Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude", the original version of "My Way" and composed the music of "Parce que je t'aime mon enfant", the original version of "My Boy". Among his other famous songs are "Le Téléphone Pleure", "Le lundi au soleil", "Magnolias for Ever" and "Alexandrie Alexandra". He also enjoyed considerable success with French-language versions of English-language songs, including "Belles! Belles! Belles!", "Cette année là" and "Je vais à Rio".
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian.
Lokua Kanza is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He is known for his soulful, folksy sound, which is atypical of the dancefloor friendly soukous music that is common in Democratic Republic of the Congo. His proficiency to blend different musical styles and cultural influences has made him a celebrated artist, admired for his distinctive and evocative musical creations. He sings in French, Swahili, Lingala, Portuguese, and English. He was a coach in The Voice Afrique Francophone in 2016 and 2017.
Paul Alain Leclerc, known by his stage name Julien Clerc, is a French singer-songwriter.
Special Dalida is a French studio album released by Dalida at the start of 1982.
Le visage de l'amour is the last album Dalida released a year before her death. It was also her first album to be made as a CD format. The name "Le visage de l'amour" is usually used by Dalida to describe her public and her fans, it was picked up by the big French artist Charles Trenet who decided to write a song for Dalida bearing this name. It eventually became the name of her last album.
Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet where the plot is based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories. Popular in the 18th century, from the time of Jean-Philippe Rameau onwards, the form reached its culmination with works such as La belle au bois dormant by Michele Carafa and Cendrillon by Nicolas Isouard at the beginning of the 19th century.
"Haïti Chérie" is a traditional patriotic song of Haiti of a poem written by Othello Bayard that was initially called it Souvenir d'Haïti and composed to music in 1925. It is widely considered as a second national anthem, and one of Haiti's most famous méringues.
Franck Gilbert Yannick Monnet is a French singer-songwriter. He wrote songs for the following artists: Vanessa Paradis , Tryo (2003), Murray Head (2006), Claire Diterzi (2005), Enrico Macias (2006), Emily Loizeau. ...
Sylvain Luc is a French jazz guitarist.
"On s'est aimé à cause" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, from her twenty-second studio album, D'elles (2007). It was written by Françoise Dorin, Marc Dupré and Jean-François Breau, and produced by Tino Izzo. Despite not being released as a single, "On s'est aimé à cause" became popular on the radio in Quebec in August 2007, reaching number five on the airplay chart and number 23 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. In 2018, the song reached number three on the sales chart in Quebec.
Edmond Mondesir was born in Fort-de-France (Martinique) in 1948. Professor of Philosophy, talented writer and composer, he is also a recognized singer and an awarded « tanbou bélé » musician.
Charlotte Dipanda is a Cameroonian singer, who plays mostly acoustic music. Her lyrics are in French, her native language Bakaka, and in Douala.
No Format! is an independent record label based in Paris founded in 2004 by Laurent Bizot,It was later joined in 2007 by Thibaut Mullings.
Gérald Tenenbaum is a French mathematician and novelist, born in Nancy on 1 April 1952.
Adélaïde Leroux is a French actress, best known for her role in the 2006 film Flanders. She also played prominent roles in a number of other films, including Martin Provost's Séraphine (2008), Ursula Meier's Home (2008), and Andrew Kötting's Ivul (2009), and has appeared in numerous short films and stage roles.
Toto Bona Lokua is a studio album by French songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gerald Toto, Cameroonian jazz musician Richard Bona, and Congolese singer-songwriter Lokua Kanza. It was released on April 20, 2004 through No Format!.
Grenadian Creole is a variety of Antillean Creole. In Grenada and among Grenadians, it is referred to as Patois.
William Tai, known professionally as Malik, was a Belgian comic book artist.
"Rien que de l'eau" is a 1992 pop song recorded by French singer Véronique Sanson. Written by Bernard Swell and Sanson with a music composed by Swell, it was the lead single from her tenth studio album Sans Regrets, on which it appears as the fourth track, and was released in June 1992. It was a top ten in France and was heavily aired on radio, and became one of Sanson's most famous songs.
