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    Jacques Romain Georges Brel (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔmɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ bʁɛl] ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed...
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  • "Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave...
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  • Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel. Brel's songs were translated into English by Eric Blau...
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  • pas" ("Don't leave me") is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also...
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    Jacques Brel's career spanned over three decades and encompassed a number of singles, EPs, 10" albums and 12" LPs. His songs were often repackaged and...
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  • Brel may refer to: Andrew Brel (born Andreas Broulidakis 28 September 1960), UK music producer Jacques Brel (1929-1978), French-speaking Belgian singer...
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  • Jacky) is a song written by the Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel and Gérard Jouannest. Brel recorded the song on 2 November 1965, and it was released...
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  • Jacques Brel 67 is Jacques Brel's tenth studio album. Originally released in 1967 by Barclay (B 8024), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under...
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    compositions. McKuen's translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence in...
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  • Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jacques Brel and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel...
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  • Jacques Brel et ses chansons, later released as Grand Jacques, is the début album by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. The original album was released...
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  • Les Marquises (English: The Marquesas) is Jacques Brel's fourteenth and final album. Also known as Brel, the album was released 17 November 1977 by Barclay...
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  • an author and is best known as the creator of the Off Broadway show Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Blau was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
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  • Seasons in the Sun (category Songs written by Jacques Brel)
    1961 Belgian song "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen portraying a...
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  • footballer Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian singer and songwriter Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), Dutch field hockey player and coach Jacques-Yves Cousteau...
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  • Pain in the A__) is a 1973 French-Italian black comedy film, starring Jacques Brel, appearing in his tenth and final feature film. Directed by Édouard Molinaro...
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  • Ufo361 "Next", by The Weeknd from Echoes of Silence "Au suivant", by Jacques Brel from Les Bonbons, 1966; recorded in an English-language version as "Next"...
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  • was to sing the works of Jacques Brel. Friends helped him to record an album in summer 1988. The best Dutch translator of Brel songs, Ernst van Altena...
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  • (English: The middle class) is the sixth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released on Barclay Records on 15 March...
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  • Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a 1975 French/Canadian musical film directed by Denis Héroux. The screenplay by Eric Blau is an adaptation...
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  • Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel is a compilation of Jacques Brel compositions recorded by Scott Walker during the period of 1967 to 1969. The compilation...
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    English adaptation of a song written by Belgian composer and singer Jacques Brel in 1961. Jacks is also an environmental activist, focused on pulp mill...
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  • leave me) is Jacques Brel's thirteenth studio album. Released in 1972 by Barclay (80145), the album features re-recordings of many of Brel's best-known...
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  • If You Go Away (category Songs written by Jacques Brel)
    of the 1959 Jacques Brel song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen. Created as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work, "If You...
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  • Au printemps (album) (category Jacques Brel albums)
    (English: In the Spring) is the third studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jacques Brel 3, the original record was released in 1958. The album...
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    with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career...
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  • J'arrive (category Jacques Brel albums)
    J'arrive (English: I'm arriving) is Jacques Brel's eleventh studio album. Originally released in 1968 by Barclay (80373), the album was reissued on 23...
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    actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the original cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris onstage and as Paco in the film...
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    an actor, Kavanagh played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s (alongside his sister...
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  • La Valse à mille temps (category Jacques Brel albums)
    (English: The Waltz With A Thousand Beats) is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in...
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