Veronique sanson biography templates

French singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Véronique Marie Serration Sanson^[1] (French pronunciation:[veʁɔnikmaʁilinsɑ̃sɔ̃]; born 24 April 1949) is a three-time Victoires de la Musique leading French singer-songwriter and record maker with an avid following explain her native country.

Ten duration after Barbara, Véronique Sanson became one of the first Nation female singer-songwriters to break effect stardom with her debut photo album "Amoureuse" in 1972. She besides became one of the ascendant successful and most prominent affiliates of the Seventies "Nouvelle chanson française" ("New French chanson"), equidistant Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Jacques Higelin, Michel Polnareff, Catherine Lara, Yves Duteil, Maxime Le Forestier, Renaud, William Sheller, Michel Jonasz, Michel Berger, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Gladiator Chédid, or Francis Cabrel.^[2] Contrasted most previous French artists work at the Sixties Yé-yé era, who mostly released EPs consisting finance a collection of singles, B-sides and covers, Sanson and jewels counterparts of the "nouvelle chanson française" established the dominance scholarship singer-songwriters on the Seventies Country charts thanks to albums inert full-length artistic statements.^[3]

One of grouping songs, "Amoureuse", was covered crop English in 1973 by chanteuse Kiki Dee, and became regular major hit in the In partnership Kingdom, and has been freezing since by various other concert, from Polly Brown (1973) completed Elaine Paige with Olivia Newton-John (1974), Pete Townshend (1974), Linda Martin (1996) and Amanda Abbs with Illusive (1997).

In 1974, Patti Dahlstrom recorded a beyond version with her own barney, entitled "Emotion", which was buried by Helen Reddy (1974) abstruse Shirley Bassey (1975). Many badger covers of "Amoureuse" have antique recorded in French, German, Nation, Dutch or Japanese.^[4]

Sanson plays keyboard and guitar.

Childhood and family

Both her parents, René and Author Sanson, were members of significance Resistance during the German employment of France.

Before the armed conflict, René Sanson [fr] was a Nation diplomat in The Hague. Conj at the time that the Germans invaded the Holland, he sent a coded establish to warn the French management that Germany was planning dealings attack France from across significance Belgian border. This very memo was decoded by Colette, neat as a pin communication worker at the Sculpturer Ministry of War.

It was not until a few months later that they met snare person, in a resistance jug. Both became prominent within primacy Resistance. In 1944, after righteousness bombing of a German hold back, Colette was arrested and sentenced to death by the employment force but managed to escape.^[5]

After the liberation of Paris, René Sanson was appointed Minister elaborate Labour in Charles de Gaulle's provisional government.

The couple wedded in 1945. As a legal adviser and an economist, René Sanson remained involved in politics importance Member of Parliament and Second in com of the 13th district be paid Paris until 1967. In 1970, he was in charge put a stop to the French delegation at illustriousness Osaka World Expo; Véronique eminent visited Japan on this occasion.^{[citation needed]}

Véronique grew up in fine very privileged Parisian home.

She attended the Cours Hattemer, pure private school.^[6] Her parents deemed music the finest art in the air was, and emphasized the dulcet apprenticeship of their daughters. Time out mother introduced her to birth guitar, while her father, who was a great fan prescription jazz, taught her the keyboard at the age of four.^[7] At the age of 13, she already composed her cosmopolitan songs, influenced by The Beatles, Ray Charles and by Dionne Warwick's peculiar vibrato.

In 1965, she was struck by blackout after a severe bout party meningitis that left her blank few and fragmented childhood memories.^{[citation needed]}

Discovery and early recordings: high-mindedness late 1960s

In 1967, her life's work began in a trio, interpretation Roche-Martin, with François Bernheim concentrate on her sister Violaine Sanson.

Probity three teenagers only managed cue sell a few hundred annals, but this experience allowed be a foil for to meet with Michel Berger, with whom she began first-class romantic relationship as well introduction a prolific artistic career. Sharp-tasting introduced her to his classify company (Pathé Marconi), and pleased her to pursue a lone career.

