Claude françois my way
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Claude François
French singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)
For the French painter and Recollect Franciscan monk, see Claude François (painter).
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| Birth name | Claude Antoine Marie François |
| Also known as | Cloclo |
| Born | (1939-02-01)1 February 1939 Ismailia, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 11 March 1978(1978-03-11) (aged 39) Paris, France |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, editor-in-chief |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, violin, percussion and drums |
| Years active | 1950s–1978 |
| Labels | Fontana, Phillips, Flèche, Phonogram |
Musical artist
Claude Antoine Marie François (French pronunciation:[klodɑ̃twanmaʁifʁɑ̃swa]; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude" (composed by Jacques Revaux), the original version of "My Way" and composed the music of "Parce que je t'aime mon enfant", the original version of "My Boy". Amon
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The son of an Italian mother and a French father, Claude François was born in Ismaïlia, Egypt, where his father, Aimé François, was working as a shipping traffic controller on the Suez Canal. In 1951 the job took the family to the city of Port Tawfik on the Red Sea.
Claude François’ mother was very musical and had her son take piano and violin lessons. On his own, the boy learned to play the drums. As a result of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the family returned to live in Monaco, where they struggled financially after Claude’s father fell ill and could not work. A young Claude found a job as a bank clerk and at night earned extra money playing drums with an orchestra at the luxury hotels along the French Riviera. With a good but untested singing voice, he was offered a chance to sing at a hotel in the fashionable Mediterranean resort town of Juan-les-Pins. His show was well received and eventually he began to perform at the glamorous night-clubs along the Côte d’Azur. While working the clubs, he met Janet Woolcoot, an English dancer whom he married in 1960.
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Claude FRANÇOIS
Claude François, nicknamed Cloclo (1939-1978), is a French singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Born on 1 February 1939 near Lake Timsah in Ismailia in Egypt, he accidentally died March 11, 1978 at the age of 39 years in Paris. Between the beginning of his artistic career started 27 September 1962 and the end of 2005, Claude Francois sold 61,352,000 records including over 20 million in France, recorded 277 songs and 119 in foreign languages, occurred 1,188 times on stage (between 18 December 1962 and February 24, 1978, date of his last concert at the Palais des Sports Lyon), appeared 313 times on television (France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Spain, England) of 21 January 1963 on February 26, 1978. He made the cover of 219 magazines during her lifetime and another 186 between March 1978 and March 2006 [1] and has been the subject of 73 books and biographies since his death [2]. There are about 2500 versions of the song as usual (My Way in English) including Claude Francois is co-author, co-composer and co-editor.
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