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Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in
Verviers Verviers (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Ensival, Heusy, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Verviers. It is also the cent ...
on 2 October 1941 – 12 March 2014, Clermont-sur-Berwinne) was a Belgian songwriter and performer. Vallée was appointed Knight of the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.


Career

In 1967 Vallée represented Belgium in the Festival of Rio, where
Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world ...
was a member of the jury. He represented Belgium for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with " Viens l'oublier" finishing eighth. He participated a second time in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the with the song "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcas ...
with " L'amour ça fait chanter la vie", ending up second behind the Israeli entry. At the time, it was Belgium's best ever Eurovision finish. It was surpassed eight years later in 1986.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallee, Jean 1941 births 2014 deaths People from Verviers Walloon people 20th-century Belgian male singers 20th-century Belgian singers Knights of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Sonopresse artists French-language singers of Belgium Eurovision Song Contest entrants