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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. 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.

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. 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.

5. 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.

6. en.unifrance.org › movie › 32606My Way de Florent Emilio Siri (2011) - Unifrance

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   My Way recounts the tragic destiny of Claude François, known by all as Cloclo, an icon of French popular music who died at the age of 39. More than thirty years after his death, he still continues to exert his spell.

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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. blogs.transparent.com › french › oh-oh-oh-oh-cest-clocloOh oh oh oh . . . C’est Cloclo! - Transparent.com Blogs

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   Aug 16, 2016 · Claude François, known affectionately as Cloclo, was a very popular artist in the French speaking world (and beyond) from the late 50’s through his tragic death in 1978 at the age of just 39 years old. During his all-to-brief life, he sold over 70 million albums.