Françoise Hardy

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Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy (1992).
Background information
Birth name Françoise Madeleine Hardy
Born 17 January 1944 (1944-01-17) (age 65)
Origin Paris, France
Occupation(s) Singer, Actress
Years active 1961 - present
Associated acts Jacques Dutronc
Website francoise-hardy.com
Notable instrument(s)
Voice

Françoise Madeleine Hardy pronounced [fʁɑ̃swaz aʁˈdi]) (born 17 January 1944 in Paris) is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music and style.

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[edit] Biography

She grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, the daughter of an unmarried mother. She received a guitar on her sixteenth birthday as a reward for passing her baccalaureat. After a year at the Sorbonne she answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first record "Oh Oh Chéri" appeared, written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. Her own flip side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a success, riding the wave of Yé-yé music in France, with two million sales. She first appeared on television in 1962 during an interlude in a programme reporting the results of a presidential referendum.

Hardy sings in French, English, Italian, Spanish, and German. In 1963 she came fifth for Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest with "L'amour s'en va". In 1963, she was awarded the Grand Prix Du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy.

In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, with whom she had had a son, Thomas Dutronc, in 1973. In 1994, she collaborated with the British pop group Blur for their "La Comedie" version of "To The End". In May 2000, she made a comeback with the album Clair Obscur. Her son played guitar and her husband sang the duet "Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage." Iggy Pop and Étienne Daho also took part. She has also recorded a duet with Perry Blake who wrote two songs for her award winning Tant de belles choses album. Hardy lives near Paris and Dutronc lives in Monticello, Corsica, although they remain a couple.[citation needed]

[edit] Influence in pop culture

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  • Hardy is mentioned in a poem by Bob Dylan "Some other kinds of songs" on the cover of his album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in 1964.[1]
  • Hardy's style also influences Nicolas Ghesquière, head of the couture house, Balenciaga.[2]
  • Hardy makes a cameo in a scene from Jean-Luc Godard's film Masculin, féminin.[3]
  • Her song "L'Amitié" plays during the end credits of Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.
  • In a scene from director John G. Avildsen's film Save the Tiger (1973), Jack Lemmon's character Harry Stoner makes a reference to Hardy during a melancholy telephone call to his wife.
  • Her song "Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles" plays during the British film Metroland.
  • The tune of "Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles" is the music of one of Latin America's most popular Christian Evangelical songs (Quiero Cantar Una Linda Cancion)

[edit] Selected songs

[edit] Selected discography

[edit] Soundtracks

  • "Des ronds dans l'eau", in Ricordati di me (2003)

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ FRANÇOISE HARDY - (very) Brief Biography
  2. ^ Balenciaga Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
  3. ^ Françoise Hardy in Masculin, féminin

[edit] External links


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