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1. www.theartsdesk.com › new-music › france-remembersFrance Remembers Claude François | The Arts Desk

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   Apr 8, 2012 · In France, however, he’s been part of pop-cultural furniture since the mid-Sixties and has remained so since his death in 1978. He’s even more ubiquitous right now due to a biopic, DVD box set and TV specials dedicated to the constantly dancing dynamo known as “Cloclo”.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Claude_FrançoisClaude François - Wikipedia

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   Claude Antoine Marie François (French pronunciation: [klod ɑ̃twan maʁi fʁɑ̃swa]; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.

3. www.independent.co.uk › news › worldThe mystery of CloClo: did he write 'My Way'? And was he ...

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   Mar 11, 2008 · Three decades after his death, why does CloClo remain such an iconic figure in France? Did he really die while trying to change a light bulb?

4. multiglom.com › 2012/03/11 › me-and-claude-francoisCLOCLO: ME AND CLAUDE FRANÇOIS - MULTIGLOM

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   Mar 11, 2012 · This is neither the time nor the place to launch into a defence of French popular music, which some wilfully ignorant anglophones still enjoy sneering at. But if it were, I would not produce Claude François as Exhibit Number One.

5. www.tootlafrance.ie › culture › cloclo-raking-them-in“Cloclo” Raking Them In – Tootlafrance

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   Mar 23, 2012 · After one week on show across the country, the film has already crossed the one-million mark for the number of viewers, proving that the allure of Claude François (or “Cloclo” as he was affectionately known) is still strong 34 years after his death.

6. www.theartsdesk.com › film › clocloCloclo - The Arts Desk

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   Jun 22, 2012 · He actually is the blonde dynamo. As Janet Woollacot, the British dancer who was François' first wife and stolen by smooth-chops chanteur Gilbert Bécaud, Maud Jaurz plays it like Jane Birkin, staking a claim to the prototype of the Brit-girl abroad in France.

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   Is Cloclo still a popular Dynamo in France?

   • In France, however, he’s been part of pop-cultural furniture since the mid-Sixties and has remained so since his death in 1978. He’s even more ubiquitous right now due to a biopic, DVD box set and TV specials dedicated to the constantly dancing dynamo known as “Cloclo”. Posters for Cloclo line Paris’s streets.

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   Did Cloclo have any hits?

   • Across the Channel, the 30th anniversary of the death of François has produced an avalanche of books, television and radio programmes and CD compilations of his French hits. Like his great rival, Johnny Hallyday – a man that he detested – CloClo never had any hits outside the French-speaking world during his lifetime.

   The mystery of CloClo: did he write 'My Way'? And was he killed while

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   What happened to Cloclo?

   • Like his great rival, Johnny Hallyday – a man that he detested – CloClo never had any hits outside the French-speaking world during his lifetime. At the time of his death, however, he had just made a breakthrough in Britain, packing the Royal Albert Hall with 5,000 hysterical, mostly female, fans.

   The mystery of CloClo: did he write 'My Way'? And was he killed while

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   Will Cloclo lead to wholesale reappraisals in the Anglophone world?

   • Posters for Cloclo line Paris’s streets. Unlike Serge Gainsbourg, François has remained a local delicacy. It’s unlikely the film will lead to wholesale reappraisals in the Anglophone world. His place in the entertainment world was roughly analogous to Cliff Richard, with a dash of Tom Jones.

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   Was Cloclo a tortured soul?

   • CloClo, by contrast, posed as an angelic pretty boy but was actually a tortured soul, driven by a determination to succeed and to control every detail of his life and career. He was notorious, in particular, for fiddling with the texts of songs.

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8. www.monaco-tribune.com › en › listingCloclo - Monaco Tribune

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   Cloclo is the tragic destiny of an iconic French pop star who died at the age of 39 and who continues to fascinate more than thirty years after his death. Adored star and businessman, stage beast and marketing pro before his time, as well as a family man and ladies’ man…