François Valéry
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François Valéry is a French singer-songwriter and composer.

Biography

He became famous for his romantic songs and his disco hits of the 1970s and for having composed and performed several soundtracks in the 1980s, following the success of "Dream In Blue", with Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau is a French actress director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum and La boum 2 , receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress...

. Valéry was also composer and producer of many songs for various artists (Michèle Torr, Line Renaud
Line Renaud
- Early life :Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week, but he played trumpet at the weekends, in a local brass band...

, Dalida
Dalida
Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...

, Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....

, Corinne Hermès
Corinne Hermès
Corinne Hermès is a French singer.She represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 where she won with "Si la vie est cadeau" with music by Jean-Pierre Millers and words by Alain Garcia.-External links: * at Bide et Musique...

, Jeane Manson, Hervé Villard, Debbie Davis, Lova Moor
Lova Moor
Lova Moor , is a French dancer, singer and occasional actress.-Biography:She began her career as a nude dancer...

...), series or films (Joy et Joan (1985), Les Nanas (1985), Les Grandes Marées (1993)). He produced Patrick Fiori
Patrick Fiori
Patrick Fiori is a French singer.-Biography:Fiori was born to an Armenian father and a Corsican mother in Marseille, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers...

 in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

 with "Mama Corsica
Mama Corsica
"Mama Corsica" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Corsican and French by Patrick Fiori....

". In 2001, he produced the musical L'Ombre d'un géant sung by Rose Laurens
Rose Laurens
Rose Laurens is a French singer-songwriter, particularly famous for her 1982 smash single "Africa", number three hit in many European countries...

 and Sophie Delmas. In 2003, he composed the official anthem of the France national rugby union team
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...

, "Standing Ovation".

Albums

  • Aimons-nous vivants
  • Chanteur pour filles de 16 ans
  • Elle danse Marie
  • Emmanuelle
  • L'ombre d'un geant (musical) – #103 in France
  • Ma Femme
  • Putain d'envie de vivre
  • Qu'est-ce qu'on est con
  • Vies antérieures

Singles

  • 1973 : "Et puis c'est tout" (pseudonym : Claude Larra)
  • 1974 : "Une chanson d'été"
  • 1974 : "Le Prince d'amour"
  • 1975 : "Toutes les chansons d'amour sont tristes"
  • 1975 : "Lady Music"
  • 1976 : "Dormir avec toi"
  • 1976 : "Qu'est-ce qu'on a dansé sur cette chanson"
  • 1977 : "La Vieille musique"
  • 1977 : "Dînons ce soir en amoureux"
  • 1978 : "Laisse tomber"
  • 1978 : "La Loi d'amour"
  • 1979 : "Chanteur pour fille de 16 ans"
  • 1979 : "Disco Brasilia"
  • 1979 : "Tu as gagné je t'aime"
  • 1980 : "Chez Lola"
  • 1980 : "Emmanuelle"
  • 1980 : "Symphonie pour cœur brisé"
  • 1981 : "Chanson d'adieu"
  • 1981 : "Dream In Blue" (en duo avec Sophie Marceau)
  • 1982 : "Stars, le samedi soir"
  • 1982 : "Oran, juin 62"
  • 1982 : "Comme une poupée"
  • 1983 : "Joy" (soundtrack)
  • 1983 : "Elle était venue du Colorado"
  • 1983 : "Elle danse, Marie"
  • 1984 : "Mon pote le DJ"
  • 1984 : "Et dieu créa le rock"
  • 1985 : "La Femme qui danse"
  • 1985 : "Joy and Joan" (soundtrack)
  • 1985 : "Il voit la musique"
  • 1986 : "Comme Jimmy Dean"
  • 1987 : "Je sais que tu vis"
  • 1987 : "Putain d'envie de vivre"
  • 1988 : "Esclave de la musique"
  • 1989 : "Aimons-nous vivants" – #6 in France
  • 1989 : "C'est pas possible" – #32 in France
  • 1989 : "C'est la même chanson" – #20 in France
  • 1990 : "J'aime l'amour avec toi"
  • 1991 : "Qu'est-ce que je t'aime"
  • 1991 : "Tout est écrit"
  • 1992 : "Changer de vie"
  • 1992 : "Loin d'être un saint"
  • 1994 : "Il est revenu le soleil"
  • 1996 : "Cuba Cuba" – #43 in France
  • 1996 : "Que la musique nous éclaire"
  • 1997 : "Qu'est ce qu'on est con"
  • 1998 : "Au nom de toi"
  • 1998 : "Carmen" – #70 in France
  • 1999 : "Tout ce que j'aime"
  • 2005 : "Jouez Gitans"

Collaborations

  • 1988 : Liban (75 artistes pour le Liban)
  • 1989 : "Pour toi Arménie
    Pour toi Arménie
    "Pour toi Arménie" is a 1989 song written and composed by Charles Aznavour, and recorded by a group of French singers who were popular at the time. This charity single was intended to raise funds to help the Armenians who lived a terrible earthquake on December 7, 1988...

    ", charity single
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