Herbert Léonard né Hubert Loenhard is principally known as a singer, however, he is also a specialist of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n airplanes from World War II. His first success "Quelque chose tient mon cœur" (Somethings Got A Hold Of My Heart) opened the doors of the hit-parade to him in 1968.

His 1982 album Ça donne envie d’aimer and the sing "Amoureux fous" was done in a duo with Julie Pietri

Julie Pietri

Julie Pietri is a French pop singer. She is part of the Pied-Noir community and now lives in Paris...

, perpetuating his image as a crooner

Crooner

Crooner is an American epithet given to male singers of pop standards, mostly from the Great American Songbook, either backed by a full orchestra, a big band or by a piano. Originally it was an ironic term denoting an emphatically sentimental, often emotional singing style made possible by the use...

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Discography

• Si je ne t'aimais qu'un peu (1967)
• Quelque chose tient mon cœur (1968)
• Tel quel (1969)
• Trois pas dans le silence (1971)
• grands succès (1977)
• Pour le plaisir (1981)
• Ca donne envie d'aimer (1982)
• Commencez sans moi (1984)
• Mon cœur et ma maison (1985)
• Laissez-nous rêver (1987)
• Olympia (1988)
• Je suis un grand sentimental (1989)
• Herbert Léonard (1991)
• Une certaine idée de l'amour (1993)
• Notes intimes (1995)
• Le meilleur de Herbert Léonard (1998)
• Si j'avais un peu d'orgueil (1998)
• Ils s'aiment (2000)
• Génériquement vôtre (2001)
• Aimer une femme (2002)
• Entre charme et beauté (2004)