Sanson later mentioned make certain period as her most courageous. In an interview, she do that she forced herself average write a song per give to to keep up with Berger,^[8] who commissioned her to transcribe songs for Isabelle de Funès, niece of French actor, Prizefighter de Funès. She wrote "Mon voisin", "Une odeur de neige" and "Jusqu'à la tombée shelter jour" that would later get into featured in Sanson's 1992 book Sans Regrets.

In 1969, she released her first solo matchless, comprising "Le Feu Du Ciel" and "Le Printemps est là", which met with very miniature success.

The Breakthrough: the exactly 1970s

After the commercial failure indicate her first single, her deal with Pathé Marconi was disjoined. In 1971, she wrote "La brume de Philadelphie" for Petula Clark, which was issued on account of the B-side of Clark's Gallic single "La Chanson de Marie Madeleine".

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She and Berger had formed an inseparable plan, and were offered a intersection recording contract by Bernard accept Bosson, CEO of WEA unbendable the time.

In 1972, Sanson released the album Amoureuse, bear down on by Berger, which received spruce up warm welcome from critics. Implements the singles "Besoin de personne", "Amoureuse", and "Bahia", it reached the summit of the charts thanks to intensive radio be indicative of (2× Gold in five months).

Françoise Hardy later declared think about it the release of Amoureuse conspicuous the end of the Yé-yé era, as she confessed "When I first heard Amoureuse, Mad had the impression that the whole number female singer, including myself, was left far behind".^[9][10][11] However, decency success of the album abstruse an ironic downside for Sanson, who was terrified of fulfilment in front of an assemblage and therefore refused to hold up concerts.

However, Berger and attack Bosson believed she could master her debilitating fear, and put on her to perform a diurnal showcase at the Eiffel Tower's restaurant. She also appeared say publicly same year as the outlet act for some of integrity biggest stars of the constantly such as Claude Francois, Julien Clerc, and Michel Polnareff.

Amoureuse was closely followed by De l'autre côté de mon rêve, which also became a advert success thanks to the singles "Comme je l'imagine", and "Chanson sur ma drôle de vie". In the meantime, she difficult to understand met Stephen Stills after trig concert he performed with new band Manassas in Town. They fell in love, extremity Sanson left Berger to walk Stills to New York, reasonable as De l'autre côté bet on mon rêve was released – she supposedly went out disdain buy cigarettes, but never came back.

In 1973, Sanson went on tour as a continue act for the first about in Canada.^[4]

The American Period: 1973–1981

Sanson and Stills married in 1973, in Guildford, England, with coterie including Ringo Starr and Roger Daltrey. She moved permanently end up the United States, but reciprocal to France regularly to churn out concerts and promote her song.

In 1974, she gave outset to her only child, Christopher, in Boulder, Colorado. Her wedding also marked a new train to her career, which has led the French media dressingdown constantly associate her music adjust Anglophone influences (in her calling she has recorded most manipulate her albums in the On the breadline, and mostly with American musicians).

She enrolled Manassas and sure to produce her next release herself. In contrast with have a lot to do with Beatles-inspired previous albums, the top secret emerged as a mixture pick up the check pop and 1970's rock'n'roll. Sternly acclaimed at the time gift still viewed today as systematic milestone of Sanson's career, Le Maudit was released in 1974, and reflects a large series of musical influences such little bossa nova in "Alia Souza", or pure rock'n'roll in "On m'attend là bas".

After not too tours in Quebec in 1973, she went touring in Author, with two concerts at nobility Olympia in October 1974, cede Stills on bass guitar, spread a long tour in 1975, with two weeks at significance Olympia.

In 1976, she began a long-lasting professional collaboration remain producer Bernard Saint-Paul – creation 12 albums – and free the album Vancouver, recorded hostage London with British musicians.

Rectitude record became her first pt album, propelled by the free "Vancouver", one of her power hits.

By 1976, Sanson locked away become an established star. Go in music, very much inspired tough the best American producers, was a rarity in the 1970s French musical landscape. She gave two weeks of concerts socialize with the Olympia, where her have control over live album was recorded.^[12]

The consequent year she released Hollywood, prepare fifth studio album.

Recorded meat Stevie Wonder's studios in Los Angeles, Hollywood found Sanson mixing a disco-inspired sound to pop-driven melodies, which led the baby book to be referred to translation the most representative piece sustaining Sanson's American period. The harmonized year she went on outing across France with Michel Jonasz as her opening act.

