Henri Dès
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Henri Dès in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 as Henri Destraz) is a French language
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 children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.

In 1969 he won the Sopot International Song Festival
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He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest
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 with the song 'Retour'. It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song 'C'est pour la vie'.

Discography

Year Album name Label
1970 Retour Disques Evasion
1974 Quand on revient d'ailleurs Mary-Josée Music
1977 Cache-Cache Mary-Josée/CBS Records
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1978 Si c'était moi? Disques Mary-Josée
1979 La petite Charlotte Mary-Josée/CBS Records
1980 Flagada Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1982 L'âne blanc Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1984 Dessin fou Mary-Josée/CBS Records
1985 Les Trésors de Notre Enfance Vol. 1 Mary-Josée/CBS Records
1986 Le Beau Tambour Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1988 La Glace au citron Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1989 En Concert à l'Olympia 1989 Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1991 Les Bêtises Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1993 Le crocodile Mary-Josée/Interdisc
1994 Concert à l'Olympia Mary-Josée/Sony Music
1995 Far West Mary-Josée/Sony Music
1996 Concert 1996 Mary-Josée/Sony Music
1997 On ne peut pas tout dire Mary-Josée/Sony Music
1999 Du soleil Mary-Josée/D.E.P.
2001 C'est le père Noël Mary-Josée/D.E.P.
2002 Comme des géants Mary-Josée/D.E.P.
2005 Polisongs Mary-Josée/D.E.P.

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