Gérard Blanc (8 December 1947 – 24 January 2009) was a French singer, guitarist and actor.
Life and career
He began to sing in the 1970s with the band
Martin Circus
Martin Circus was a French band formed in the late 1960s, whose musical style developed over time from progressive rock through pop to disco and new wave music in the 1970s and 1980s.
Career
The band formed in 1968, at a time when the popular musi ...
. Then in the 1980s, he participated in the production of
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
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Princess as a s ...
's first album, and started a solo career. He charted four singles in France, including "Du soleil dans la nuit" (#10) and particularly the summer hit "Une Autre Histoire" (#2 in 1987).
[Gérard Blanc's discography and peak positions in French chart]
Lescharts.com
(Retrieved June 4, 2008) He went on stage at the Olympia on 20 March 2008.
Solo discography
Albums
* 1988 : ''Ailleurs pour un ailleurs''
* 1991 : ''Noir et Blanc''
* 1995 : ''À cette seconde-là !''
* 1999 : ''Tout blanc''
* 2003 : ''Mes Plus Belles Histoires''
* 2008 : ''Les Plus Grands Succès de Gérard Blanc & Martin Circus''
* 2009 : ''Made in Paris''
Singles
Filmography
* ''Thierry la Fronde'' (as Renaud)
* 1967 : ''Le Naufrage de Robinet''
* 1971 : ''Les bidasses en folie''
* 1979 : ''Les Bidasses en vadrouille'' (as Gérard)
* 1997 : ''
Nettoyage à sec
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Stanislas Merhar (born 2 ...
'' (as Bertrand)
References
External links
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1947 births
2009 deaths
French pop singers
20th-century French male actors
French male film actors
French male composers
20th-century French male singers