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Chanson

77 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alain BarrièrePerson · Music memorabiliaAlain Barrière (born Alain Bellec; 18 November 1935 – 18 December 2019) was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s until his death and was known for participating in the Eurovision…
Alain SouchonPerson · Music memorabiliaAlain Souchon (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ suʃɔ̃]; born Alain Édouard Kienast [alɛ̃ edwaʁ kinas(t)]; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor.
Albano CarrisiPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbano Antonio Carrisi (lang; born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer and actor.
Alexander RosenbaumAuthor · BooksAlexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum) (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.[1][2]
AngèlePerson · Music memorabiliaAngèle Joséphine Aimée Van Laeken (lang, lang; born 3 December 1995), known simply as Angèle, is a Belgian singer and songwriter.
Annie CordyPerson · Film memorabiliaLéonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), best known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian singer and actress.
Arja SaijonmaaPerson · Music memorabiliaArja Enni Helena Saijonmaa (born 1 December 1944) is a Finnish singer, political activist and occasional actress.[2]
BarbaraPerson · Music memorabiliaMonique Andrée Serf (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997), known as Barbara, was a French singer. She has been described as "one of the greatest voices in French song".
Benjamin BiolayPerson · Music memorabiliaBenjamin Gérard Fabien Biolay (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ bjɔlɛ]; born 20 January 1973) is a French singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Bernard LavilliersPerson · Music memorabiliaBernard Oulion (born 7 October 1946 in Saint-Étienne), known professionally as Bernard Lavilliers (bɛʁnaʁ lavilje), is a French singer-songwriter and actor.
BibiePerson · Music memorabiliaBibie (pseudonym of Béatrice Adjorkor Anyankor, born on January 9, 1957, in Accra, Ghana) is a singer, famous for her 1985 hit "Tout doucement".
Brigitte FontaineAuthor · BooksBrigitte Fontaine (born 24 June 1939) is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word…
CamillePerson · Music memorabiliaCamille Dalmais (born 10 March 1978), better known by her mononym Camille, is a French singer-songwriter.
Catherine SauvagePerson · Music memorabiliaCatherine Sauvage (katʁin sovaʒ; 26 May 1929 – 20 March 1998) was a French singer and actress.
Charles AznavourPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Aznavour (born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat.
DalidaPerson · Film memorabiliaIolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress.
Dick RiversPerson · Music memorabiliaHervé Forneri (24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019), known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s.
Dominique APerson · Music memorabiliaDominique Ané (dɔminik ane; born 6 October 1968), better known as Dominique A, is a French singer and songwriter.
Enzo EnzoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Enzo Enzo in 2010
Francis CabrelPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancis Christian Cabrel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis kʁistjɑ̃ kabʁɛl]; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist.
François RauberPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois Rauber (19 January 1933 – 14 December 2003) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel.
Françoise HardyPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançoise Madeleine Hardy (17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads.
Georges UlmerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Georges Ulmer (1962)
Gérard LenormanPerson · Music memorabiliaGérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French singer-songwriter.
Gilbert BécaudPerson · Film memorabiliaFrançois Gilbert Léopold Silly (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001), known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud (ʒilbɛʁ beko), was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as…
Grigory LepsPerson · Music memorabiliaGrigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე; born 16 July 1962), known as Grigory Leps, is a Russian singer-songwriter of Georgian origin.
Guy MarchandPerson · Music memorabiliaGuy Marchand (22 May 1937 – 15 December 2023) was a French actor, musician, and singer.
Henri SalvadorPerson · Film memorabiliaHenri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist.
Herman van VeenArtist · PaintingsHermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician and painter.
Jacques BrelPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Romain Georges Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs.
Jacques LanzmannPerson · Film memorabiliaJacques Lanzmann (4 May 1927 – 21 June 2006) was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc.
Julos BeaucarneArtist · SculptureJulos Beaucarne, (27 June 1936 – 18 September 2021) was a Belgian artist (storyteller, poet, actor, writer, singer, sculptor), singing in French and Walloon.
Karel GottArtist · PaintingsKarel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
Laurent VoulzyPerson · Music memorabiliaLucien Voulzy (lysjɛ̃ vulzi, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy (loʁɑ̃ vulzi), is a French singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.
Maria TănasePerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Tănase (maˈri.a təˈnase; 25 September 1913 – 22 June 1963) was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson, and operetta.
Maxime Le ForestierPerson · Music memorabiliaMaxime Le Forestier (born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Jean Bernard Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter.
Michel BergerPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Jean Hamburger (28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992), known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter.
Michel BühlerPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Bühler (30 April 1945 – 7 November 2022) was a Swiss singer-songwriter, playwright, composer, actor, and teacher.
Michel JonaszPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor.
Michel PolnareffPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Polnareff (born 3 July 1944) is a French singer-songwriter. He was mostly active in the 1960s, and remained so in France until the 1990s.
Michel SardouPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Charles Sardou (Fr-Michel Sardou.oga; born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor.
Mireille MathieuPerson · Film memorabiliaMireille Mathieu (French pronunciation: [miʁɛj matjø]; born 22 July 1946) is a French singer.
Patricia KaasPerson · Film memorabiliaPatricia Noëlle Kaas (lang; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.
Philippe KaterinePerson · Film memorabiliaPhilippe Blanchard (filip blɑ̃ʃaʁ; born 8 December 1968), known professionally as Philippe Katerine, is a French singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker who began his career in 1991.
Pierre BarouhPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Barouh (born Élie Pierre Barouh; 19 February 1934 – 28 December 2016) was a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman as an…
Pierre DelanoëAuthor · BooksPierre Charles Marcel Napoléon Leroyer (16 December 1918 – 27 December 2006), known professionally as Pierre Delanoë, was a French lyricist who wrote thousands of songs for dozens of…
Pierre LapointePerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Lapointe (born 23 May 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His work largely follows the tradition of French chanson, though he is influenced by modern pop music.
Ramses ShaffyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Shaffy as an actor together with Kitty Courbois 1964
RaphaëlPerson · Music memorabiliaRaphaël Haroche (born 7 November 1975), professionally known under his mononym Raphael, is a French singer–songwriter and actor.
RenaudPerson · Music memorabiliaRenaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (French pronunciation: [ʁəno pjɛʁ manɥɛl seʃɑ̃]; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.
Salvatore AdamoPerson · Music memorabiliaSalvatore Adamo (November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads.
Serge GainsbourgArtist · PaintingsSerge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director.
SheilaArtist · SculptureShe was born in Créteil.
Vladimir VysotskyAuthor · BooksVladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 193825 July 1980) was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture.
Walter Andreas SchwarzPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Andreas Schwarz (2 June 1913 – 1 April 1992) was a German singer, songwriter, writer, Kabarettist, translator, author and narrator of audiobooks and radio dramas.
Yves MontandPerson · Music memorabiliaIvo Livi (lang; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (lang), was an Italian-born French actor and singer.
Yvette GuilbertPerson · Music memorabiliaYvette Guilbert (ivɛt gilbɛʁ; born Emma Laure Esther Guilbert; 20 January 1865 – 3 February 1944) was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque.

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