Séverine (singer)

Séverine
Séverine
Background information
Born	Paris, France
Instrument(s)	singing

Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau; 10 October 1948) is a French singer.

Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for Monaco, performing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (A bench, a tree, a street), with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca. It was recorded in English as "Chance in Time", in German as "Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" and Italian as "Il posto". The original French version made #9 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1971,^[1] whereas the English version, released on CBS rather than Philips, did not chart. The song charted highly in most other European markets. Séverine had further success in France and Germany, but never again on an international scale.^{[citation needed]}

Séverine made two further attempts at winning the Eurovision Song Contest, participating in the German national finals of 1975 and 1982. Neither song won. She accompanied Monaco's delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.^{[citation needed]}

Discography and chart success[edit]

"Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (#1 Sweden, #1 Canada, #2 Benelux, #3 France, #3 Ireland, #9 UK,^[1] #23 Germany)
"Chance in Time"
"Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" (#23 Germany)
"Il posto" (#53 Italy)
"Vivre pour moi" (#32 France)
"Ja der Eiffelturm" (#27 Germany)
"Comme un appel" (#24 France)
"J'ai besoin de soleil" (#29 France)
"Olala L'Amour" (#19 Germany)
"Là ou tu n'es pas" (#44 France)
"Mon tendre amour" (#47 France)
"Der Duft von Paris" (#40 Germany)
"Il faut chanter la vie" (a cover version of Cliff Richard's 1973 Eurovision entry "Power to All Our Friends") (#46 France)
"Vergessen heißt verloren sein" (#47 Germany)
"Du bist für mich der größte Schatz" (#49 Germany)
"Sieben Tränen" (a cover version of Goombay Dance Band's 1981 hit "Seven Tears")(#49 Germany)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 489. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links[edit]

Awards
Preceded by Dana with "All Kinds of Everything"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1971	Succeeded by Vicky Leandros with "Après toi"

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 489. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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v t e Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 2004 2005 2006
Artists	Minouche Barelli Caline Mary Christy Lise Darly François Deguelt Colette Deréal Dominique Dussault Séverine Ferrer Anne-Marie Godart Jean Jacques Françoise Hardy Line and Willy Peter MacLane Marie Maryon Marjorie Noël Jacques Pills Romuald Séverine Sophie Téréza Michèle Torr Olivier Toussaint Laurent Vaguener
Songs	"À chacun sa chanson" "Allons, allons les enfants" "L'amour s'en va" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Bien plus fort" "Boum-Badaboum" "Ce soir-là" "Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "La Coco-Dance" "Comme on s'aime" "Dis rien" "Les Jardins de Monaco" "Maman, maman" "Marlène" "Mon ami Pierrot" "Notre planète" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Où sont-elles passées" "Une petite française" "Toi, la musique et moi" "Tout de moi" "Un train qui part" "Va dire à l'amour"

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset Lily Castel and Jacques Raymond Katja Ebstein Family Four Angela Farrell Joe Grech Karina Hanne Krogh Serge Lama Monique Melsen Marianne Mendt Peter, Sue and Marc Massimo Ranieri Clodagh Rodgers Saskia and Serge Séverine Krunoslav Slabinac Tonicha
Songs	"L'amore è un attimo" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Diese Welt" "En un mundo nuevo" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" "Jack in the Box" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Lykken er" "Marija l-Maltija" "Menina do alto da serra" "Musik" "One Day Love" "Pomme, pomme, pomme" "Tie uuteen päivään" "Tijd" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vita vidder"

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