Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, vast laser displays, large projections and fireworks.
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, better known by her stage name France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest. Between 1973 and 1992, she collaborated with singer-songwriter Michel Berger.
Michel Polnareff is a French singer-songwriter, who was popular in France from the mid-1960s until the early 1990s with his penultimate original album, Kāma-Sūtra. He is still critically acclaimed and occasionally tours in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Theodore Marcus Edwards was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the On n'est pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening since 2006.
Events from the year 1924 in France.
Events from the year 1969 in France.
Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, filmmaker, singer, and pianist. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she has established herself as an accomplished actress in the French film industry.
Le Grand Journal is a French nightly news and talk show television program that aired on Canal+ every weekday evening from 19:10 to 20:20. It debuted on August 30, 2004 and was created and hosted by Michel Denisot, succeeded by Antoine de Caunes and then later by Maïtena Biraben. Victor Robert took on the reins from 2016 to the program's end in 2017. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the program was broadcast on the premium channel Canal+, it was a non-encrypted program.
Laurent Stocker is a French theatre and cinema actor, and a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
Good Gravy! is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.
Back to Avalon is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1960 for the Contemporary label but the results were shelved and not released until 1995.
Salut les copains is a series of albums released through Universal Music France to commemorate the best of music featured in French scene as sponsored by the "Salut les copains" radio program in France and the French Salut les copains magazine. The tracks include French original singles, French-language covers of known hits as well as European and American hits popular in France. The track list is a representative wide selection of the "Yé-yé" generation of French music.
Events from the year 2016 in France.
Alain Jean-Marie is a French jazz pianist.
Éric Savin is a French film and TV actor.
Midnight Creeper is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1997 and released on the HighNote label.
Mississippi Lad is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards featuring Tom Waits on two tracks which was recorded in 1991 and originally released on the French Verve/Gitanes label in Europe and on Antilles Records in the US. The album was Edwards' first recording in a decade.
Tango in Harlem is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards recorded in 1995 and originally released on the French Verve/Gitanes label the following year.
Sonny Rollins at Music Inn/Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair is a live split album featuring saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Teddy Edwards, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958.
