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3 unusual facts about Enrico Macias


Enrico Macias

In Turkey, many artists have interpreted his songs with Turkish lyrics including Ajda Pekkan, Başar Tamer, Berkant, Engin Evin, Ferdi Özbeğen, Gökben, Gönül Yazar, Hümeyra, İhsan Kayral, Juanito, Kamuran Akkor, Mavi Çocuklar, Nilüfer, Ömür Göksel, Selçuk Ural, Semiramis Pekkan, Seyyal Taner, Sezer Güvenirgil, Sibel Egemen, Tanju Okan, Yeliz

In 1997, Kofi Annan named him Roving Ambassador for Peace and the Defence of Children.

Toma Zdravković

Three songs, "Essagerata", "Žena moga druga" and "Deca naše zemlje", were actually just translations of foreign songs of authors Neil Sedaka and Enrico Macias, but the song "Što te večeras nema" was composed and written by Zdravković, and it was his first published self-written song.


Georges Moustaki

It was attended by his widow Annick Cozannec and their daughter Pia, the French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti and numerous personalities from the entertainment world - Guy Bedos, Véronique Genest, Maxime Le Forestier, Jacques Higelin, Brigitte Fontaine, Arthur H, Valérie Mairesse, Hervé Vilard, Irène Jacob, François Corbier, Cali, Sapho, Enrico Macias, François Morel, Costa Gavras.


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