Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan Vartanian really Sylvia ( Wart Anjan ) ( born August 15, 1944 in Iskrez in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a popular French chanson and pop singer and actress Bulgarian- Armenian and Hungarian origin. She is the sister of musician Eddie Vartan (1937-2001), who contributed among other things, with numerous arrangements and compositions to her career. She is also the aunt of actor Michael Vartan and the ex- wife of French rock musician Johnny Hallyday. Since 1984 she is married to the American TV entrepreneur Tony Scotti, with whom she has adopted a Bulgarian orphan.
Biography
Sylvie Vartan came to Paris in 1952. In 1961 she took at the age of 17 years along with Frankie Jordan on their first record Panne d'essence. Here, the artist still sounded very childish. In January 1962 she had her first big hit in the French charts: Quand le film est triste. At the same time was her future husband Johnny Hallyday with the song Retiens la nuit at number one. The two married in 1965. From this marriage that ended in divorce in 1980, dates back to the 1966-born son David Hallyday, who is also a singer and actor.
Vartan was in the 1960s as a teen idol in France. Est - ce que tu le sais? , Tous mes copains, Dansons (all 1962), De la pluie écoutant, I'm Watching You, Si je chante, la la la (1963 ), La plus belle pour danser all, Sha - la -la, L' homme en noir (1964 ), Dans tes bras, Cette lettre - là Quand la nuit revient (1965 ), Mr. John B, Ballade pour un sourire (1966 ), par amour, par pitié, 2 ' 35 " de bonheur, Un peu de tendresse, moi (1967 ), L' oiseau, Baby Capone, Irrésistiblement (1968), On a besoin d'un homme toutes, Face au soleil, Apprends -moi (1969 ) were some of her many hits. they corresponded to the spirit of the time and had little in common, on the sat at the same time as Barbara or Mireille Mathieu with the classic chanson. Sylvie Vartan music was rooted more in the pop and beat music of the 60s and the hit. often they took international hits in French on - such as Little Eva the Locomotion - Le Locomotion (1962 ) So it was the first top star of the so-called Yéyé Girls ( French teenage pop movement of the 60s ). .
Vartan took several attempts to conquer the German market plate. Even if they gained a certain popularity, they fell far short of the success of Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Sheila, and above all Mireille Mathieu. Also English plates, which were published in the U.S. and the UK, the singer were not able to achieve a breakthrough in the local charts. Only once she made the jump to the leaderboards: 1984 she sang along with John Denver duet Love Again and landed at number 85 of the U.S. charts. But she succeeded in Italy a career in the late 60s and early 70s. During this time she placed many hits in the Italian language in the charts and became a regular on the local television. She had even there own TV show.
In France, they remained successful. In the 70s she moved several times Image and genre. Whether pop, folk, disco, cabaret, musical - the singer slipped into a wide variety of roles and was able to make one of the most successful French-speaking careers. She also devoted herself again to acting. Your studio album from 2004 was simply titled after her, Sylvie. In 2005, the live album Live au Palais des Congrès in 2004 came on the market. In 2007 she released the album Nouvelle Vague, which builds with catchy pop and disco numbers on Vartan best traditions.
Discography
Studio albums ( as of 1995 )
Filmography
Others
- On the cover of the Lupo - Comics Issue 28/1965