Lucky Blondo (born Gerard Blondiot, 23 July 1944 in
Paris
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,
France
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) is a French singer who was popular in the 1960s.
His heyday came during the emergence of
French rock
French rock is a form of rock music produced in France, primarily with lyrics in the French language.
French rock was born as early as mid-1950s, when writer, songwriter and jazz player Boris Vian wrote parody rock songs for Magali Noël or He ...
.
Career
His main successes were "Sheila", "Baby Face", "Dix petits indiens", "Sur ton visage une larme" (a French version of the song "Una lacrima sul viso" by
Bobby Solo
Roberto Satti (born 18 March 1945), known professionally as Bobby Solo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician.
Singing career
In 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song " Una lacrima sul viso" ("A Tear on your ...
), and "Des roses rouges pour un ange blond".
He is one of the few French singers to have performed, in 1977, 33 tours in
Nashville
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with
The Jordanaires
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, the vocal group that sang with
Elvis Presley
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.
In 1978, still in Nashville, he recorded an album of covers entitled ''Ce vieux cow boy'', including, in particular, "Une santé dacier" and "On ne t'oubliera jamais".
He then worked in advertising, before returning to singing in 2006 for a retro show.
He lives in
Audierne
Audierne (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Esquibien merged into Audierne.Finistère
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* ''Dix petits indiens'' (25 cm), ''Fontana, 1963''
* ''Sois gentille'' (25 cm), ''Fontana, 1963''
* ''Des roses pour Marjorie'' (30 cm), ''Fontana, 1965''
* ''Sur ton visage une larme'' (30 cm), ''Fontana, 1965'', compilation
* ''Dommage, dommage'' (30 cm), ''Fontana, 1966''
* ''La dernière valse'' (30 cm), ''Fontana, 1967''
* ''To Elvis from Nashville'' (30 cm), ''Philips, 1977''
* ''Ce vieux cow boy'' (30 cm), ''Philips, 1978''
; CDs
* ''Le rock c'est ça!'', PolyGram Distribution, 1990 ou Twistin' the Rock, Philips-Mercury, 2002
:: Tracks: "Betty et Jenny" / "Je bois, je dors et j'oublie" / "Baby reste avec moi" / "C'est merveilleux" / "Multiplication" / "Une fille comme toi" / "Dis-moi oui" / "Dans la rue des souvenirs" / "Hey baby" / "Cri de ma vie" / "C'est le mashed potatoes" / "Isabelle" / "Sheila" / "Avec toi" / "Au cœur du silence" / "Dix petits indiens" / "Filles" / "Vous souvenez-vous" / "Baby face" / "Jenny" / "Tout haut tout bas" / "L'autre nuit" / "Trop sage pour aimer" / "J'ai un secret à te dire" / "Comment l'oublier"
* ''Multiplication'', Mercury, 2003
:: Tracks: "Multiplication" / "Hey Baby" / "Baby reste avec moi" / "Cri de ma vie" / "Dis-moi oui" / "Une fille comme toi" / "Dans la rue des souvenirs" / "Betty et Jenny"
* ''Sur ton visage une larme'', Harmonia Mundi, 2004
:: "Sur ton visage une larme" / "Des roses rouges pour un ange blond" / "Tout le monde un jour" / "Un monde avec toi" / "My darling Clémentine" / "C'est si bon" / "Over the rainbow" / "La fille d'Ipanema" / "Laura" / "La Mélancolie" / "Paris c'est loin de la mer" / "Lola