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Encyclopedia > Isabelle Aubret

Isabelle Aubret (born Thérèse Coquerelle on July 27, 1938 in Lille, France) is a French singer. is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Lille (disambiguation). ...


Aubret won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 representing France and singing "Un premier amour" (A first love) with music composed by Claude-Henri Vic and lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade. In 1968, she returned to the contest, again representing France, finishing third, and singing "La source" (The spring) with music by Daniel Faure and lyrics by Henri Dijan, and Guy Bonnet. Eurovision redirects here. ...


Aubret was a participant in the French national heats for Eurovision in others years. Her first attempt was in 1961 with the songs Le gars de n'importe où. She was awarded second place. Another runner-up spot came Aubret's way in 1970 when she teamed up with Daniel Bératta for the song Olivier, Olivia. Not so successful was her 1976 effort, Je te connais déjà which finished sixth out of seven songs in the second semi-final. Aubret's final challenge for Eurovision was in 1983 with the patriotic France, France which took her to third place.


Trivia

  • Aubret won the French national gymnastics championship in 1952.

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Partial discography

  • 1969: Isabelle Aubret
  • 1981: Liberté
  • 1984: Le monde chante
  • 1987: Vague à l'homme
  • 1989: 1989
  • 1990: Vivre en flèche
  • 1990: Allez allez la vie (live concert album)
  • 1991: In love
  • 1992: Coups de cœur
  • 1992: Isabelle Aubret chante Aragon
  • 1993: Isabelle Aubret chante Ferrat
  • 1993: C'est le bonheur
  • 1995: Elle vous aime (compilation album)
  • 1995: Isabelle Aubret chante Brel
  • 1997: Isabelle Aubret chante pour les petits et les grands
  • 1997: Changer le monde
  • 1999: Parisabelle
  • 2001: Le paradis des musiciens
  • 2001: Bobino 2001 (live concert album)

Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982), French historian, poet and novelist. ... Jean Ferrat, author, poet and singer, born 26 December 1930. ... Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (French IPA: ) (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter. ...

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Preceded by
Jean-Claude Pascal
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
1962
Succeeded by
Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann

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CMT.com : Isabelle Aubret : Biography (489 words)
French vocalist Isabelle Aubret had risen to the upper echelon of French pop music when an auto accident in 1963 changed her life.
The fifth of 11 children born to a Ukrainian mother and a French father, she began working at the age of 14 as a spinner in the mill where her father served as foreman.
Aubret continued to be plagued by bad luck, however.
Isabelle Aubret - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (140 words)
Isabelle Aubret (born Thérèse Coquerelle on July 27, 1938 in Lille, France) is a French singer.
Aubret won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 representing France and singing "Un premier amour" (A first love) with music composed by Claude-Henri Vic and lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade.
Aubret won the French national gymnastics championship in 1958.
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