Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau on 10 October 1948) is a French singer. Séverine won the

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

for

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, performing "

Un banc, un arbre, une rue "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (; "A Bench, a Tree, a Street") is a song recorded by French singer Séverine, with music composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and French lyrics written by . It in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin, res ...

" (''A bench, a tree, a street''), with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca. It was recorded in English as "Chance in Time", in German as "Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" and

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as "Il posto". The original French version made #9 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1971, whereas the English version, released on

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rather than

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, did not chart. The song charted highly in most other European markets. Séverine had further success in France and Germany, but never again on an international scale. Séverine made two further attempts at winning the

, participating in the German national finals of 1975 and 1982. Neither song won. She accompanied Monaco's delegation to the

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, Greece.

Discography and chart success

" (#1

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, #1 Canada, #2

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, #3 France, #3 Ireland, #9 UK, #23 Germany) *"Chance in Time" *"Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" (#23 Germany) *"Il posto" (#53

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) *"Vivre pour moi" (#32 France) *"Ja der Eiffelturm" (#27 Germany) *"Comme un appel" (#24 France) *"J'ai besoin de soleil" (#29 France) *"Olala L'Amour" (#19 Germany) *"Là ou tu n'es pas" (#44 France) *"Mon tendre amour" (#47 France) *"Der Duft von Paris" (#40 Germany) *"Il faut chanter la vie" (a

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entry "

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") (#46 France) *"Vergessen heißt verloren sein" (#47 Germany) *"Du bist für mich der größte Schatz" (#49 Germany) *"Sieben Tränen" (a

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's 1981 hit "Seven Tears")(#49 Germany)

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