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      • Thus ended the life of Claude François, France's second most successful pop singer of the 1960s and 1970s. His life may have ended but his career has endured. Three decades later, Claude François – CloClo – remains one of France's biggest-selling recording artists.
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  2. Mar 11, 2008 · Three decades later, Claude François – CloClo – remains one of France's biggest-selling recording artists. One of the songs that he co-wrote still rakes in more royalties from abroad than any...

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  3. 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.

  4. 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. 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”.

  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt2076176My Way (2012) - IMDb

    Mar 14, 2012 · My Way: Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri. With Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou. A biopic of French pop star Claude François, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

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    • Biography, Drama, Music
    • Florent-Emilio Siri
    • 2012-03-14
  7. Mar 23, 2012 · The popular singer enjoyed a huge following during a musical career that spanned almost 20 years before his untimely death in 1978 at the age of 39. A biographical film about his life has just been released across France.

  8. My Way, released in France as Cloclo, is a 2012 French biographical drama film about the life of French singer, songwriter and entertainer Claude François. It is co-written and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri , and stars Jérémie Renier as François.