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17 unusual facts about Françoise Hardy


Ben Christophers

He collaborated with French singer Françoise Hardy, for whom he wrote the song La Folie ordinaire.

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay

Early video work concentrated on critical mimicry of material from popular culture, with references to Madonna, American Idol, Tatu, Françoise Hardy and Kylie Minogue.

Bill Pritchard

In 1989 he released Three Months, Three Weeks and Two Days, produced by Étienne Daho, which was popular in the US after exposure from MTV for the single "Tommy & Co", which featured backing vocals from Françoise Hardy.

Biréli Lagrène

Along with his usual cohorts Diego Imbert (double bass) and Hono Winterstein (rhythm guitar), the latter session featured Henri Salvador and Thomas Dutronc (son of legendary French pop pair Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc).

Catherine Spaak

From age 15 to 18, Catherine Spaak was the lead actress in at least twelve movies and, as a singer, was regarded by some as the Italian equivalent of French chanteuse Françoise Hardy, some of whose songs she recorded in 1963.

Charade Circuit

In 1966, John Frankenheimer made the film Grand Prix in front of 3000 locals who posed as race spectators watching actors like Yves Montand and Françoise Hardy.

Comateens

In 1990 the duo, again under the name Comateens, recorded the song "A Place For Me", an English language adaptation of the Françoise Hardy song "Fais Moi Une Place", and it became a European hit.

Diane Tell

During her residency in France, she wrote songs with Boris Bergman, Maryline Desbiolles, Maryse Wolinski, Yann Moix and Françoise Hardy.

Emmanuelle Parrenin

She has not achieved the sort of widespread notoriety of the likes of Françoise Hardy, but she is well acclaimed and respected for her accomplished blending of traditional, ethereal folk styles with experimental, avant garde percussion pieces, which often draws comparisons with the likes of Brigitte Fontaine, and to a lesser extent Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs.

Georges Henein

Writing on Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Marilyn Monroe or Françoise Hardy , Henein stood out for his free, alert and unalterable tone.

Lola Dutronic

The band adapts songs from the French and British sixties (from artists such as Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot or John Barry) with modern electronic arrangements.

Sugarplum Fairies

The Sugarplum Fairies draw influence from French cultural icons such as Françoise Hardy, Anna Karina, and Jean-Luc Godard, as well as the Velvet Underground, John Lennon, and Lee Hazlewood.

The Brit Pop Blur Box

It contains the five CD singles Blur released in 1994 (Girls & Boys, End Of A Century, To The End, Parklife and To The End (La Comedie) with Françoise Hardy) in a 5"x5"x5" plastic cube box.

The Garden of Jane Delawney

Françoise Hardy covered "The Garden of Jane Delawney" on her album If You Listen.

The World of Lola Dutronic

"Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" is a remix of a song by Françoise Hardy, while "La Maritza" is a song written by Pierre Delanoë for French singer Sylvie Vartan.

Tide of Life

The title song, "Contre vents et marées", is written by Eric Clapton and sung by Françoise Hardy.

When I Get Thru with You

French singer Françoise Hardy covered the song in 1965 as "Quel mal y a-t-il à ça?"


À force de prier

The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Monaco's Françoise Hardy with "L'amour s'en va".

Burundi Black

He was a classically trained pianist who had previously worked with pop musicians such as Michel Berger, France Gall, Françoise Hardy and Claude François.

Peppermoon

In Taiwan the album was released as a 2-CDs set with an exclusive covers EP that includes "Qui a tué grand-maman ?" (Polnareff), "Manchester et Liverpool" (Marie Laforêt), "Tous les garçons et les filles", "Ce petit cœur" et "Comment te dire adieu" (Françoise Hardy), "La plus belle pour aller danser" (Sylvie Vartan) and "Porque Te Vas" (Jeanette).

Takako Minekawa

An avowed fan of French pop, some of her favorite French artists include Françoise Hardy and Pierre Bachelet.

Until It's Time for You to Go

Besides The Four Pennies, Diamond and Presley, it has been covered by Jim Croce, Glen Campbell, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Roberta Flack, New Birth, Paul Anka, Eddy Arnold, Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, Bobby Darin, Helen Reddy, Andy Williams, Joe Longthorne and Françoise Hardy.