Hank Brian Marvin is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows.
Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer best known for her work in French music. She was the younger sister of Taj Mahal.
Victoires de la Musique are an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and Victoires du Jazz.
Matthieu Chedid is a French multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
Jean-Jacques Pascal, known professionally as Pascal Danel, was a French pop singer and composer.
Lucien Voulzy, better known as Laurent Voulzy, is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician.
Axel Bauer is a French singer, composer, guitarist, and actor, born in Paris. A figure of the French rock scene, he was discovered in 1983 with the song "Cargo". Several times awarded a gold record, he has sold three million records and performed nearly 700 concerts in France and Europe.
Olivier Manchion is a French musician.
Catherine Lara is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre. She has released 26 studio albums, contributed music to numerous television and film productions, and helped stage and produce many theatrical works. Lara is openly lesbian.
Patrick Leguidecoq is a guitarist who specializes in gypsy jazz.
Pierre-Jean Porro was an influential French classical guitarist, composer and music publisher.
The Lame Devil is a 1948 French black-and-white historical film written and directed by Sacha Guitry. A biography of the titular French diplomat Talleyrand (1754–1838), it stars Guitry in the lead role. Originally forbidden by the French censor and turned into a play, the film went on to be released into six languages.
Jean Pierre "Matelo" Ferret was a French musette and gypsy jazz guitarist and composer. He was an associate of Django Reinhardt and the youngest brother of guitarists Baro and Sarane Ferret. He recorded with his own sextet in Paris in the 1940s and continued performing there, with occasional recording sessions, until his death in 1989. He was noted for a musical style that incorporated Russian and Hungarian influences and lived long enough to see a resurgence of interest in gypsy jazz in which he was recognised as one of the great surviving players of the genre. Two of his sons, Boulou and Elios Ferré, continue to play a more modern and individualistic form of gypsy jazz-based guitar music in Paris.
Laurent Petitgirard is a French classical composer and conductor.
"Kilimandjaro", sometimes known as "Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro" is a famous French-language song by French singer Pascal Danel released in 1966. It was considered one of the definitive French songs of the 1960s, Danel's biggest hit, and one of the most-broadcast French songs on French radio. The lyrics were written by Michel Delancray and the music was composed by Danel himself. The arrangement of the song was by Laurent Voulzy. The song was certified platinum, topping the French charts, and it has been the subject of tens of cover versions in many languages. The song did make an appearance on the Canadian RPM French charts.
Chico & the Gypsies is a French Gitano band that plays Catalan rumba, flamenco, Latin pop, and Latin rock. It is led by Chico Bouchikhi, one of the founders of the Gipsy Kings. A year after leaving that band, in 1991, he formed the Gypsies in his hometown of Arles.
Marc Robert Favart was a French actor, married to Jenny Carré, daughter of Albert Carré.
Jacques Erwin was a French film and stage actor. Erwin was born in Paris, France. He was known for his roles in Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938), Les cinq gentlemen maudits (1931), and Katia (1938). He died on April 7, 1957 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.
Éric Pénicaud is a French classical composer, classical guitarist and improviser.
Arnaud Dumond is a French classical guitarist, composer and teacher.
