Guy Bonnet
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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
(performed by Isabelle Aubret
). In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "Marie-Blanche
" coming 4th out of twelve contestants. In 1983 he represented France in Eurovision again with "Vivre" (finishing eighth). He wrote and composed songs for many artists including Mireille Mathieu
, Sylvie Vartan
, Franck Fernandel and Massilia Sound System
.
He has also written a contemporary pastorale "La Pastorale des enfants de Provence".
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
, France in 1945. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel....
(performed by Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret is a French singer.Born as Thérèse Coquerelle in Lille, France, Aubret won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 representing France and singing "Un premier amour" with music composed by Claude-Henri Vic and lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade...
). In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "Marie-Blanche
Marie-Blanche
"Marie-Blanche" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in French by Guy Bonnet. Bonnet had made his debut in the Contest in 1968, when he co-wrote the lyrics to Isabelle Aubret's "La source"....
" coming 4th out of twelve contestants. In 1983 he represented France in Eurovision again with "Vivre" (finishing eighth). He wrote and composed songs for many artists including Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
, Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan is a French singer. She was one of the first rock girls in France. Vartan was the most productive and active of the yé-yé style artists, considered as the toughest-sounding of those. Her performance often featured elaborate show-dance choreography. She made many appearances on French...
, Franck Fernandel and Massilia Sound System
Massilia Sound System
Massilia Sound System is a reggae band formed in Marseille, France in 1984. They developed a Provençal hybrid version of reggae, rub-a-dub and raggamuffin with lyrics in the French and Occitan languages, sometimes referred to as trobamuffin , though they have also performed in Portuguese and Italian...
.
He has also written a contemporary pastorale "La Pastorale des enfants de Provence".