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Christophe Miossec
Christophe Miossec is a French singer and songwriter born in Brest, Brittany, France on December 24, 1964. Beginnings Christophe Miossec was not new to the world of music when he met his first great success. Between 14 and 17, he was in a teenage band, ''Printemps Noir'' ("Black Spring"), touring around Brest. After obtaining his ''Baccalauréat'' in literature, Miossec went to study history at the Brest University, and quickly got bored. He then worked some time for the paper ''Ouest France''. Journalism didn't suit him any better than history did, so he moved to Paris, and went from one little job to another for some time. He finally joined the French TV Station TF1 and worked there for two and a half years. Eventually, he began to think about turning back to music. In 1993, he had a critical meeting with guitarist Guillaume Jouan, which led the two to start working on an album. A year later, they were joined by the guitarist Bruno Leroux. ''Boire'' to ''Chansons ordinaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the List of cities in Switzerland, fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as ''Lake Geneva region, Arc lémanique'' was over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2017 and is the fastest growing in Switzerland. Initially a Celtic and Roman settlement on the shores of the lake, Lausanne became a town at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Hysteria (band)
Mass Hysteria is a French heavy metal band formed in 1993 that released nine studio albums and four live albums between 1997 and 2018. Their breakthrough came in 1999 with their second album ''Contraddiction''. The band Mass Hysteria is known for their eclecticism, combining industrial metal, alternative metal, rock and rap (2001–2005). Language The band sings primarily in French which has made them an exception throughout the metal sphere. History Created in 1993, the band recorded their first album, ''Le Bien-être et la Paix'' (Well-being and Peace), four years later. After this album, Mass Hysteria's breakthrough album came in 1999 with the release of ''Contraddiction'' which sold over 50,000 copies. The album itself is still widely regarded as the band's iconic 'Black album'. It was produced and mixed by Colin Richardson. In 2001 the band returned after intensive touring with a different approach with the release of 'De Cercle en Cercle'. This album received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani (singer)
Danièle Graule (1 October 1944 – 18 July 2022),La chanteuse Dani est morte à l’âge de 77 ans known as Dani, was a French actress and singer. Biography Dani was born in . In 1966 she was contracted to Pathé-Marconi and released her first single ''Garçon manqué''. In 1968 ''Papa vient d'épouser la bonne'' sold a million copies and was a major hit. Dani was meant to have been |
Johnny Hallyday
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 golden albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten ''Victoires de la Musique''. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed 9 times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, at the Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco (; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career came to an end in 2015 when she began her last worldwide tour titled "Merci". As an actress, Gréco played roles in films by French directors such as Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. Early life Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier, France, to an absent Corsican father, Gérard Gréco; her mother Juliette Lafeychine (1899–1978) was from Bordeaux. Her lineage hails in part from Greece. She did not receive love from her mother in her childhood and suffered from her harsh comments due to being an unwanted child, such as "You ain't my d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Daran
Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include: Given name * Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1943), French film director, screenwriter and producer * John James Audubon, born Jean-Jacques Rabin (1785–1851), American ornithologist and painter from Breton origin * Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec, Canada * Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 1952), Franco-English musician, bassist * Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (1811–1893), member of the Swiss Federal Council * Jean-Jacques Colin (1784-1865), French chemist * Jean-Jacques Conceição (born 1964), Angolan basketball player * Jean-Jacques De Gucht (born 1983), Flemish politician and member of Open VLD * Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758–1806), a leader of the Haïtian Revolution * Jean-Jacques Domoraud (born 1981), Côte d'Ivoire footballer * Jean-Jacques Goldman (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bodart
Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * Excision (musician), Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel * Jeff Abercrombie, bassist for American rock band Fuel * Jeff Allen, English session drummer * Jeff Baxter, American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers * Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer of music for various media * Jeff Beck, electric guitarist * Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter * Jeff Coffin, saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator * Jeff Current, lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will * Jeff Fatt, Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band The Wiggles * Jeff Gillan, an American journalist * Jeff Graham, Canadian radio DJ * Jeff Hanneman (1964–2013), American guitarist, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Blowup'' (1966), and ''Kaleidoscope'' (1966). In 1968, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in ''Slogan'', which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released their debut album ''Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg'' (1969), and Birkin also appeared in the controversial film ''Je t'aime moi non plus'' (1976) under Gainsbourg's direction. Birkin would attain further acting credits in the Agatha Christie adaptations ''Death on the Nile'' (1978), and '' Evil Under the Sun'' (1982). After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer (born 7 April 1961) is a French singer, composer, guitarist, and actor, born in Paris. A figure of the French rock scene, he was discovered in 1983 with the song "Cargo". Several times awarded a gold record, he has sold three million records and performed nearly 700 concerts in France and Europe. Music career "Cargo" He submitted his demos to Philippe Missir, artistic director of Mondio Music, who accompanied him in the elaboration of the "Cargo" demo on which Michel Eli, the director of the label immediately signed Bauer. The song came out at the end of 1983 with Manu Katche on drums and Bauer on guitar. Michel Eli, who wrote the lyrics, was inspired by film ''Pépé le Moko'' with Jean Gabin. The cover of the single refers to the poster of the film ''Querelle'' by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "Cargo" sold more than a million copies, earning a Gold record for Bauer. Bauer chose to work with the director Jean Baptiste Mondino on a video for the song. The video was shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
