Frank Michael

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Frank Michael
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Background information
Birth nameFranco Gabelli
Born (1947-05-07) 7 May 1947 (age 77)
Bedonia, Italy
Origin Seraing, Belgium
Genres Pop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1974 present
Website www.frank-michael.com

Franco Gabelli better known by his stage name Frank Michael is a Belgian singer of Italian origin born in Bedonia, [1] Italy on 7 May 1947. He has reportedly sold millions of albums throughout the world.

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At 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. [2] In 2004, he received the Belgian Order of the Crown.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumDescriptionPeak positions
BEL
(WA)

[3]
FRA
[4]
GER SWI
[5]
1996Les grands tubes vol. 234   
1997Toutes les femmes sont belles3439  
Les plus belles chansons italiennes35   
1998Le chanteur des amoureux2434  
1999Olympia 99Live album4940  
2000Il est toujours question d'amour...359  
2001L'essentiel – 20 succès inoubliablesCompilation698  
D'amour et de tendresse    
Olympia 2001Live album4621  
2003Entre nous108 60
Thank You Elvis3119  
2004Olympia 2003Live album7754  
La force des femmes258  
2005J'peux pas t'oublier 159  
Crooner 137  
Chansons italiennes 189  
Pour toujours22 69 
2006Ti amo, je t'aime45   
Les couleurs de ma vie86  
2007Au Palais des Sports – Live 2007Live album4657  
2008Mes hommages2025  
2009Rue des amours2610  
2010Joyeux Noël1622  
Coffret (2 CDs)Compilation album 199  
2011Les chansons d'amour41152  
RomantiqueCompilation album87  
2013Quelques mots d'amour16  
2014Encore quelques mots d'amour 128  
Bonjour l'amour713  
2015Toi, l'amour et moi34  
Mes premiers amours (1975–1985)Compilation album922  
2016Ecouter les femmes426
[6]
  
2017La Saint-Amour411 84
2019Le grand amour58  
2021L'amour pour toujours – Les plus belles chansons de Frank MichaelCompilation album25   
2022Je vous aime toutes69  
2023La symphonie de l'amour2516
[7]
  

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
BEL
(WA)

[3]
FRA
[4]
SWI
[5]
2001"Il est toujours question d'amour" 63 Il est toujours question d'amour...
2003"Après tant d'années d'amour"14791
2005"Pour toutes les mamans"1321 

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References

  1. SeniorActu: Frank Michael - «Les couleurs de sa vie», le DVD de l'extraordinaire parcours du chanteur le plus apprécié des dames Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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  5. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 47, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. "Top Albums (Week 45, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 November 2023.