Esther Galil
Esther Galil (born May 28, 1945) is a Morocco-born, Los Angeles–based French and Israeli singer and painter. Her song "Le jour se lève" was Number 1 in France for four weeks in September 1971.
Esther Galil
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- Name
- Esther Galil
- Born
- 28 May 1945
- Birthplace
- Safi, Morocco
- Occupation
- * Singer-songwriter
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- middle of the road
- Languages
- French
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Esther Galil (born May 28, 1945) is a Morocco-born, Los Angeles–based French and Israeli singer and painter. Her song "Le jour se lève" was Number 1 in France for four weeks in September 1971.
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• Name — Esther Galil • Native Name — אסתר גליל • Born — 28 May 1945 • Birthplace — Safi, Morocco • Occupation — * Singer-songwriter • musician • painter
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Ma Liberté (1974) • Z. Land (1976) • Esther Galil (2005)
Compilation albums
Compilation albums
• 80's (2006) • 90's (2006) • 70's (2013) (download-only)
Extended plays
Extended plays
• Oh! Non (1966) (released as 'Jackie Galil')
Singles
Singles
• "תחפושת חדשה" (tr. "New Costume") (1969) (released as 'Jackie Galil' in Israel only) • "J’attends l’homme" (1971) • "Le jour se lève" (1971) – No. 1 France, No. 6 Belgium • "Oh Lord" (1971) – No. 46 France, No. 45 Belgium • "Les fusils" (1972) • "Amour ma délivrance" (1972) • "Ma liberté" (1972) – No. 31 France • "Delta Queen" (1972) • "Bald kommt der Morgen (Le jour se lève)" (1972) • "Shalom dis-moi shalom" (1973) • "Cherche l’amour" (1973) • "Das Mädchen, das dich liebt" (1973) • "Harlem Song" (1973) – No. 19 France • "Sonja, komm zurück" (1973) • "On est fait pour vivre ensemble" (1974) • "Le cri de la terre" (1974) • "Ma vérité" (1975) • "With You" (1975) • "Je m’en vais" (1976) • "Bossana" (1976) • "Route number infini" (1977) • "Lover for Ever" (1978) • "All or Nothing" (1979) • "Les mots qui fâchent" (1980) • "En dehors du blues" (1982) • "Interdit par la loi" (1988)
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- Los Angeles
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- “Esther Galil”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3058968: Esther Galil
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- 1.BNF 14179795z
- 2.Esther Galil - atelier de data.bnf.fr. bnf.fr via Wikiwix.
- 3.J.-P. P., Esther Galil. Le jour se lève... sur la Rose d'Or, Platine, No 91, mai 2002, pp. 48-51.
- 4.Alain-Guy Aknin, Mike Brant - Le Chant du désespoir, auto-édité, s. d., 138 p. : .
- 5.Biographie d'Esther Galil, sur eklablog ; .
- 6.Le face à face SLC. Portraits croisés de deux stars au sommet. Nicoletta / Esther Galil, dans Salut les copains, 1959-1976. La fabuleuse histoire des années SLC, CD Collector édition illustrée, Polygram Editions, 2013, pp. 16-17 (janvier-juin 1971) :
- 7.Esther Galil, Bide&Musique.
- 8.Le retour d'Esther Galil, l'étoile des années 1970. leparisien.fr. 2008-02-06.
- 9.Benjamin Castaldi, Soisic Belin, Pour l'instant, tout va bien, L'Archipel, 2015, 140 p., chap. 5 (Le producteur arrosé) -
- 10.Le jour se lève - Esther Galil, hitparade.net.
- 11.Ventes de 45 Trs SP et 45 Trs EP en France (retours déduits) en 1971.
- 12.Frédéric Quinonero, Michel Sardou, sur des airs populaires, City Edition, 2018, 288 pages (livre électronique Google, n. p.) ; .
- 13.Frédéric Quinonero, Johnny – La vie en rock, L'Archipel, 2004, 773 p. (livre électronique Google, n. p.) : .
- 14.Guy Delœuvre, Mike Brant: Aimer, Independently Published, 2018, 147 pages : .
- 15.Chris Tinker, Mixed messages: Youth Magazine Discourse and Sociocultural Shifts in Salut les Copains (1962-1976), Peter Lang, 2019, 193 pages, p. 92 et note 185 : .
- 16.E. Galil, 'Salut le Brésil !', SLC 124, décembre 1972, p. 37 :
- 17.Le Balayeur de Harlem étant lui-même l'adaptation de Harlem Song du groupe américain The Sweepers.
- 18.Pascale Jugé, Claude Pupen, Claude Gassian, Rockeuses : les héroïnes de juke-box, J. Grancher, 1982, 174 pages.
- 19.Pour la chanteuse Esther Galil le jour se lèvera et dévoilera le bonheur suprême à Chalon le 19 mai, propos recueillis par Michel Poiriault, info-chalon.com, 18 mai 2017.
- 20.Raphaël Garrigos, En vitrine : Castaldi, le complexe du type, Libération, Médias, 3 septembre 2003.
- 21.Claire Domenech, Benjamin Castaldi, victime d'une arnaque à 19 ans, a perdu une grosse partie de son héritage, capital.fr, 8 février 2022.
- 22.La Rose d'Or le 15 Mai 2003 à l'Olympia ... La Finale des Nouveaux Talents, festival-rosedor.fr.
- 23.Concert de Christian Delagrange au profit des malvoyants à Chefchaouen, libe.ma (Libération Maroc), 13 octobre 2011.
- 24.Esther Galil. Les combats d'une colombe, Challenge, No 298 (du 24 au 30 septembre 2010), p. 61.
- 25.Biographie Esther Galil, nostalgie.fr.
- 26.Chansons pour la paix d'Esther, eklablog.com.
- 27.Mark Marty, Esther Galil biographie, staragency, s. d.
- 28.Q & A with Evan York, Addiction / Recovery eBulletin.
- 29.Samia Mehidi, Replay The Voice : les temps forts du 9 mars 2013, tf1.fr, 9 mars 2013.
- 30.Laura Cerrada, The Voice : Esther Galil recalée sur sa propre chanson, 7sur7, 10 mars 2013.
- 31.Esther Galil ne participera pas à The Voice 2, infocinemusic, 15 mars 2013.
- 32.J.-P. Commin, Pop France, Best, No 48, juillet 1972, p. 97.
- 33.Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe, Yé-Yé Girls of '60 French Pop, Feral House, 2013, 256 p. (livre électronique Google, n. p.) : .
- 34.en Agnès Gayraud, French, Pop’s Forked Tongue : Citation étrangère langue=en French soul songs elicit a kind of embarrassment—unless they feature an exceptional composition and an exceptional performance which together leave no room for doubt—as when we hear Esther Galil’s Le Jour se lève, Adamo’s La Nuit, or Vigon’s Un Petit Ange Noir.
- 35.REUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39-IA6&dq=Esther+Galil&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCiP6gj_X9AhUJUaQEHeXZA_k4MhDoAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Esther%20Galil&f=false The Songs of France], dans Spotlight on France / Pleins feux sur la France, Billboard, July 8, 1972 : Citation étrangère.
- 36.La Rose d'Or, une fabuleuse histoire, festival-rosedor.fr ; .
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