Martine Clémenceau
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Martine Clémenceau is a French singer.
She won the Yamaha Music Festival
in 1971 with the song A jour l’amour. Then, she represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest
in 1973 with Sans toi
, taking the 15th place.
She and Claude François
sang Quelquefois as a duet.
Her song Solitaire, written in 1981 is her most important theme in France, and Laura Branigan
in 1983 made a cover that was #7 in the Billboard rankings.
In the 90's she wrote songs especially for Herbert Léonard
.
In 2005 she received the René Jeanne Prize.
She won 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...
in 1971 with the song A jour l’amour. Then, she represented France in 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...
in 1973 with Sans toi
Sans Toi
"Sans toi" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in French by Martine Clémenceau....
, taking the 15th place.
She and Claude François
Claude François
Claude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...
sang Quelquefois as a duet.
Her song Solitaire, written in 1981 is her most important theme in France, and Laura Branigan
Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
in 1983 made a cover that was #7 in the Billboard rankings.
In the 90's she wrote songs especially for Herbert Léonard
Herbert Léonard
Herbert Léonard né Hubert Loenhard is principally known as a singer, however, he is also a specialist of Russian airplanes from World War II...
.
In 2005 she received the René Jeanne Prize.