Frédéric François is a Belgian

Belgium

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 – Italian

Italy

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 singer, born in Sicily

Sicily

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, near Palermo

Palermo

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Biography

In 1952, his family left his village to settle in Wallonia, Tilleur (province of Liege

Liège (province)

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, Belgium

Belgium

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). When he was 12, he bought a guitar and sang at night in cabarets after work at the mine, with his father. François Barra was his first stage name in 1970. Then he had many successes under his current name from the following year.

Frédéric François now lives in Antheit, near Huy

Huy

Huy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...

 (province of Liege

Liège (province)

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). Artist singing mostly in French,some in French/ Italian and Spanish language

Spanish language

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s, Frédéric François is well known for his chansons (love songs

Love Songs

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). He has released songs on singles, albums and compilations.

Singles

• 1971 : "Ton amour est roi"
• 1972 : "Laisse-moi vivre ma vie"
• 1974 : "Il ést déjá Trop Tard"/"Viéns me Rétrouver"
• 1975 : "Chicago"
• 1976 : "Baby Dollar"
• 1983 : "Aimer"
• 1984 : "On s'embrasse, on oublie tout"
• 1984 : "Mon cœur te dit je t'aime"
• 1985 : "Je t'aime à l'italienne"
• 1986 : "L'aimer encore"
• 1987 : "Une nuit ne suffit pas"
• 1988 : "L'amour s'en va, l'amour revient"
• 1989 : "Qui de nous deux ?"
• 1990 : "C'est toi qui pars, c'est toi qui pleures"
• 1990 : "Est-ce que tu es seule ce soir ?"
• 1991 : "Je me battrai pour elle"
• 1991 : "Je ne te suffis pas"
• 1992 : "Bleu Méditerranée"
• 1993 : "L'amour, c'est la musique"
• 1995 : "O sole mio"
• 1995 : "Funiculi Funicula"
• 1996 : "Viens te perdre dans mes bras"
• 1997 : "Je ne t'oublie pas"
• 1998 : "Les amants interdits"
• 1998 : "L'amour est là"
• "A la Vida"
• "Bohemmienne et Diva"

Albums

• 1993 : Tzigane
• 1994 : Olympia 1994
• 1994 : Les chansons de mon cœur (vol. 1)
• 1995 : Les italo-américains
• 1996 : Album d'or
• 1997 : Les chansons de mon cœur (vol. 2)
• 1997 : Je ne t'oublie pas
• 1998 : Olympia 98
• 1998 : Le best of de mes Olympia
• 1999 : Les plus grandes mélodies italiennes
• 1999 : Le collector
• 2000 : Olympia 2000
• 2004 : 30 chansons de légende
• 2007 : Merci la vie !