Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in January 1980 on Anthem Records. After touring to support the band's previous album Hemispheres (1978) ended, the band members took a short break before they regrouped to work on new material. The album marked a departure in the band's musical style towards tighter song structures and songs more suitable for radio airplay. Permanent Waves was recorded in late 1979 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec and with co-producer Terry Brown and mixed at Trident Studios in London.
"Maréchal, nous voilà !" is a French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. The lyrics were composed by André Montagard and its music was attributed to André Montagnard and Charles Courtioux. The song was performed by André Dassary and on many official occasions in France and Algeria during Vichy France.
Rick Allison is a Belgian-born Canadian singer, author and record producer.
Chimène Badi, also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent.
Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name Jimeno, derived from the Basque Semen. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may refer to:
The Snakes & Arrows Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock Rush to promote the studio album Snakes & Arrows. The first leg of the tour began on June 13, 2007 in Atlanta and concluded on October 29, 2007 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and ended on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The tour was Rush's most successful to date, grossing nearly $65 million. At 114 shows, it is Rush's second-longest tour, after the Hemispheres tour.
La Caravane des Enfoirés is an album performed by Les Enfoirés, released in 2007. It was recorded during the show at Le Zénith in Nantes, on 27 January 2007.
Snakes & Arrows Live is a live double CD and DVD by Canadian band Rush. The CD was released on April 14, 2008, in the UK and on April 15, 2008, around the world. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24, 2008. The material was taken from two performances during the first leg of the Snakes & Arrows Tour, recorded at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands on October 16 and 17, 2007. This is the first of the band's live albums since the Grace Under Pressure Tour to highlight one studio work specifically, with nine of the 27 tracks drawn from Snakes & Arrows.
"Ça n'finira jamais" is a 2008 song recorded by French artist Johnny Hallyday. It was the first single from his album of the same name on which it features as first track. Written by Patrick Guirao, who has previously worked for many notable artists, and composed by French pop singers Calogero and his brother Gioacchino, a former member of Les Charts, "Ça n'finira jamais" was released in mid-November 2008 and the B-side of the single is a new song, "Croire en l'homme", written by Kevin Roentgen from the band Orson, Oliver Leiber, and Pierre Yves Lebert, which is also included on the special edition album cd. The single went straight to number-one on the French SNEP Singles Chart, selling 13,893 units that week, thus becoming Hallyday's fifth and final number-one hit throughout his 48-year career.
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage is a 2010 documentary film directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn. The film offers an in-depth look at the Canadian progressive rock band Rush, chronicling the band's history and musical evolution. The film made its debut at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, where it earned the 2010 Audience Award. The film was also nominated for Best Long Form Music Video at 53rd Grammy Awards, losing to When You're Strange, a documentary about The Doors. A limited theatrical run began on June 10, 2010, and the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US and Canada on June 29 of that year.
Nacash is a singing group based in France singing French variety songs and world music. The band is composed of five brothers, sons of Algerian Jewish Cheikh Alexandre Nakache, a master of Andalusian classical music who immigrated to France in 1962 with his family. The band released albums and singles spanning from the 1980s to presently with the single "Elle imagine" written as a tribute to their sister, becoming their biggest hit.
William Rousseau is a French singer and composer.
Casimir Oberfeld was a Polish-born French composer. He worked on many film scores and also wrote popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s. Following France's invasion by Germany in 1940 during the Second World War, as a Jew Oberfeld faced increasing persecution. Having taken shelter in Italian-occupied Nice he was arrested when the area was taken over by the Germans. He was sent to Auschwitz where he died in January 1945.
Nazim Khaled born in Marseille, France is a French songwriter and composer. He grew up in Saint-Étienne and studied at Conservatoire de Saint-Étienne before moving to Paris. He composed a great number of hits, that have charted on the French SNEP charts through his cooperation with Amir Haddad, Chimene Badi, Kendji Girac, Yannick Noah and Sindy amongst others. He co-wrote and co-produced "J'ai cherché", the French entry to Eurovision Song Contest 2016 performed by Amir, and "Requiem", the French entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 performed by Alma. He also composed for the French musical La Légende du roi Arthur in 2015.
André Montagard was a French songwriter and poet. He wrote the lyrics to several songs, including Maréchal, nous voilà!, one of two national anthems during Vichy France. He published four poetry collections about Provence in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Padam, padam..." is a song originally released in 1951 by Édith Piaf. It was written for her by Henri Contet (lyrics) and Norbert Glanzberg (music).
