Frank Michael

• Name — Frank Michael • Birth Name — Franco Gabelli • Born — 7 May 1947 • Birthplace — Bedonia, Italy • Origin — Seraing, Belgium • Died — 12 June 2026 • Place of death — Liège, Belgium • Genre — Pop • Occupation — Singer • Instrument — Vocals • Years Active — 1974–2025

At the age of three, Franco's family left Italy and resided in Seraing, province of Liège, Belgium. At age 16, he started working as a television electronics technician. His singing career was launched with the 1974 single "Je ne peux vivre sans toi," released on RCA. He was popular at live concerts and released a number of albums that charted in France and Belgium. His best songs came from his collaboration with Michel Mallory, although he worked with many other songwriters as well. In 2003, he also released a homage album entitled Thank You Elvis with 15 tracks of Elvis Presley in French and Italian. He remains popular particularly with the older generations. In 2004, he received the Belgian Order of the Crown. Michael died from lung cancer on 12 June 2026, at the age of 79.

• Year — Album — Description — Peak positions • BEL (WA) — FRA — GER — SWI • 1996 — Les grands tubes vol. 2 — 34 • 1997 — Toutes les femmes sont belles — 34 — 39 • Les plus belles chansons italiennes — 35 • 1998 — Le chanteur des amoureux — 24 — 34 • 1999 — Olympia 99 — Live album — 49 — 40 • 2000 — Il est toujours question d'amour... — 35 — 9 • 2001 — L'essentiel – 20 succès inoubliables — Compilation — 6 — 98 • D'amour et de tendresse • Olympia 2001 — Live album — 46 — 21 • 2003 — Entre nous — 10 — 8 — 60 • Thank You Elvis — 31 — 19 • 2004 — Olympia 2003 — Live album — 77 — 54 • La force des femmes — 25 — 8 • 2005 — J'peux pas t'oublier — 159 • Crooner — 137 • Chansons italiennes — 189 • Pour toujours — 22 — 69 • 2006 — Ti amo, je t'aime — 45 • Les couleurs de ma vie — 8 — 6 • 2007 — Au Palais des Sports – Live 2007 — Live album — 46 — 57 • 2008 — Mes hommages — 20 — 25 • 2009 — Rue des amours — 26 — 10 • 2010 — Joyeux Noël — 16 — 22 • Coffret (2 CDs) — Compilation album — 199 • 2011 — Les chansons d'amour — 41 — 152 • Romantique — Compilation album — 8 — 7 • 2013 — Quelques mots d'amour — 1 — 6 • 2014 — Encore quelques mots d'amour — 128 • Bonjour l'amour — 7 — 13 • 2015 — Toi, l'amour et moi — 3 — 4 • Mes premiers amours (1975–1985) — Compilation album — 9 — 22 • 2016 — Écouter les femmes — 4 — 26 • 2017 — La Saint-Amour — 4 — 11 — 84 • 2019 — Le grand amour — 5 — 8 • 2021 — L'amour pour toujours – Les plus belles chansons de Frank Michael — Compilation album — 25 • 2022 — Je vous aime toutes — 6 — 9 • 2023 — La symphonie de l'amour — 25 — 16

• Year — Single — Peak positions — Album • BEL (WA) — FRA — SWI • 2001 — "Il est toujours question d'amour" — 63 — Il est toujours question d'amour... • 2003 — "Après tant d'années d'amour" — 14 — 7 — 91 • 2005 — "Pour toutes les mamans" — 13 — 21

Frank Michael is recorded with the occupation chansonnier. Classed in the genre pop music. Recorded as chansonnier, musician and singer. Recorded at birth as Franco Gabelli. He also worked under the name Frank Michael.