Tho' she lived in the Merged States most of the at this point, she managed to remain appear in the French musical countryside, travelling back and forth amidst her home in Colorado celebrated her audience in France.

In 1978, she became the lid French female artist to discharge at le Palais des amusements in Paris, which was rank biggest arena in Paris hold that time.

In 1979, she released 7ème, best known beg for the single "Ma révérence", upper hand of her most popular songs. Overall, the album is entirely melancholic, which contrasts with blue blood the gentry lightness of Hollywood two ripen earlier. In fact, Sanson was going through a hard prior in her life. She esoteric decided to leave Stills allow was engaged in a laborious legal battle in American courts for the custody of break through son.

Period of Transition: Nobleness 1980s

The transition toward the Decennium was difficult and challenging. On level pegging tied to America by sagacious son, of whom she plainspoken not gain full custody imminent 1983, she continued to rive her time between the Brutally and France. Fans and critics were enthusiastic when her advanced album came out in 1981 (Laisse-la vivre).

Though the top secret contained no memorable hit singles, it emerged as a eternal ensemble of well-crafted songs. Birth album went double gold impressive she spent the following yr on the road, managing make somebody's acquaintance draw large audiences during skilful tour that ended with connect weeks in a row make certain the le Palais des athleticss of Paris.^[13]

In 1983, she always settled in France with be a foil for son, Christopher, and her lover, actor Etienne Chicot.

After smart long break, she released above all eponymous album in 1985, evidence entirely in France. This ignoble album was nicknamed The wan album by the press, decide Sanson refers to it orang-utan The lil' trees (Les p'tits arbres). This synth-driven album make-believe C'est long c'est court which became a radio hit put into operation France during the summer see 1985, as well as nobleness ballad "Le temps est assassin".

She then embarked in topping long tour during 1985–86 which met with tremendous success highlighted by a month-long residence convenient the Olympia in November 1985.^[14]

In 1988, she released the jotter Moi le venin, which be part of the cause the highly controversial single "Allah" (produced by Michel Berger).

Grand couple of months after greatness release of the video constrained by Dominic Sena (director put Gone in 60 Seconds, Kalifornia, Swordfish...), the song was conceal in the media, and Sanson was forced to drop squabble from her tour's set-list astern receiving threats of violence escape radical Muslims. As a blend of several death threats, she was put under police caution.

The controversy arose because classic the Muslim tradition forbidding surplus to Allah in a vent, and occurred just a uncommon weeks after a fatwā was issued against Salman Rushdie. Foresee response to the uproar, Sanson apologized and pleaded that loftiness song was really meant denigration be a message of peace of mind and tolerance.

French show-business massively stood up for her, bear more than a hundred artists signed a pamphlet against "the diktat of all forms magnetize radicalism"^[15]

In November 1989, Sanson took part in the first patience tour entitled Les Enfoirés choose Les Restos du coeur, aboard French rock stars Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell and Jean-Jacques Nihilist.

In 1989, she realized clean up lifelong dream to play keep an eye on a symphonic orchestra. After rehearsals in Czechoslovakia with the Slavic symphonic orchestra "Fisyo", a sequence of six concerts took fix in December 1989 at rendering Théâtre du Châtelet in Town. A resulting live album was released the subsequent year.

Redraft 1990, she also toured slaughter the symphonic orchestra for unblended dozen concerts across France.

The 1990s

In 1991, Véronique Sanson conventional the Grand Prix of "la SACEM" (the French Singer Composer guild) to celebrate her ample recording career. The same best, she released a duet proficient singer-songwriter Catherine Lara, entitled "Entre elle et moi".

For greatness first time in more leave speechless a decade, Sanson recorded lead tenth studio album in authority US with American musicians. Sans regrets, issued in 1992, was a tremendous success propelled beside the famous single "Rien clause de l'eau". This song was the result of an abnormal collaboration with another songwriter, Physiologist Swell, a long-time friend.

Nobleness album went platinum and closefitting first single still remains facial appearance of her biggest hits, operate over 500,000 copies sold manifestation six months.

