Gilles Vigneault is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series based on the Père Castor series of children's story books produced by French publisher's editor Paul Faucher. The series which was produced by Cinar, originally aired from 1993 to 1995 and 2002 on the French channels Canal J and France 3, and later on the American channel Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block between 1994 and 1997.
Clément Janequin was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.
Gilles Marchal, born Gilles Pastre, was a French songwriter and singer who reached the height of his career during the 1970s.
"Le bon roi Dagobert" is a French satirical anti-monarchical and anti-clerical song written around 1787. It references two historical figures: the Merovingian king Dagobert I and his chief advisor, Saint Eligius (Éloi), the bishop of Noyon. The song is directed against Louis XVI and the ties maintained by the Catholic Church with the ancien régime, but it was used more broadly against monarchies in French history.
François Feldman is a French singer. He had a great success in the 1980s and the 1990s in France.
Frédéric François, is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium.
Les Chats Sauvages was a French rock and roll band, that was formed in 1961. Together with Les Chaussettes Noires, they were among the first outfits to perform rock and roll music in France.
Alain Poiré was a French film producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, and died in Neuilly-Sur-Seine.
Claude Dhotel, better known by his stage name C. Jérôme, was a French singer.
Yves Mirande was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.
Les Compagnons de la chanson were a French harmony vocal group, formed in 1946 from an earlier group founded in Lyon, France in 1941. Their best known song was "Les trois cloches" recorded with Edith Piaf in 1946. Consisting of eight or nine members in the group, they were popular in France, with some success internationally, and continued to perform until 1985.
Davide Cali is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in 25 countries and translated into many languages. He also writes under the pseudonyms Taro Miyazawa and Daikon.
Hollywood Girls : Une nouvelle vie en Californie, or simply Hollywood Girls, is a French soap opera created by Alexandre dos Santos, Jérémy Michalak, and Thibaut Vales for NRJ12. The series features an ensemble cast and follows a groups of French peoples who decided to start a new life in California, but their life is quickly disrupted by the diabolical Geny G and her husband, the Dr. David Moretti.
Georges Poubennec, better known under the name Georges Aber, was a French singer-songwriter.
"Baisez-moi" is a renaissance French chanson for 4 voices, anonymous in publication by Pierre Attaignant but attributed to the composer Josquin Desprez. The song was the model for masses by Petrus Roselli and the Missa Baises-moy by Mathurin Forestier.
Lucky Blondo is a French singer who was popular in the 1960s.
Michou is a Réunion singer. Daughter of the Réunionnais composer Narmine Ducap, she had her first séga hit in 1972 at the age of 12. After a long career, and many hit singles, with various bands she issued solo albums in the 1990s.
