Guy Bonnet is an author, composer, and singer, born in
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
, France in 1945. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the French entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's first victory at the with the song " Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw. Despite havi ...
(performed by
Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret (; born Thérèse Coquerelle; 27 July 1938) is a French singer best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with the song "Un premier amour".
Early life
Thérèse Coquerelle was born in Lille, France, on 27 July ...
). In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "
Marie-Blanche
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Marie-Blanche" performed by Guy Bonnet. The song was chosen through a seven-week televised show titled ''Musicolor''. "Marie-Blanche" came in fourth place out of twelve, and rec ...
" coming 4th out of twelve contestants. In 1983 he represented France in Eurovision again with "
Vivre" (finishing eighth). He wrote and composed songs for many artists including
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 ...
,
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. ...
,
Franck Fernandel
Franck Fernandel (born Franck Gérard Ignace Contandin; 10 December 1935 – 8 June 2011) was a French actor, singer and songwriter, and writer.
Biography
Franck was the only son of three children born to the famous French actor Fernandel
...
and
Massilia Sound System
Massilia Sound System is a reggae band formed in Marseille, France, in 1984. They developed a Provençal hybrid version of reggae, rub-a-dub and raggamuffin, with lyrics in the French and Occitan languages, sometimes referred to as ''trobamuff ...
.
He has also written a contemporary pastorale "La Pastorale des enfants de Provence".
External links
Official website
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1945 births
Living people
French composers
French male composers
French male singers
Musicians from Avignon
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1970
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1983
French male writers