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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...
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”.
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.
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.
Feb 15, 2018 · Claude François accoudé à une Royce rolls chante pour l'émission "Numéro Un" en 1976 ©AFP - Alain Liennard / Ina. Claude François est mort le 11 mars 1978, 40 ans après, un nombre de productions documentaires, éditoriales, discographiques font revivre les années Cloclo.
- He was born on February 1, 1939 in Ismailia, Egypt, and died on March 11, 1978 in Paris, France. - He was nicknamed "Cloclo". - He was popular in France and other parts of Europe. - Among his best-known songs are "Le Tout Petit Pantin", "Belles Belles Belles" and "Alexandrie Alexandra".
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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.