Isabelle Aubret is a French singer.

Born as Thérèse Coquerelle in Lille

Lille

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, France

France

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, Aubret won the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 1962 representing France and singing "Un premier amour

Un Premier Amour

"Un premier amour" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, sung in French by Isabelle Aubret representing France....

" (A first love) with music composed by Claude-Henri Vic and lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade. In 1968, she returned to the contest, again representing France, finishing third, and singing "La source

La Source (song)

"La source" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in French by Isabelle Aubret. This was Aubret's second appearance on the Eurovision stage, in 1960 she had won the Contest with "Un premier amour"...

" (The Source) with music by Daniel Faure and lyrics by Henri Dijan, and Guy Bonnet

Guy Bonnet

Guy Bonnet is an author, composer, and singer, born in Avignon, France in 1945. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 . In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "Marie-Blanche" coming 4th out of twelve...

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Aubret was a participant in the French national heats for Eurovision in others years. Her first attempt was in 1961 with the songs "Le gars de n'importe où". She was awarded second place. Another runner-up spot came Aubret's way in 1970 when she teamed up with Daniel Bératta for the song "Olivier, Olivia". She was not as successful with her 1976 effort, "Je te connais déjà" which finished sixth out of seven songs in the second semi-final. Her final challenge for Eurovision was in 1983 with the patriotic "France, France" which took her to third place.

Partial discography

• 1969: Isabelle Aubret
• 1981: Liberté
• 1984: Le monde chante
• 1987: Vague à l'homme
• 1989: 1989
• 1990: Vivre en flèche
• 1990: Allez allez la vie (live concert album)
• 1991: In love
• 1992: Coups de cœur
• 1992: Isabelle Aubret chante Aragon
  Louis Aragon
  Louis Aragon , was a French poet, novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt.- Early life :...
  
  
• 1993: Isabelle Aubret chante Ferrat
  Jean Ferrat
  Jean Ferrat was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon.-Biography:...
  
  
• 1993: C'est le bonheur
• 1995: Elle vous aime (compilation album)
• 1995: Isabelle Aubret chante Brel
  Jacques Brel
  Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
  
  
• 1997: Isabelle Aubret chante pour les petits et les grands
• 1997: Changer le monde
• 1999: Parisabelle
• 2001: Le paradis des musiciens
• 2001: Bobino 2001 (live concert album)
• 2002 : Cosette et Jean Valjean
• 2005 : Les Indispensables
• 2006 : 2006
• 2009 : Ses plus belles chansons (compilation album)

External links

• Official site (in French
  French language
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• Biography, from Radio France International (in English)