Michèle Arnaud (, born Micheline Caré; 18 March 1919 – 30 March 1998), was a French singer, recording artist, and

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. She was buried on 18 September 1998 at

Montparnasse Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery () is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery has over 35,00 ...

. She is the mother of the singer Dominique Walter and the photographer Florence Gruère. Arnaud was awarded a

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and

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

. She was the first entrant for

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in the first edition of the

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Biography

After completing her primary education in Cherbourg, she went to Paris where she took a course at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques. She gained two degrees in philosophy. Simultaneously with her studies, she regularly frequented cabaret clubs such as ''Le Tabou'' and ''La Rose Rouge''. In 1956 she was the first entrant for Luxembourg in the first edition of the

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, participating with the songs Ne crois pas and Les amants de minuit, but was unsuccessful in winning. On 11 July 1962, she appeared in the first-ever live television transmission via satellite from France to the United States. Because of the orbital path of the newly launched American satellite, Telstar, the program lasted only twenty minutes. Also appearing that evening was

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

.Christian Science Monitor, Telstar: The Satellite That Helped Turn The Globe Into A Village

Discography

Compilations

''Gainsbourg sung by...''

* 2 CD EMI Music France 854067-2, 1996 and reedited in June 2006, all songs of Serge Gainsbourg sung by Michèle Arnaud (CD 1) : #''La Recette de l'amour fou'', 1958 #''Douze belles dans la peau'', 1958 #''Jeunes femmes et vieux messieurs'', 1958 #''La Femme des uns sous le corps des autres'', 1958 #''

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58'', lyrics by Serge Barthélémy and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1959 #''Il était une oie'', 1959 #''La Chanson de Prévert'', 1961 #''Les Goémons'', 1962 #''La Javanaise'', 1963 #''Les Papillons noirs'', a duo with

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

, 1966 #''Ballade des oiseaux de croix'', 1966 #''Les Papillons noirs'', 1966 #''Ne dis rien'', from the musical ''Anna'', 1967 #''Rêves et caravelles'', 1969

''Michèle Arnaud''

* 2 CD EMI Music France 520486-2 (1999) ** CD 1: #''Voulez-vous jouer avec moi ?'', texts by

Marcel Achard Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...

and music by

Georges van Parys Georges Van Parys (7 June 1902 in Paris – 28 January 1971 in Paris) was a French composer of film music and operettas. Among his musical influences were the group Les Six, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy. Later in his career he served as vic ...

, 1956 #''Ne crois pas'', texts and music by Christian Guitreau, 1956 #''La rue s'allume'', texts by Louis Ducreux and music by

André Popp André Charles Jean Popp (19 February 1924 – 10 May 2014) was a French composer, arranger and screenwriter. Biography Popp was born into a family of German-Dutch background, in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée. He started his career as a church ...

– Louis Ducreux, 1955 #''Quand on s'est connu'', texts and music by Jean-Pierre Moulin, 1958 #''L'Éloge des cocus'', texts by Pierre Lambry and music by Simone Lorencin, 1957 #''Zon zon zon'', texts by Maurice Vidalin and music by Jacques Datin, 1957 #''Sous le pont Mirabeau'', poem by

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (; ; born Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Poland, Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...

and music by Jacques Lasry, 1955 #''Julie'', texts by Maurice Vidalin and music by Jacques Datin, 1957 #''Sans l'amour de toi'', paroles de Claude Delécluse and music by Michelle Senlis –

Paul Misraki Paul Misraki (28 January 1908 – 29 October 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Ja ...

, 1957 #''Morte Fontaine'', texts by Rolland Valade and music by Jean-Michel Arnaud, 1959 #''

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'', texts by Pierre Lambry and music by Jacques Datin, 1959 #''Napoli'', texts and music by

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, 1960 #''Loulou de la Vache Noire'', texts and music by

, 1960 #''Deux tourterelles'', texts by

Eddy Marnay Edmond Bacri (18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), known professionally as Eddy Marnay, was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint win ...

and music by Emil Stern, 1957 #''Pourquoi mon dieu'', French adaptation by

Georges Moustaki Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian- French singer-songwriter of Greek-Jewish origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Fran ...

et Jacques Kabanellis from

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, 1962 #''Pauvre

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'', texts and music by

Salvatore Adamo Salvatore Adamo (November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citiz ...

, 1968 #''Amour perdu'', texts and music by

, 1963 #''Toi qui marchais'', texts by Jean-Pierre Chevrier and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1963 #''L'Inconnue'', texts and music by

, 1960 #''Il y a des années'', texts and music by

, 1960 ** CD 2: #''Angelo'', texts and music by Robert Ardray, 1964 #''Comment dire'', texts and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1964 #''Et après ?'', texts by Armand Seggian and music by Jacques Pezet, 1964 #''La Chanson de Tessa'', texts by

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; ; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

and music by Maurice Jaubert, 1965 #''Ne vous mariez pas les filles'', texts by

Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of th ...

and music by Alain Goraguer, 1964 #''Si les eaux de la mer'', texts by Bernard Dimey and music by

Henri Salvador Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of an Indigen ...

, 1965 #''Les Papillons noirs'', a duo with

, texts and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1966 #''Ballade des oiseaux de croix'', texts and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1966 #''Chanson sur une seule note'', French adaptation by

of ''Samba de una nota so'' from the Brazilian texts by Newton Mandonga, music by

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, 1962 #''Sans toi'', texts by

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier ...

and music by

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to ma ...

from the movie ''

Cléo from 5 to 7 ''Cléo from 5 to 7'' () is a 1962 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Agnès Varda. It follows Florence ( Corinne Marchand), a young singer known professionally as "Cléo Victoire", from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on June 21, as she wa ...

'', 1963 #''Un soir'', texts by Bernard Dimey and music by

, 1964 #''La Marche arrière'', texts by

and music by

, 1964 #''Je croyais'', adaptation by

Hugues Auffray Hugues Jean Marie Auffray (; born 18 August 1929), better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter. He is known for French-language covers of Bob Dylan's songs. Aufray knew Dylan and his work from his time in New York City,Ian Bel ...

and Georges Aber from '' Yesterday'' by

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

and

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

, 1966 #''La Grammaire et l'amour'', texts and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1966 #''La Chabraque'', texts by

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and music by

Guy Béart Guy Béhart-Hasson (; 16 July 1930 – 16 September 2015), known as Guy Béart, was a French singer and songwriter. Life and career Béart was born Guy Béhart-Hasson (originally spelled Béhar-Hassan) in Cairo, Egypt, to a Sephardic Jewish fa ...

, 1960 #''Marie d'

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'', texts by René Ruet and music by André Grassi, 1962 #''

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avait raison'', texts by Jacques Larue and

, music by Guy Magenta, 1961 #''La Chanson des vieux amants'', texts by

Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world ...

and music by

Gérard Jouannest Gérard Jouannest (2 May 1933 – 16 May 2018) was a French pianist and composer. Early life Jouannest was born on 2 May 1933 in Vanves near Paris. His father was a piano manufacturer. Jouannest graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954. ...

, 1967 #''Le Bleu de l'été'', French adaptation by Henri Contet of '' Green Leaves of Summer'' from the American texts of

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, music by

Dimitri Tiomkin Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after t ...

from the movie ''

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'', 1961 #''Timoléon le jardinier'', texts and music by

, 1960

References

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