Century (French band)

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Century
Origin Marseille, France
Genres Pop rock, soft rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Years active1979 (1979)–1989 (1989)
1992 (1992)
2006 (2006)
LabelsClever, MBP, Carrere, Top Tape, Zafiro, Vidisco
Past membersJean-Louis Milford
Éric Traissard
Laurent Cokelaere
Christian Portes
Jean-Dominique Sallaberry
Jean Duperron
John Wesley
Pierre Gauthé
Jean-Yves Brard
Eric Traissard
Fred Payonne
Jean-Jacques Grall
Thomas Richard
Philipp Sanders
Stephen Pisani

Century were a French rock band formed in Marseille in 1979. [1] Led by singer and composer Jean-Louis Milford, Century are best known for their single "Lover Why" from the album ...And Soul It Goes from 1986. In Brazil, "Lover Why" was included on the soundtrack to Globo TV soap opera Ti Ti Ti [2] (aired from 1985 to 1986) and "Gone with the Winner" was on the soundtrack to Hipertensão (1986–87). [3]

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"Lover Why" peaked at No. 1 in France for seven weeks [4] [5] and also in Portugal, while reaching No. 11 in Switzerland. Their second single, "Jane" peaked at No. 35 in France.

Members

The band was composed of Jean-Louis Milford (vocal and keyboards), Éric Traissard (guitar), Laurent Cokelaere (bass), Christian Portes (drums) and a second guitarist, Jean-Dominique Sallaberry. The lyrics of the early successes of the group were all written by Paul Ives. The band split in 1989. [6] Jean-Louis Milford teamed up with lyricist Francis Nugent Dixon, and since 1989 have worked together. After several unsuccessful albums, they produced a double CD in 2006 (Timeless).

After nearly two years of development, working with Walter Clissen in Los Angeles, they entered into the American market with a musical comedy, Seven Stars in Paradise (2012–2013).

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ /web.archive.org
  2. ↑ Bryan, Guilherme; Villari, Vincent (9 March 2016). Teletema: Volume I: 1964 a 1989. ISBN   9788565056700.
  3. ↑ "memoriaglobo.globo.com/". Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Lover Why", French SNEP Singles Chart Lescharts (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  5. ↑ lescharts.com
  6. ↑ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, 2002, p. 51 ( ISBN   2-9518832-0-X)
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