EPM Musique is a French record label that was created in 1986 by François Dacla, former president of

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France. The label specializes in

Chanson A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic ...

and its legacy. It is also dedicated to poetry, theater, and children's music. "EPM is a French label whose interests include classic American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

from the '30s through '50s." The label reissued earlier

recordings.

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's recordings were particularly reissued. Most of its catalog is distributed by

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

Artists

Léo Ferré Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released so ...

Robert Wangermée.
Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles
'. Editions Mardaga. 1995. P.231. * Anne Sylvestre *

Michèle Bernard Michèle Bernard (, born 26 October 1947) is a French singer and songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called ...

* Georges Chelon * Marc Ogeret *

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* Francis Lemarque * Monique Morelli * Hélène Martin *

Julos Beaucarne Julos Beaucarne, (27 June 1936 – 18 September 2021
) was a Belgia ...

* Diane Dufresne *

Anna Prucnal Anna Prucnal (born 17 December 1940) is a Polish actress in both cinema and theatre, as well as a singer. Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were r ...

Anne Vanderlove Anna van der Leeuw (; 11 December 1939 – 30 June 2019), better known by her stage name Anne Vanderlove, was a Dutch-born French singer and songwriter, known as the French Joan Baez. Life Vanderlove was born in The Hague in 1939. Her father w ...

Claudine Lebègue Claudine may refer to: Name * Claudine (given name), a feminine given name of French origin Culture * ''Claudine'' (film), a 1974 American film by John Berry ** ''Claudine'' (soundtrack), its soundtrack album. Music by Curtis Mayfield and Gladi ...

Francesca Solleville Francesca Solleville (born 2 March 1932, Périgueux) is a French singer. She lives in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine). She is the granddaughter of the founder of the . She is married to the painter Louis . Biography Francesca Solleville was born in ...

* Marcel Dadi * Pierre Dac *

Michel Buhler Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

Jean Vasca Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

Pierre Meige Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

References

External links

Official website

History page
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