France Gall

France Gall

Born: October 9, 1947
Died: January 7, 2018
in Paris, France
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, she collaborated with singer-songwriter Michel Berger.

Gall was born in Paris on 9 October 1947, to a highly musical family. Her father, the lyricist Robert Gall, wrote songs for Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour. Her mother, Cécile Berthier, was a singer as well and the daughter of Paul Berthier, the co-founder of Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. The only daughter of her family, France had two brothers: Patrice and Philippe. In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to the music publisher Denis Bourgeois. That July, she auditioned for Bourgeois at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, after which Bourgeois wanted to sign her immediately. France was subsequently signed to Philips.

At the time, Bourgeois was working for the label as artistic director for Serge Gainsbourg and assumed this role for Gall as well. He encouraged her to record four tracks with the French jazz musician, arranger and composer Alain Goraguer.

The first airplay of France's first single, "Ne sois pas si bête" ("Don't Be So Stupid"), occurred on her 16th birthday. It was released in November and became a hit, selling 200,000 copies. Gainsbourg, who had released several albums and written songs for singers including Michèle Arnaud and Juliette Gréco, was asked by Bourgeois to write songs for Gall. Gainsbourg's "N'écoute pas les idoles" ("Don't listen to the idols") was Gall's second single; it reached the top of the French charts in March 1964 and stayed there for three weeks.

At the same time, Gall made her live debut, opening for Sacha Distel in Belgium. She teamed up with Distel's business manager, Maurice Tézé, a lyricist, which allowed her to create an original repertoire, unlike the majority of her contemporaries who sang adaptations of Anglophone hits. Elaborate orchestrations by Alain Goraguer blended styles, permitting her to navigate between jazz, children's songs, and anything in between. Examples of this mixed-genre style included "Jazz à gogo" (by Alain Goraguer and Robert Gall) and "Mes premières vraies vacances" (by Jacques Datin and Maurice Vidalin). Gall and Gainsbourg's association produced many popular singles, continuing through the summer of 1964 with the hit song "Laisse tomber les filles" ("Leave the girls alone") followed by "Christiansen" by Datin-Vidalin. Gainsbourg also secretly recorded Gall's laughter to use on "Pauvre Lola'", a track on his 1964 album Gainsbourg Percussions.

Having previously resisted, Gall gave in to her managers at the end of 1964 and recorded a single intended for children. The song "Sacré Charlemagne", written by her father, and set to the music of George Liferman, was a hit in 1965, peaking at number one in France and number five in Turkey. ..

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Movies for France Gall...

Title: Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2022
Type: TV
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Title: La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
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Title: Archives secrètes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: TV
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L'affaire Matzneff
Title: L'affaire Matzneff
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2020
Type: Movie
About the Gabriel Matzneff affair and pedophilia in French culture and society from the 1950s to the present day. "It was not very difficult to know who Matzneff was at the time." Vanessa Springora denounces thus, in an interview with the Parisian , the support which benefited the writer Gabriel Matzneff , in the years 1970 and 1980. The author fifties then maintains an affair with the young girl, aged 14 years. A relationship under control that the editor tells in Le Consentement (éd. Grasset), published Thursday. "After having analyzed the work " , the Paris public prosecutor's office announced Friday January 3 the opening of an investigation for "rapes committed on the person of a minor of 15 years".
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Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Title: Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
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Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
Title: Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 1, 2019
Type: Movie
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Résiste
Title: Résiste
Character: Moon
Released: December 6, 2016
Type: Movie
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France Gall et Michel Berger, « Toi sinon personne »
Title: France Gall et Michel Berger, « Toi sinon personne »
Released: May 30, 2016
Type: Movie
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Je m'présente, je m'appelle Daniel
Title: Je m'présente, je m'appelle Daniel
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 23, 2015
Type: Movie
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Title: Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Released: December 13, 2014
Type: Movie
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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Title: Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Released: November 25, 2005
Type: Movie
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Bonjour la France
Title: Bonjour la France
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: La chanson de l'année
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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France Gall - Concert acoustique
Title: France Gall - Concert acoustique
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 1997
Type: Movie
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France Gall - Olympia 1996
Title: France Gall - Olympia 1996
Released: April 24, 1997
Type: Movie
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Plus oh !
Title: Plus oh !
Character: France Gall
Released: April 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A short essay on the metamorphosis that art, beauty, love or cinema accomplishes.
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France Gall - Bercy 93
Title: France Gall - Bercy 93
Character: Self
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
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Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
Title: Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
Released: February 5, 1994
Type: Movie
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Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Title: Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
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Title: Stars 90
Character: self
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: TV
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France Gall : Le tour de France 88
Title: France Gall : Le tour de France 88
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 1988
Type: Movie
No no no it's not a bike, it's crazy musicians, great songs, and a France Gall at the peak of her career.
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Title: Collaricocoshow
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: (Female Artist of the Year)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Goldener Löwe
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Droit de Réponse
Title: Droit de Réponse
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 1981
Type: Movie
"Droit de Réponse" (Right of Reply) is a French debate program broadcast between December 12, 1981 and September 19, 1987 on the TF1 channel, presented by Michel Polac and produced by Maurice Dugowson. Broadcast live on a weekly basis, on Saturdays from 8.30 p.m., the right of reply has been the source of many controversies, due to the various speakers who have come to present their point of view on the show (which leads to famous scandals , remained in the memory of viewers), but also for the variety and relevance of the topics covered, which ensured the success of the program on the air for several years. On French television, this program is considered by some observers as a “pioneer program in terms of controversy-show or clash, in modern language”.
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Starmania
Title: Starmania
Character: Cristal
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Fan School
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 1977
Type: TV
Host Jacques Martin invites different talented children from various backgrounds to showcase their beautiful voices. The participants entertain and wow the audience with their lovely performances.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self - Host
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Émilie
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Système 2
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Title: Midi trente
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Die ZDF-Hitparade
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 1969
Type: TV
The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short, by German TV channel ZDF, was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager.
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Gallantly
Title: Gallantly
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 1968
Type: Movie
a 33 minute special containing performances from a variety of French popstars, including France Gall
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Title: Starparade
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 1968
Type: TV
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Ça c'est Claude François
Title: Ça c'est Claude François
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 1967
Type: Movie
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Title: 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Meine Melodie
Character: Self
Released: May 24, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: Dim Dam Dom
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: Soeben eingetroffen
Character: self
Released: January 23, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: Vergißmeinnicht
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Die Drehscheibe
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Musik aus Studio B
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV