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| She was born in ] on ], ], as '''Isabelle Gall'''. | She was born in ] on ], ], as '''Isabelle Gall'''. | ||
| In ] she represented ] in the ] with the song "]", and took first place. It was the first time a non-ballad had won the contest, and was nominated as one the 14 finalists in the race to be named as the most popular Eurovision song of all time at a special 50th anniversary contest in ], ], 2005. Today France Gall has disassociated herself with the contest, and refuses to discuss it in public, or perform her winning song. In ] she topped the pop charts in many countries with "]", a tribute to ]. | In ] she represented ] in the ] with the Serge Gainsbourg penned song "]", and took first place. It was the first time a non-ballad had won the contest, and was nominated as one the 14 finalists in the race to be named as the most popular Eurovision song of all time at a special 50th anniversary contest in ], ], 2005. Today France Gall has disassociated herself with the contest, and refuses to discuss it in public, or perform her winning song. In ] she topped the pop charts in many countries with "]", a tribute to ]. | ||
| She became popular in ] during the ], singing songs such as "]" by ] and her success crossed over to the ]. She was considered to be France's equivalent to ] in the ] and ] in the UK. | She became popular in ] during the ], singing songs such as "]" by ] and her success crossed over to the ]. She was considered to be France's equivalent to ] in the ] and ] in the UK. | ||
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France Gall is a French singer.
She was born in Paris on October 7, 1947, as Isabelle Gall.
In 1965 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the Serge Gainsbourg penned song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", and took first place. It was the first time a non-ballad had won the contest, and was nominated as one the 14 finalists in the race to be named as the most popular Eurovision song of all time at a special 50th anniversary contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005. Today France Gall has disassociated herself with the contest, and refuses to discuss it in public, or perform her winning song. In 1988 she topped the pop charts in many countries with "Ella, elle l'a", a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.
She became popular in France during the 1960s, singing songs such as "Les Sucettes" by Serge Gainsbourg and her success crossed over to the UK. She was considered to be France's equivalent to Lesley Gore in the United States of America and Twinkle in the UK.
Discography
Singles
- "Ne sois pas si bête" (September 1963)
- "Laisse tomber les filles" (1964)
- "Sacré Charlemagne" (1964)
- "N'écoute pas les idoles" (1964)
- "Laisse tomber les filles" (1964)
- "Attends ou va-t'en" (1965)
- "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965)
- "Baby pop" (1966)
- "Les sucettes" (1966)
- "Bébé requin" (1967)
- "Toi que je veux" (1967)
- "La déclaration" (May 1974)
- "Mais aime la" (October 1974)
- "Comment lui dire?" (1975)
- "Ce soir je ne dors pas" (April 1976)
- "Ca balance pas mal à Paris" (with Michel Berger) (June 1976)
- "Musique" (May 1977)
- "Si, maman si" (October 1977)
- "Le meilleur de soi-même" (January 1978)
- "Viens je t'emmène" (March 1978)
- "Besoin d'amour" (January 1979)
- "Il jouait du piano debout" (June 1980)
- "Bébé, comme la vie" (October 1980)
- "Les Aveux / Donner pour donner" (duet with Elton John, October 1980)
- "Tout pour la musique / Résiste" (October 1981)
- "Amor También (Tout le monde chante)" (May 1982)
- "Débranche" (6 April 1984)
- "Hong Kong Star" (17 September 1984)
- "Calypso" (4 February 1985)
- "Cézanne peint" (20 May 1985)
- "Babacar" (3 April 1987)
- "Ella, elle l'a" (24 August 1987)
- "Évidemment" (7 March 1988)
- "Papillon de nuit" (12 September 1988)
- "La chanson d'Azima" (20 March 1989)
- "Laissez passez les rêves" (29 May 1992)
- "Superficiel et léger" (12 October 1992)
- "Les élans du coeur" (15 January 1993)
- "Mademoiselle Chang (live)" (6 May 1993)
- "Si, maman si (live)" (5 November 1993)
- "Il jouait du piano debout (live)" (December 1993)
- "La négresse blonde (live)" (2 February 1994)
- "Paradis Blanc (live)" (15 March 1994)
- "Les princes des villes" (14 November 1994)
- "Plus haut" (15 March 1996)
- "Privée d'amour" (5 November 1996)
- "Message personnel" (25 October 1996)
- "Résiste (remix)" (14 February 1997)
- "Attends ou va-t'en (live)" (15 May 1997)
- "La seule chose qui compte" (20 August 2004)
Albums
- France Gall (6 January 1976)
- Dancing disco (27 April 1977)
- France Gall Live (live album, 9 November 1978)
- Starmania (various artists) (16 October 1978)
- Paris, France (19 May 1980)
- Tout pour la musique (10 December 1981)
- Palais des Sports (live album, 4 November 1982)
- Débranche (2 April 1984)
- France Gall au Zénith (live album, 4 February 1985)
- Babacar (19 February 1987)
- Le Tour de France 88 (live album, 7 November 1988)
- Double jeu (with Michel Berger, 12 June 1992)
- Simple je (Débranchée à Bercy 93) (live album, 29 October 1993)
- Simple je (Rebranchée à Bercy 93) (live album, 28 January 1994)
- France (29 March 1996)
- Concert public (Olympia) / concert privé (concert acoustique) (24 April 1997)
- Best of France Gall (compilation, 15 June 2004)
- Évidemment (compilation, 7 October 2004)
External links
| Preceded byGigliola Cinquetti | Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 |
Succeeded byUdo Jürgens |