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L'amour S'en Va
"L'amour s'en va" (; "Love goes away") is a song composed, written, and performed by French singer-songwriter and actress Françoise Hardy. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, she recorded it in other languages, gained chart success in Belgium, won France's prestigious award Grand Prix du Disque, and over time it has become one of Hardy's signature songs. Background Conception Françoise Hardy had had her breakthrough as an 18-year-old in late 1962 with the yé-yé hit "Tous les garçons et les filles (song), Tous les garçons et les filles" and she would go on to become one of the Francophone world's most successful and popular artists of the 1960s – as well as an influential fashion icon. She wrote and composed the song "L'amour s'en va". This is a slow-paced ''chanson'', a style popular in France and Europe in the 1960s. Under the song's title which means "love goes away", Hardy sings about a relationship which is conducted in the knowledge that love is a fleeting th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Madeleine Hardy (; 17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in French yé-yé music and became a Pop icon, cultural icon in France and internationally. In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian, and German. Her musical career spanned more than 50 years, with over 30 studio albums released. She also represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963. Born and raised in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Hardy made her musical debut in 1962 on French label Disques Vogue and found immediate success through the song "Tous les garçons et les filles". Drifting away from her early rock and roll influences, she began to record in London in 1964, which allowed her to broaden her sound with albums such as ''Mon amie la rose (album), Mon amie la rose'', ''L'amitié'', ''La maison où ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
