Lucienne Boyer

Lucienne Boyer, actually Émilienne -Henriette Boyer, ( born August 18, 1903 in Paris, † December 6, 1983 ibid ) was a French singer.

Life and work

Lucienne Boyer was born in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris. She lost her father in the First World War. To help her family, she had to work in a munitions factory, but was "discovered" as a singer at the age of 13 years. After brief attempts at the theater she began 1916/1917 in cabarets, including the Théâtre de l' Athénée, to sing at the Concordia and in the l' Eldorado. They won their first successes with the soldiers songs Madelon and Le père la victoire. In 1927, she appeared in a concert at the side of the famous singer Félix Mayol ( 1872-1941 ). The American producer Lee Shubert (1871-1953) they immediately hired for performances on Broadway in New York City, where she spent nine months. Even after this stay, she returned back to continue performances on Broadway. A gramophone recording of their success song " Parlez -moi d' amour" ( Speak to me of Love) was born 1930. With this song, she won the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. In 1939, she married singer Jacques Pills ( 1906-1970 ), her daughter Jacqueline was born in 1941. She was also a singer and won the 1960 Grand Prix de l' Euro vision. Even at the age of 73 years Lucienne Boyer came together with her daughter on in the Olympia Music Hall and various television shows. In 1955 she published an autobiography under the title La gutter de Paris.

Known songs

• On trompe son mari ( from the operetta " La petite lady you train bleu ", music by Georges Van Parys, 1927)
• Parlez -moi d' amour. Words and Music by Jean Lenoir (1930 )
• Un amour comme le Nôtre. (Text: Axel Farel music. Charles Borel - Clerc 1935)
• Parti sans laisser d' adresse (J. Payrac - F. Gardoni - P. Dudan 1940)
• Berceuse ( music and lyrics: Bruno Coquatrix 1941)