Lucien Voulzy (, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy (), is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician.

Life and career

Voulzy was born in

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. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus before joining Pascal Danel as guitarist from 1969 to 1974. However, he is best known for his collaborative songwriting efforts with singer-songwriter Alain Souchon and his solo singing career, which spanned several successful singles and albums. Voulzy had an international hit with the song " Rockollection". The French lyrics were interspersed with some lines from classic rock hits after the chorus.
His major hits also include the singles " Paradoxal Système" (which reached the French Top 10), "Le Soleil Donne" – sung in French,

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– and the

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"Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/" Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without

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"; a song inspired by the chart-topping English singer). Other songs entered the French charts ("Bopper en larmes", "Le coeur Grenadine", "Désir, désir", etc.).
Voulzy also enjoys success in

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; and although being a French artist, his songs often contain multiple languages (including lyrics in English, Spanish, Portuguese,

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, etc.). In 2005, he co-produced and co-composed

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's second album '' Histoires Naturelles''. Voulzy had a huge hit with his album ''La Septième Vague'' which reached number one in 2006. Featured on the album is a cover of the

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hit "

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", recorded as a duet with Irish singer

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. The song was released as a single and was also included on

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' greatest hits album '' Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection''. He recorded in 2007 a duet with the French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel on his hit album ''Guitar Connection 2''. The song hit the French charts at No. 7 in 2008. For his 2011 album, ''Lys and Love'', Voulzy recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with English singer

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. In 2007, He toured France.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

*1977: " Rockollection" *1978: "Bubble Star" *1979: "Le Cœur grenadine" *1979: "Karin Redinger" *1979: "Cocktail chez Mademoiselle" *1980: "Surfing Jack" *1981: "Idéal simplifié" *1983: "Bopper en larmes" *1983: "Liebe"

References

External links

*
Laurent Voulzy (official site)

Biography of Laurent Voulzy
from

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