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France Gall

France Gall (October 9, 1947) is a French singer.

She was born in Paris as Isabelle Gall. In 1965 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the Serge Gainsbourg-penned song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", and took first place.

It was the first time a non-ballad had won the contest, and was nominated as one the 14 finalists in the race to be named as the most popular Eurovision song of all time at a special 50th anniversary contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005.

She was married to the French songwriter and performer Michel Berger.

Today France Gall has disassociated herself with the contest, and refuses to discuss it in public, or perform her winning song.

In 1988 she topped the pop charts in many countries with "Ella, elle l'a", a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.

She became popular in France during the 1960s, singing songs such as "Les Sucettes" by Serge Gainsbourg (although she was reportedly horrified to learn that Gainsbourg had deliberately written the song to have multiple references to fellatio), and her success crossed over to the UK. She was considered to be France's equivalent to Lesley Gore in the United States of America and Twinkle in the UK.

She survived a battle with breast cancer.

Contents

1 Discography

1.1 Singles
1.2 Albums

2 External links

Discography

Singles

"Ne sois pas si bête" Stand a little closer (October 1963)
"N'écoute pas les idoles" (1964)
"Jazz à gogo" (1964)
"Laisse tomber les filles" (1964)
"Sacré Charlemagne" (1964)
"Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965)
"Attends ou va-t'en" (1965)
"Nous ne sommes pas des anges" & "L'Amérique" (1965)
"Baby pop" (1966)
"Les Sucettes" (1966)
"Néfertiti" (1967)
"Bébé requin" (1967)
"Toi que je veux" (1967)
"Le Temps du tempo" 1968
"Y'a du soleil à vendre" 1968
"24 / 36" (1968)
"Homme tout petit" (1969)
"Les Années folles" (1969)
"Baci, baci, baci" (1969)
"Zozoï" (1970)
"Les Éléphants" (1970)
"C'est cela l'amour" (1971)
"Chasse neige" (1971)
"Frankenstein" (1972)
"5 minutes d'amour" (1972)
"Plus haut que moi" (1973)
"La déclaration" (May 1974)
"Mais, aime-la" (October 1974)
"Comment lui dire?" (1975)
"Ce soir je ne dors pas" (April 1976)
"Ça balance pas mal à Paris" (with Michel Berger) (June 1976)
"Musique" (May 1977)
"Si, maman si" (October 1977)
"Le meilleur de soi-même" (January 1978)
"Viens je t'emmène" (March 1978)
"Besoin d'amour" (January 1979)
"Il jouait du piano debout" (June 1980)
"Bébé, comme la vie" (October 1980)
"Les Aveux / Donner pour donner" (duet with Elton John, October 1980)
"Tout pour la musique / Résiste" (October 1981)
"Amor También (Tout le monde chante)" (May 1982)
"Débranche" (6 April 1984)
"Hong Kong Star" (17 September 1984)
"Calypso" (4 February 1985)
"Cézanne peint" (20 May 1985)
"Babacar" (3 April 1987)
"Ella, elle l'a" (24 August 1987)
"Évidemment" (7 March 1988)
"Papillon de nuit" (12 September 1988)
"La chanson d'Azima" (20 March 1989)
"Laissez passez les rêves" (29 May 1992)
"Superficiel et léger" (12 October 1992)
"Les élans du coeur" (15 January 1993)
"Mademoiselle Chang (live)" (6 May 1993)
"Si, maman si (live)" (5 November 1993)
"Il jouait du piano debout (live)" (December 1993)
"La négresse blonde (live)" (2 February 1994)
"Paradis Blanc (live)" (15 March 1994)
"Les princes des villes" (14 November 1994)
"Plus haut" (15 March 1996)
"Privée d'amour" (5 November 1996)
"Message personnel" (25 October 1996)
"Résiste (remix)" (14 February 1997)
"Attends ou va-t'en (live)" (15 May 1997)
"Zozoï" (2003) - Republication of the original title of 1970 by [Jazzman Records]
"La seule chose qui compte" (20 August 2004)

Albums

France Gall (6 January 1976)
Dancing disco (27 April 1977)
France Gall Live (live album, 9 November 1978)
Starmania (various artists) (16 October 1978)
Paris, France (19 May 1980)
Tout pour la musique (10 December 1981)
Palais des Sports (live album, 4 November 1982)
Débranche (2 April 1984)
France Gall au Zénith (live album, 4 February 1985)
Babacar (19 February 1987)
Le Tour de France 88 (live album, 7 November 1988)
Double jeu (with Michel Berger, 12 June 1992)
Simple je (Débranchée à Bercy 93) (live album, 29 October 1993)
Simple je (Rebranchée à Bercy 93) (live album, 28 January 1994)
Pleyel (live album, concert recorded in 1994, published in December 2005)
France (29 March 1996)
Concert public (live, Olympia 1996) & Concert privé (Concert acoustique TV M6 1997) (24 April 1997)
Best of France Gall (compilation, 15 June 2004)
Évidemment (compilation, 7 October 2004)

External links

Eurovision winners
1950s	Lys Assia > Corry Brokken \| André Claveau \| Teddy Scholten
1960s	Jacqueline Boyer > Jean-Claude Pascal \| Isabelle Aubret \| Grethe & Jørgen Ingman \| Gigliola Cinquetti \| France Gall \| Udo Jürgens \| Sandie Shaw \| Massiel \| Frida Boccara \| Lenny Kuhr \| Lulu \| Salomé
1970s	Dana > Sévèrine \| Vicky Leandros \| Anne-Marie David \| ABBA \| Teach-In \| Brotherhood of Man \| Marie Myriam \| Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta \| Gali Atari
1980s	Johnny Logan > Bucks Fizz \| Nicole \| Corinne Hermès \| Herreys \| Bobbysocks \| Sandra Kim \| Johnny Logan \| Céline Dion \| Riva
1990s	Toto Cutugno > Carola \| Linda Martin \| Niamh Kavanagh \| Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan \| Secret Garden \| Eimear Quinn \| Katrina and the Waves \| Dana International \| Charlotte Nilsson
2000s	Olsen Brothers > Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL \| Marie N \| Sertab Erener \| Ruslana \| Elena Paparizou \| Lordi

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