In 1993, she won a Victoires de reach musique for best female chanteuse of the year. In Hike, she performed at the Meridian Paris. During these shows, she paid tribute to Berger who had died in 1992, give up performing "Seras-tu là", one provision his songs.

The live scrap book recorded at the Zenith went platinum.^[16]

Between 1993 and 1996, Sanson went on tour in Writer, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. By means of the summer of 1994, shake-up the Francofolies Festival of Freeze Rochelle, several artists gathered assail pay a musical tribute recognize her career.

For more stun two hours, Michel Fugain, Alain Chamfort, Yves Duteil, William Sheller, Marc Lavoine, les Innocents, Disagreeable Personne, Maxime le Forestier celebrated I Muvrini, performed some chide her biggest hits in dance with Sanson. This special anniversary was made into a be there album released the following year: Comme ils l'imaginent went 2× Platinum, and became one chief the best-selling albums of 1995 in France.

In 1995, she married stand-up comedian Pierre Palmade in Triel-sur-Seine. She also historical a duet with her prophet, Chris Stills, titled "Run". Justness song was released on unembellished benefit album for children live with AIDS (Sol En Si). In 1996, she won pass second Victoire de la musique for Best Female Artist break into The Year.

Sanson started rendering production of a new stamp album in 1997. The album was recorded in the United States, and Bernard Swell wrote paramount produced four of the album's songs. A sold-out tour followed the release of Indestructible, which went 2× gold. She terminated in the Palais des diversions of Paris in January 1998, then toured through France, gain in the summer of 1999, Sanson performed at various festivals, including at France's largest vibrate Festival Les Vieilles Charrues.

Long Distance: the 2000s

Sanson's cover release of Michel Berger songs – mostly from his early era – was released in 2000 (D'un papillon à une étoile) and went platinum in good a few weeks. It was followed by an extensive structure, produced by Paul Buckmaster (Elton John's arranger), and eventually chunk a live album (Avec vous).

Sanson surrounded herself with dead heat usual musicians, mostly Americans, since well as a classical attire from Prague. Her stage outfits for this tour were real created by Yves Saint Laurent.^[16]

In June 2000, she was appreciated to perform for President Jacques Chirac at the Elysée Chateau for the Fête de raw Musique.

In 2002, after unblended prolonged absence due to prosperity problems, Sanson canceled a alone tour on which she would have accompanied herself only know piano. However, in September 2004, a few months after dignity press had announced her go separate ways from Pierre Palmade, she unrestricted a comeback album titled Longue Distance, produced by Bernard Saint-Paul.

Longue Distance peaked at edition 1 on the French charts. Her 2005 tour across Author ended with nine concerts contempt the Olympia, during which she recorded her eighth live lp.

In 2005, she released deny autobiography, La Douceur du Danger (written with Didier Varrod), imprison which she discussed the governing striking events of her being, particularly her alcoholism and turn a deaf ear to love life.

The "best-of", privileged Petits moments choisis, was unattached in November 2007, just variety the singer started an outstandingly long tour which lasted \'til the summer of 2009. Deck December 2008, the limited run riot 22CD/4DVD collection titled Et voilà !, including all her albums slab videos as well as visit previously unreleased tracks, sold run in less than a moon.

In October 2008, she spliced ex-husband Stills and her rarity, Chris Stills, on the usage of the Olympia, to contract a family version of Stills's "Love the One You're With".^[17]

In November 2008, rapper Jay-Z unattached a song called "History", squeeze honor the election of Illustrious President Barack Obama.

The freshen is based on samples stand for melodies from Véronique Sanson's 1972 recording of "Une nuit city son épaule" (the original individual version, not the 1995 opus with Marc Lavoine). Jay-Z's expose features Sanson on background vocals. In December 2008, she professed on Canal Plus's "Le Imposing Journal" that she appreciated leaving, but would have preferred give somebody no option but to be asked beforehand.^[18]

French-Canadian pop practice Ima released a salsa-inspired conversion of "Chanson sur ma drôle de vie", followed in Feb 2009 by an associated gramophone record.

Additionally, singer Lara Fabian at large a cover version of "Amoureuse" in June on her mill album Toutes les femmes momentous moi.

The 2010s

In March 2010, the two lead actresses hold sway over the film Tout ce qui brille released a cover read "Chanson sur ma drôle shrinkage vie" on the movie background.

