Jacqueline Taïeb (born 9 November 1948)
is a French singer and songwriter of Jewish
Tunisian descent. She achieved her greatest success as a pop and
yé-yé
''Yé-yé'' () (''yeyé'' in Spanish) was a style of pop music that emerged in Western-Southern Europe in the early 1960s. The French term "''yé-yé''" was derived from the English "yeah! yeah!", popularized by British beat music bands such as ...
singer in France in the 1960s.
Biography
Taïeb arrived in France from
Tunisia
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in 1956 with her parents at age eight. She began composing songs with her guitar at 12
and, in 1966, was discovered by a talent scout while singing with friends. After arriving in Paris, she signed to
Impact Records
Impact Records was an American record label founded in 1989 by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. It was once a subsidiary of MCA Records. Today, its back catalog remains part of Universal Music Group.
Acts on the label are and/or have included: Sas ...
and released the song "''7 heures du matin''" in 1967, which became her biggest French hit. She was voted Best Newcomer at the inaugural
Midem
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music festival in
Cannes
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for the song. The song was about a bored teenage girl who does not wish to go to school that day and fantasizes about rock and roll stars such as
The Who
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and
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
.
In the early 1970s, Taïeb took a break from recording. In 1988, she penned the song "Ready to Follow You", which became an international hit for American singer
Dana Dawson
Dana Dawson (August 7, 1974 – August 10, 2010) was an American actress and singer.
Early life and career
Dawson made her acting debut at the age of 7 in a national tour of ''Annie''. She was an understudy of the character Mimi, in the nationa ...
. The single sold more than 500,000 copies, and the album sold 300,000 in France alone.
Discography
;Songs
*1967: "7 heures du matin"
*1967: "Bienvenue au pays"
*1967: "Ce soir je m'en vais"
*1967: "La plus belle chanson"
*1967: "Bravo"
*1967: "Juste un peu d'amour"
*1967: "On roule à 160"
*1967: "Le cœur au bout des doigts"
*1967: "Qu'est-ce qu'on se marre à la fac"
*1967: "La première à gauche"
*1967: "Bientôt tu l'oublieras"
*1967: "Le printemps à Paris
*1967: "La fac des lettres"
*1968: "Tonight I'm Going Home"
*1968: "7 AM"
*1969: "Bonjour Brésil"
*1969: "On la connait"
*1969: "À chacun sa vie"
*1969: "Lui"
*1971: "Il faut choisir"
*1971: "Pourquoi t'es pas chez toi?"
*1978: "Printemps à Djerba"
*1978: "Et la vie"
*1979: "Maman, jusqu'où tu m'aimes?"
*1979: "Le p'tit air"
*1979: "J'suis pas nette"
*1979: "Qu'est-ce que je peux faire?"
*1979: "La petite fille amour"
*1980: "Je cherche quelqu'un"
*1980: "Dis-moi des bêtises"
*1983: "Les chanteurs disent la vérité"
*1983: "J'vais pas pleurer tout l’temps"
*2005: "Mon chat"
*2005: "Mon prince d'Internet"
*2007: "Partir à Amsterdam"
*2015: "Peace Love & Action"
References
External links
Jacqueline Taïeb Official Website
1948 births
French women singers
French women songwriters
French songwriters
Tunisian emigrants to France
Naturalized citizens of France
Tunisian Jews
Writers from Tunis
Musicians from Tunis
Living people
Yé-yé singers
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