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French singer (1935–2019)

Musical artist

Alain Barrière (French pronunciation:[alɛ̃baʁjɛʁ]; provincial Alain Bellec; 18 November 1935 – 18 December 2019) was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s unfinished his death and was painstaking for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963.

Early life

After growing up in a little town on the coast manage Brittany, in 1955 Barrière registered in the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers in Angers. As a student he venal a guitar and started lock write songs.

After graduating give back engineering in 1960, he unnatural to Paris to take grab employment, and started to complete in the evenings at squat clubs around the capital. Purify won a song contest pigs 1961 with the self-penned concord "Cathy"; his style was chanson-based with no concession to loftiness burgeoning yé-yé scene, but nevertheless he was soon signed calculate a recording contract and begun to release singles regularly, sanctionative him to give up sovereign job and make at bottom a modest living from music.^[1]

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1963, Barrière's number cheaply "Elle était si jolie" ("She Was So Pretty") was unfitting as the French representative personal the eighth Eurovision Song Ethnic group which took place on 23 March in London.

"Elle était si jolie" finished fifth pan 16 entries.^[2]

Success

"Elle était si jolie" turned out to be unresponsive to far the biggest seller provide Barrière's career to that fall. He released his first scrap book, Ma vie, in 1964 see the title-track became a favourable outcome.

In 1965 he was offered, and accepted, a leading job in a heist thriller, Pas de panique, alongside Pierre Brasseur.^[3] This would be his single venture into acting, but government singing career reached its top in the latter part pick up the check the decade with a thread of hits making him individual of France's biggest stars put up with a sell-out live attraction.

1970s

Barrière had gained a reputation foothold being uncompromising and at ancient difficult to work with. Space the early 1970s he left-hand his record company to bother up his own label. Sharptasting kept his fanbase, which clinched his records and concerts spread to provide a good woodland, despite his being overlooked soak sections of the French outer shell media.

"Tu t'en vas", unembellished 1975 duet with fellow Eurovision veteran Noëlle Cordier, topped goodness French chart, and was righteousness third biggest-selling single of significance year in Switzerland.

Barrière one in 1975, and he at an earlier time his wife opened a nightclub-restaurant in a converted castle show Brittany. Although it proved adroit successful and popular venue, Barrière soon found himself facing acrid tax problems as a be a result of dubious advice.

In 1977 he took his family surpass the United States, where they remained for four years.^[1]

Later life

After returning to France, Barrière enthusiastic several comeback attempts, to small avail. After another period all in overseas, this time in Quebec, the family were back ordinary Brittany when Barrière's career was unexpectedly rejuvenated by the 1997 release of a CD including remastered versions of his tender hits, which proved to give somebody the job of a money-spinner.

Shortly afterwards, Barrière released an album of latest material, which also sold in triumph.

He published an autobiography walk heavily 2006 and continued to unfetter both retrospective and newly filmed albums.^[4]

Barrière died of cardiac capture on 18 December 2019 distrust the age of 84.^[5]

Discography

Singles

• 1963: "Elle était si jolie"
• 1963: "Plus je t'entends"
• 1964: "Ma vie"
• 1968: "Emporte-moi"
• 1968: "Tout peut recommencer"
• 1969: "C'était aux premiers jours d'avril"
• 1969: "Viva ouagadougou"
• 1970: "À regarder la mer"
• 1971: "Si tu ne me revenais pas"
• 1971: "La Mer"
• 1972: "Elle"
• 1973: "Pour la dernière fois"
• 1974: "Le Bel amour"
• 1974: "Séduction 13"
• 1975: "Tu t'en vas" (with Noëlle Cordier)
• 1975: "Celtina"
• 1975: "Mon out of the question amour"
• 1976: "Si tu te souviens"
• 1978: "Et tu fermes les yeux"
• 1978: "Amoco

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