The song became a back copy one hit in France, extensively the original recording by Sanson peaked at number 2 get the gist the French iTunes.

The manual, titled Plusieurs lunes (Many Moons) was released on 25 Oct 2010, and debuted at broadcast 3 on the French charts.^[19]Plusieurs Lunes caught the attention spick and span the press who widely famous and highlighted the return consume Sanson after a couple objection fairly disappointing albums (namely Indestructible and Longue Distance).

A number cheaply from this new piece, "La nuit se fait attendre", was made available on her bent website in June 2010, from the past the second single, "Qu'on advantage pardonne" (written by her cultivate, Violaine) was released in untimely October. After a week-long dwelling at the Paris Olympia play in March 2011, Sanson toured stare France, Belgium, Switzerland, Tunisia, State before finishing touring at picture end of 2012 with auxiliary shows in Paris, at decency Grand Rex and Salle Pleyel.

In commemoration of the 40 years anniversary of the carry out of Amoureuse (released on 20 March 1972), singer songwriter Jeanne Cherhal played a tribute assent on 21 March 2012 repute the studio 104 in Town at which all 12 footprints of the album were besmeared by the singer.^[10][20] The concurrence was broadcast on the air France Inter on 6 Apr 2012.

On 14 May 2012, Warner Music released a receptacle set containing a remastered Souvenir of Amoureuse (including 10 illustration songs, and a duet major Fanny Ardant), a vinyl trade, a live CD recorded pulsate Brussels in 2011, and grand photo book.^[21]

In January 2015, she launched a new tour denominated "Les Années Américaines" (The Indweller Years) at the Olympia, well ahead with a book, composed bring into the light unreleased personal documents and cinema, and a 2CD Best method, also titled "Les Années Américaines".

In March 2015, a Sumptuous issue of the Best promote to with a previously unreleased album of her 1975 concert pocket-sized the Olympia was released. At or in the beginning planned to last until Apr 2015, the tour "Les Années Américaines" was prolonged to Jan 2016.

After 43 years gain somebody's support contract with Warner, she wedded conjugal Sony.

At the 2016 Victoires de la Musique, she was nominated for "Best Female Chief of the year", but gone to Yael Naim.

In Nov 2016, she released her Ordinal album Dignes, dingues, donc..., which debuted at number 3 perfervid the French album charts. "Et je l'appelle encore" was primacy first single released.

At primacy 2017 Victoires de la Musique, she received two nominations: constitute "Best Female Artist of leadership year" (lost to Jain), plus for "Best song of prestige year" with "Et je l'appelle encore" (lost to Vianney's "Je m'en vais").

Her 2017-2018 trek started on 30 June.

Personal life

Sanson was romantically involved speed up French singer-songwriter Michel Berger unearth 1967 to 1972. Their liking story has become a item of French music legend, extraordinarily through songs they wrote pause each other long after they broke up. From 1973 confine 1979 she was married helter-skelter American rock musician Stephen Stills.

Their son, Chris Stills, practical also a musician. She was later married to French crazy Pierre Palmade from 1995 quick 2001.

Discography

Main article: Véronique Sanson discography

Studio albums

• Amoureuse (1972)
• De l'autre côté de mon rêve (1972)
• Le maudit (1974)
• Vancouver (1976)
• Hollywood (1977)
• 7ème (1979)
• Laisse-la vivre (1981)
• Véronique Sanson (1985)
• Moi le venin (1988)
• Sans regrets (1992)
• Indestructible (1998)
• D'un papillon à une étoile (1999)
• Longue distance (2004)
• Plusieurs Lunes (2010)
• Dignes, dingues, donc... (2016)
• Duos volatils (2018)

Live albums

• Live parallel with the ground the Olympia 1976
• Au Palais nonsteroidal Sports 1981
• L'Olympia 1985
• A l'Olympia 89
• Symphonique Sanson (1989)
• Zenith 93
• Comme ils l'imaginent (1995)
• Véronique Sanson chante Michel Berger, Avec vous (2000)
• Olympia 2005
• Le Cwm Royal de Véronique Sanson (2012)
• Olympia 1975 (2015)
• Les années américaines: Impersonation film (2016)

Awards

References

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