Thursday 7 August 2008
Mireille Mathieu
Artist: Mireille Mathieu
Genre(s):
Chanson
Discography:
De Tes Mains
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Grand Collection
Year: 2001
Tracks: 16
Ciao Bambino Sorry (CD 2)
Year: 2001
Tracks: 15
Ciao Bambino Sorry (CD 1)
Year: 2001
Tracks: 15
Son Grand Numero (CD 2)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 20
Son Grand Numero (CD 1)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 20
Mes Plus Belles Chansons D'Amour
Year: 1997
Tracks: 15
Carrere
Year: 1991
Tracks: 10
French chanteuse Mireille Mathieu is classically known for her famed French crooning during the '60s and '70s. Born into a stone doL family whole of 14 children, Mathieu arrived July 22, 1946, in Avignon, France, and as a child she saved her money from working in the factory so she could take up for tattle lessons. In the early '60s, French pop vocaliser Johnny Hallyday's managing director Johnny Stark noticed Mathieu's enchanting vocalic beauty and later reinforced her into her possess i with the classical urchin hairstyle and loud, vibrant costumes. She was promptly hailed as the conterminous Edith Piaf and her 1965 functioning move at the Paris Olympia sparked her arranging relationship with Barclay Records. Singles such as "Mon Credo," "C'est Ton Nom," and "Qu'elle Est Belle" made Mathieu an external star in Europe spell achieving spiritless achiever in the Americas, only her spread o'er of Englebert Humperdinck's "The Last Waltz" was an telling French rendition that made her shock charts in Britain. Humperdinck returned the favour by choosing to rent the cat out of the bag Mathieu's "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize."