Martine Clémenceau (born 18 March 1949) is a French singer. She won the Yamaha Music Festival in 1971 with the song ''A jour l’amour''. Then, she represented France in the

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in 1973 with '' Sans toi'', taking the 15th place. Her song ''

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'', written in 1981 is her most important hit in France, and

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in 1983 recorded a cover that was #7 Billboard Hot 100 hit in the US, and #8 in Canada. She sang ''Quelquefois'' as a duet with

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and during the 1990s. She wrote songs especially for Herbert Léonard. In 2005 she received the ''René Jeanne Prize''.

References

External links

A brief biography

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Martine Clémenceau at Myspace.com
* * French women singers Winners of Yamaha Music Festival Living people 1949 births Musicians from Moselle (department) Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{France-singer-stub