Véronique Sanson (category Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
and most prominent members of the Seventies "Nouvelle chanson française" ("New French chanson"), alongside Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Jacques...
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Jane Birkin (category Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
written by Gainsbourg: Di doo dah (1973), Lolita Go Home (1975) and Ex fan des sixties (1978). She took a break from acting in 1971–1972, but returned as...
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(about half of the album) 1977: Rock'n rose – Alain Chamfort 1978: Ex fan des sixties – Jane Birkin 1980: Guerre et pets – Jacques Dutronc (about two-thirds...
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more of an electropop and rock feel, rather than the soft synthpop and chanson influences of the first one, including English versions of four songs....
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Anna Karina (category Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
with Philippe Katerine, followed by a concert tour. In 2005, she released Chansons de films, a collection of songs sung in movies. Karina wrote four novels:...
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Amanda Lear (category Recipients of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
cover of Eric "Monty" Morris's early ska hit "Solomon Gundie" and the chanson-esque "Le Chat de gouttière", the latter with both music and lyrics written...
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released the song "The Lighthouse" on French producer Hector Zazou's album Chansons des mers froides (which translates to Songs from the Cold Seas), with jazz...
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trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 2011), pp. 6–7. Regnault, Histoire des sacres et couronnemens...
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films (BFI database) Site Internet du Fan Club Officiel France FDS Forum de Discussion SHADSMUSIC autre Forum de Discussion Le site des Shadowmaniacs...
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(in German) Rolf Harris: Serial abuser and ex-entertainer dies aged 93 Stuart Slater, lead singer of Sixties beat group the Mojos who became a record label...
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French fans. In 1941, Maurice Chevalier performed a new revue in the Casino de Paris: Bonjour Paris. The songs Ça sent si bon la France and La Chanson du...
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musicians included Jiannan Gu (顾剑楠) on the bansuri, Ashley Blasse and Ye Fan (范晔) on the classical guitar, and Stephanie Gonley and Ming Liu (柳鸣) on the...
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towards transgender people in the Middle Ages. The fourteenth-century chanson de geste Tristan de Nanteuil details how Blanchandin was physically transformed...
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