ''Mitchellville'' *1971 : ''Rock n'Roll'' *1972 : ''Zig-zag'' *1972 : ''Dieu bénisse le rock'n'roll'' *1974 : ''Ketchup électrique'' *1974 : ''Rocking in Nashville'' *1975 : ''Made in USA'' *1976 : ''Sur la route de Memphis'' *1977 : ''La Dernière Séance'' *1978 : ''Après minuit'' *1979 : ''C'est bien fait'' *1980 : ''Happy Birthday'' *1982 : ''Le Cimetière des éléphants'' *1984 : ''Fan Album'' *1984 : ''Racines'' *1986 : ''Eddy Paris Mitchell'' *1987 : ''Mitchell'' *1989 : ''Ici Londres'' *1993 : ''Rio Grande'' *1996 : ''Mr. Eddy'' *1999 : ''Les Nouvelles Aventures d'Eddy Mitchell'' *2003 : ''Frenchy'' *2006 : ''Jambalaya'' *2009 : ''Grand écran'' *2010 : ''Come Back'' *2013 : ''Héros'' *2015 : ''Big Band *2017 : ''La Même Tribu (Volume 1)'' *2018 : ''La Même Tribu (Volume 2)'' ;Live albums *1969 : ''Olympia 69'' *1975 : ''Rocking in Olympia 1975'' *1978 : ''Palais des Sports 77'' *1981 : ''20 ans : Eddy Mitchell Olympia'' *1984 : ''Palais des Sports 84'' *1991 : ''Casino de Paris 90'' *1994 : ''Retrouvons notre héros Eddy Mitchell à Bercy'' *1995 : ''Big Band au Casino de Paris'' *1995 : ''Country-Rock à l'Olympia'' *1995 : ''Show 94 au Zénith'' *1997 : ''Mr. Eddy à Bercy 97'' *2001 : ''Live 2000'' *2004 : ''Frenchy Tour'' *2007 : ''Jambalaya Tour'' *2011 : ''Ma Dernière Séance'' ;Eddy Mitchell (Sessions outside France) Eddy Mitchell recorded many albums mainly in the UK and in the United States, in the following locations: * London (England): **1967 – ''De Londres à Memphis'' **1993 – ''Rio Grande'' (in London and in

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)) * Nashville (

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): **1974 – ''Rocking in Nashville'' **1975 – ''Made in USA'' **1976 – ''Sur la route de Memphis'' **1977 – ''La Dernière Séance'' **1978 – ''Après minuit'' **1979 – ''C'est bien fait'' (also in

) **1980 – ''Happy Birthday'' (also in

) **1981 – ''Le cimetière des éléphants'' (also in Los Angeles and New York City) **1984 – ''Fan Album'' (également à

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

) **1984 – ''Racines'' **1987 – ''Mitchell'' *

and Nashville (

): **1996 – ''Mr. Eddy'' *

, Tennessee, Los Angeles, California and

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, Louisiana: **1999 – ''Les nouvelles aventures d'Eddy Mitchell'' * Los Angeles (California) : **2003 – ''Frenchy'' * Burbank (California): **2007 – ''Jambalaya'' **2009 – ''Grand Écran'' **2010 – ''Comeback'' (also in Paris, France)

Filmography

* '' Les Parisiennes'', in the segment ''Ella'' (

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,1962 * ''

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'' ( Michel Boisrond, 1963) * ''Nanou'', TV series ( Georges Régnier, 1970) * '' Ça va plaire'', TV musical (

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, 1980) * '' Gaston Lapouge'', TV film ( Frank Apprederis, 1981) * ''

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, 1981) * '' My Other Husband'' (

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, 1983) * ' (, 1984) * ''

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'' (

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, 1983) * '' Frankenstein 90'' (

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, 1984) * '' La Galette du roi'' (

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, 1986) * '' I Love You'' (

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, 1986) * '' Autour de minuit'' ('' Round Midnight'') (cameo) (

, 1986) * ''

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, 1989) * ''

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, 1990) * ''

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'' (''Bis ans Ende der Welt'') ( Wim Wenders, 1991) * ''

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, 1992) * ''

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, 1995) * '' Cuisine américaine'' ( Jean-Yves Pitoun, 1998) * '' Kitchendales'' (

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, 2000) * ''

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'' ( Stéphane Clavier, 2003) * ''

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, 2003) * Frank Passingham, (2005) * ''Un printemps à Paris'' ('' Springtime in Paris'') (

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, 2006) * '' Populaire'' (

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, 2014)

Bibliography

by Eddy Mitchell

*''Galas, galères,'' autobiography (Éditions Jacques Grancher, 1979) *''Cocktail Story,'' recipes and anecdotes (R.M.C. Éditions, 1986) *''P'tit Claude'', novel (L'Arbre à cames, 1994)

References

External links

A biography (in English) at Radio France Internationale
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