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Tous les garçons et les filles

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

French singer Françoise Hardy was born on January 17, 1944. She got a guitar as a present for passing her baccalauréat exam. While a student at the Sorbonne, she signed with a record label and began to record in the … Continue reading →

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J’aime mieux vivre en enfer que mourir en paradis

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Barbara, possibly the last representative of the French Chanson style of music, was born on June 9, 1930. Her real name was Monique Andrée Serf, and her early life was simply horrible. When she was ten, her Jewish family started … Continue reading →

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