Jean Joseph Kluger (born 31 March 1937) is a
Belgian
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record producer
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,
music publisher
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and
composer
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.
Biography
Jean Kluger was born in
Antwerp
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Paris
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where he established the company Bleu Blanc Rouge with his wife Huguette Ferly.
[ Biography at Jean Kluger website]
He wrote widely for the French, Flemish and international pop music markets, including songs for
Sheila
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,
Rika Zaraï
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Early life
Rika Gozman (later Zarai) was born in Jerusalem. Her father came from Odessa (now Ukraine) in the Russian Empire, a ...
,
Nana Mouskouri
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,
Petula Clark
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Clark's professional career began during the ...
,
Sacha Distel
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", ...
,
Ringo,
Dalida
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and
Claude François
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. He also produced many Flemish artists such as
Will Tura
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,
Johan Verminnen
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Discography
*2019 ''En Daarna ga ik Vissen'' (Album)
*2016 ''Tussen een Glimlach en een Traan'' (Album)
*2014 ''Stemmen'' (Album)
*2009 ''Solozeiler'' (Album)
* ...
, John Terra,
Marva
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Marva, origina ...
, and
Dana Winner
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Biography
In 1990 she released her first single ''Op het dak van de wereld'', (Dutch: "On the roof of the world"), a cover of The Carpenters' '' ...
. With
Claude Bolling
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Biography
He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Conservatory of Nice, Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A c ...
, he established the
girl group
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, and published 50 of the songs they recorded. He produced the cult album ''Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki'', including the track "Aieaoa", later recorded by
Bananarama
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as "
Aie a Mwana". With
Daniel Vangarde, he wrote all the hits of
La Compagnie Creole
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,
The Gibson Brothers
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Career
The three brothe ...
and
Ottawan
Ottawan is a French pop music duo, who had the hit singles " D.I.S.C.O." and "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" in the early 1980s. Fronted by Patrick Jean-Baptiste and Annette Eltice, they were masterminded through a cooperation between French pro ...
, including the international hits "
D.I.S.C.O.
"D.I.S.C.O." is a song by the French band Ottawan, written by Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger and produced by Daniel Vangarde. Ottawan originally recorded it in French.
It was first released in 1979 and reached number two in the UK Singles Ch ...
" and "
Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" is a 1981 song by Ottawan. It was the band's second-biggest international hit single, after their 1979 hit "D.I.S.C.O.".
The song reached the Top 5 across Europe and became a number one in New Zealand. It was not ...
".
[
In 2016 he became president of the ]International Certificate for Piano Artists
The International Certificate for Piano Artists is an international certification program for high level pianists. Its goal is to bring its participants to higher performing capabilities, while upholding the importance of artistry. It is in colla ...
(ICPA). Jean Kluger, International Certificate for Piano Artists
Retrieved 10 April 2016
References
Bibliography
*Robert Wangermée, Pascale Vandervellen, Dictionnaire de La chanson. En Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Mardaga, 1995
External links
Jean Kluger websiteDiscography at Discogs.com
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1937 births
Belgian musicians
Belgian songwriters
Male songwriters
Belgian record producers
Living people
21st-century Belgian musicians
20th-century Belgian musicians
20th-century Belgian male musicians
21st-century male musicians