Gold (band)

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Gold
Origin Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Genres Pop
Years active1982–present
MembersLucien Crémadès
Alain Llorca
Bernard Mazauric
Etienne Salvador
Emile Wandelmer

Gold is a French music band from Toulouse, which enjoyed considerable success in the Francophone world in the 1980s.

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History

Gold was originally composed of five musicians : Lucien Crémadès (guitar, vocals), Alain Llorca (bass, vocals), Bernard Mazauric (keyboards), Etienne Salvador (drums) and lead singer/guitarist Emile Wandelmer. [1]

The group first rose to prominence with the 1985 release of "Plus près des étoiles", and continued to impact on the French pop charts with songs including "Capitaine abandonné" (n°1 in 1986), [2] "Ville de lumière" and "Laissez-nous chanter". Wandelmer left the group in 1990, going on to join Images eight years later, [3] although the remaining members of Gold continued recording.

Gold is one of the only French groups to have made France's SNEP Top 10 five consecutive times between 1985 and 1987. [4]

Discography

Albums

Singles

YearTitlePeak positions
FR
1982"Tropicana" –
1984"Plus près des étoiles"2
"A Little Closer to Freedom" (English version of "Plus près des étoiles") –
1985"Capitaine abandonné"1
"Sail Away" (English version of "Capitaine abandonné") –
1986"Ville de lumière"2
1987"Laissez-nous chanter"6
"Calicoba"8

Other hits and singles

Source: [5]

Videography

Awards

In November 1986, the band were named 'Best Newcomer' at the annual Victoires de la musique ceremony.

References

  1. ↑ "Gold - Biographie : Naissance, parcours, famille…".
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Gold - Capitaine abandonné". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. ↑ Biography (in French)
  4. ↑ Gold discography and peak positions in France Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 7, 2008)
  5. ↑ Lescharts.com