Marie Myriam is a French

France

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 singer of Portuguese

Portugal

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 origins. She has a daughter Laureen born in 1982 and a son Rick born in 1990.

Representing France

France

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, she won the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition series, and was held on 7 May 1977 in London. With Angela Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" . This was France's fifth victory, a record, which was equalled...

 in 1977 with " L'oiseau et l'enfant

L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant

"L'oiseau et l'enfant" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 performed in French by the Portuguese singer Marie Myriam, who represented France...

" ("The bird and the child") with music by Jean Paul Cara

Jean Paul Cara

Jean Paul Cara is a music composer, known for the song with lyrics by Joe Gracy, "L'oiseau et l'enfant", the winning song at the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Portuguese/French singer Marie Myriam who represented France....

 and words by Joe Gracy. The single

Single (music)

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 reached #42 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in June 1977.In 1981, Myriam also represented France in the Yamaha Music Festival

Yamaha Music Festival

The World Popular Song Festival, also known as Yamaha Music Festival and unofficially as the "Oriental Eurovision", was an international song contest held in 1970-1989. It was organised by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo, Japan from 1970 until 1989...

 with the song "Sentimentale"; she came in ninth place. In recent years, she has read out the votes of the French Jury at 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...

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She made an appearance at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, October 2005 as a guest presenter and performer. The same year, Myriam wrote the introduction to the French edition of The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor

John Kennedy O'Connor

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Discography

Some of Marie Myriam singles and tracks:

• "L'oiseau et l'enfant
  L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant
  "L'oiseau et l'enfant" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 performed in French by the Portuguese singer Marie Myriam, who represented France...
  
  "
• "Tout Est Pardonné"
• "Sentimentale"
• "Avril au Portugal
  Avril au Portugal
  Avril au Portugal is the French version of a Portuguese song, performed by several artists, including Yvette Giraud and Marie Myriam.-Alternate versions:*Coimbra [Portuguese]*Abril em Portugal [Portuguese]*Coimbra en Portugal [Spanish]...
  
  " ("April in Portugal")
• "Toda Menina Bahiana"
• "Dis Moi Les Silences"

External links

• L'oiseau et l'enfant lyric with English translation
• Bide et Musique entry
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Myriam