Chanson livrogne jacques brel biography
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Artist bigraphy: Jacques Brel
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Jacques Brel was a Belgian Chanson singer-songwriter, actor and director (8 April 1929-9 October 1978). Brel was born in Brussels, although he spent most of his life in Paris. He died of lung cancer in a Parisian suburb. In French-speaking countries he is renowned as one of the best French-language composers of history.
Brels first foray in the world of performance was with the Catholic-humanist youth group Franche Cordée, in which he sang and acted. He developed a hunger for stardom, and consequently quit his job and moved to Paris. By 1952 he had begun to write his own songs, and he began to play them at various cabarets and music halls throughout the city. Although the content of his mate
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Jacques Romain Georges Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was Belgium's most famous and influential singer.
Together with Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré he is considered to be one of the Big Three of the Francophone music genre Chanson. He is widely admired for his deeply human, passionate but also cynical and satirical songs. Several of his songs have been become classics: "Ne Me Quitte Pas" and "Le Plat Pays" are his Signature Songs, but "Amsterdam", "Les Bourgeois", "Le Moribond", "Marieke", "Les Flamandes", "La Chanson de Jacky", "La Valse A Mille Temps", "Ces Gens-là"... are also well known.
Brel came from a Flemish bourgeoisie family. He had a dull youth in the shadow of the Catholic Church and narrow minded civilians. His early work was rather naive and preachy and in Paris people ridiculed his Belgian accent. Brel then changed his style by switching over to more mature subject matter and a standard French pronunciation. This made him a success both in his own country a
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Jacques Brel discography
| Jacques Brel discography | |
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Jacques Brel in 1963 | |
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Notable compilations | 4 |
Jacques Brel's career spanned over three decades and encompassed a number of singles, EPs, 10" albums and 12" LPs. His songs were often repackaged and resold under different covers and titles, which makes compiling a complete collection of Brel's recordings a difficult task. This discography brings together Brel's original studio albums, live albums, singles and EPs, as well as notable compilations and live albums.
To date, Brel's albums are reported to sell over 200,000 copies per year.[1]
Studio albums
[edit]Although Brel's discography has been released in many permutations and beneath different titles, the below discography lists the skiva titles according to their original cover art with notable alternative titles presented in brackets.