Françoise Hardy

Françoise Madeleine Hardy ( born January 17, 1944 in Paris ) is a French Yéyé and pop singer, songwriter, composer and film actress.

Life and work

In November 1961 Françoise Hardy signed her first recording contract at the company Vogue and in April 1962, shortly after passing the Abitur, they released their first record " Oh Oh Chéri ", a title that had been written by Johnny Hallyday lyricist duo especially for them. However, then brought the B-side Tous les garçons et les filles - a tender song about boys and girls of her age who are looking for love - the big success. In the then popular youth program of France, Salut les copains the radio station Europe 1, she made her debut in 1962 with this song, which was sold in a very short time after this performance over two million times.

There followed a string of hits, most of them texted by itself and were composed. She played her songs also in English, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese. 1963 Françoise Hardy went the Euro Vision Song Contest with L' amour s'en va for Monaco at the start and finished fifth. In 1968 she was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque Schallplattenpreis de l' Académie Charles Cros.

Obtained also in Germany often dressed in jeans and leather jacket, long-haired Frenchwoman attention. In 1965, she appeared on German television in a truck produced by Branss own show called portrait in music, which was also released by Vogue on LP. The Chanson Ask the evening breeze touched the romantic side of the German teenager. The readers of the youth magazine Bravo chose Françoise Hardy in 1966 to become the second most popular singer (Silver Bravo Otto ). A tour through Germany was the result.

Were in accordance with a fashion at that time three of their records as a double bill with Udo Jürgens published (one page he, the others ). However, even though they met several times, there was no musical collaboration.

Later, however, Hardy was these early years in artistic terms as so poor that they tried to prevent a re-release of the songs over the years. 2001 then appeared but 50 songs from that time on a compilation.

Hardy made ​​concert tours in England and Austria. At the 1970 released LP dreams appeared a movie clip. In it she played Marlene Dietrich as a femme fatale in a black costume with fishnet stockings and a long cigarette holder. You said it was a tribute to the great diva and she would want so that also express their appreciation of the German language, which she is fluent.

Your huge popularity remained in France until well into the 70s and 80s, even though they occurred only rarely in front of a large audience because of her stage fright after 1968. 1981 married Françoise Hardy her longtime friend and fellow artist Jacques Dutronc, with whom she has since 1973 a son ( Thomas Dutronc ). In May 2000, she succeeded with the album Clair Obscur, which has already achieved six figure sales in France a few weeks after publication of a comeback. On the album she is accompanied by her son on the guitar; it also includes a duet with each Dutronc - successful as a single Puisque vous partez en voyage - and with Iggy Pop ( I'll Be Seeing You ) and Étienne Daho. In March 2005 another album called Tant de belles choses and in November 2006 released the album Parenthèses .... In spring 2010, finally came out the album La pluie sans parapluie.

Françoise Hardy lives near Paris.

Discography

Known songs

  • Tous les garçons et les filles (1962), German version: Peter and Lou (1963 )
  • J'suis d'accord (1962), German version: I say yes (1965 )
  • Le premier bonheur du jour (1963 )
  • I get you on the roof (1963 )
  • L' amour s'en va, German version: The love goes (1963 )
  • Mon amie la rose (1964 )
  • Ce petit coeur (1965 )
  • Ask the Evening Wind (1965 )
  • Rendez -vous d' automne (1966 )
  • La maison où j'ai grandi (1966 ), Text: Eddy Marnay, music by Adriano Celentano, L. Beretta, M. Delprete ( Il ragazzo della via Gluck )
  • The changerais d' avis (1966 )
  • Then you 're in love (1966 )
  • Comment te dire adieu (1968 ), French text by Serge Gainsbourg, German Version: What do I do without you (1970 )
  • Listen to the Night Wind (1970 )
  • Pacific Heights (1970 )

Albums

  • Tous les garçons et les filles (1962 )
  • Le premier bonheur du jour (1963 )
  • Mon amie la rose (1964 )
  • Je veux qu'il revienne (1964 )
  • Ce petit coer (1965 )
  • L' amitié (1965 )
  • Françoise Hardy in Germany (1965 )
  • Portrait in Music ( 1965)
  • La maison où j'ai grandi (1966 )
  • Françoise Hardy In English ( 1966)
  • The changeais d' avis (1966 )
  • Ma jeunesse fout le camp (1967 )
  • Comment te dire adieu? (1968)
  • Françoise Hardy en anglais (1969 )
  • Dreams (1970 )
  • Soleil (1970 )
  • Françoise ( 1970)
  • Point ( 1970)
  • Viens (1970 )
  • La question (1971 )
  • Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972 )
  • If You Listen (1972 )
  • L' eclairage (1972 )
  • If You Listen (1972 )
  • Message Personnel ( 1973)
  • Entr'acte (1974 )
  • Star (1977 )
  • J'écoute de la musique Saoule (1978 )
  • Musique Saoule (1978 )
  • Gin Tonic ( 1980)
  • A SUIVRE (1981 )
  • Quelqu'un qui s'en va (1982 )
  • Décalages (1988 )
  • Le Danger ( 1996)
  • Clair Obscur (2000)
  • Ask the Evening Wind (2001)
  • Tant de belles choses (2004)
  • Parenthèses ... (2006)
  • La pluie sans parapluie (2010)
  • L' amour fou (2012 )

Filmography (selection)

Homage Grand Prix (1966 film) Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest Jacques Pills Minouche Barelli Dominique Dussault Maryon Integrated Authority File
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