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

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

. She was buried on 18 September 1998 at

Montparnasse Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery (french: link=no, Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery ...

. She is the mother of the singer

Dominique Walter Dominique Walter (born Dominique Gruère, 22 May 1942 – 26 August 2013) was a French singer. He was born in Paris and is the son of singer Michèle Arnaud. In 1966, he represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Chez Nous ...

and the photographer Florence Gruère. Arnaud was awarded a

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

and

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. She was the first entrant for

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

in the first edition of the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

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

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.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 #''

Ronsard Pierre de Ronsard (; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets". Early life Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of ...

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 musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...

, 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 vi ...

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

Louis Ducreux Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911 – 19 December 1992) was a French actor, screenwriter and composer. He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France. He made his film debut in 1938 and worked until his death. He received a Best Actor nom ...

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 org ...

– 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 Jacques Datin (14 June 1920 – 24 August 1973) was a French composer. After his musical training he met songwriter Maurice Vidalin, and they wrote many songs for several performers. Since 1954, they wrote "On en dira" (written with Marc Lanje ...

, 1957 #''Sous le pont

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'', poem by

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and music by Jacques Lasry, 1955 #''Julie'', texts by Maurice Vidalin and music by

, 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, ...

, 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

, 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 known by the professional name Eddy Marnay ( Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. H ...

and music by

Emil Stern Émile Stern (28 April 1913 – 14 January 1997), best known under his artistic pseudonym Emil Stern, was a French composer, pianist and conductor of Romanian descent. He was born in Paris. Together with his writing partner Eddy Marnay they wrote ...

, 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 Jewish Italo-Greek origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, ...

et Jacques Kabanellis from

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, 1962 #''Pauvre

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'', texts and music by

Salvatore Adamo Salvatore Adamo (born 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 ...

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

, 1963 #''Toi qui marchais'', texts by Jean-Pierre Chevrier and music by

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, 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

, 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 work ...

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: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sulliva ...

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 comedian, singer and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native Ca ...

, 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 brezilian 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, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...

and music by

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

from the movie ''

Cléo from 5 to 7 ''Cléo from 5 to 7'' (french: Cléo de 5 à 7 ) is a 1962 French New Wave film written and directed by Agnès Varda. The film follows a young singer, Florence "Cléo" Victoire, from 5 p.m. on June 21, until 6:30 p.m. as she waits to hea ...

'', 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 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 peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

and

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

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

, 1966 #''La Chabraque'', texts by

Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of si ...

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

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and

, music by

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, 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 literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...

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

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...

, music by

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

from the movie ''

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

, 1960

References

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