Born in Ismaïlia, Egypt, on 1 February 1939, died in Paris on 11 March 1978; Claude François was a singer and producer. In 1962 he made his breakthrough with “Belles, belles, belles”, and in 1967 he founded his own record label, Flèche. With his dancers, the Clodettes, he thrilled audiences, and he founded the youth magazine “Podium”. In 2001 the French postal service dedicated a stamp to him. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Ricardo Marinello, Tomas Kildisius, Dennis LeGree and Matthias Heilein sing “My Way”, Paul Anka’s English version of his chanson “Comme d’habitude” (1967), whose music he wrote with Jacques Revaux and which he was the first to record; the French lyrics are by Gilles Thibaut.
Claude François
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