Name | Renaud |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan |
Born | May 11, 1952 |
Origin | Paris |
Instrument | Guitar |
Voice type | 'Broken', croaky |
Genre | Chanson, Country, Pop, Rock |
Occupation | singer, songwriter, actor |
Years active | 1975–present |
Label | Polydor (1975–1983) Virgin |
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Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan, known as Renaud, born in Paris on 11 May 1952, is a popular French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in France, including the sea tale "Dès que le vent soufflera", the irreverent "Laisse béton", the ballad "Morgane de toi" and the nostalgic "Mistral gagnant". However, with the possible exception of a franglais recording of It is not because you are, his work is almost unknown outside the French-speaking world.
His early work is characterized by a volatile temperament, innovative use of French, and edgy, dark, left-wing social and political themes. Raised in an educated milieu, the son of an intellectual, Renaud adopted the looks and attitude of working-class youth in the 1970s, and reflected this in his lyrics. A recurrent theme is his disgust for the average French people with petit-bourgeois preoccupations and right-wing leanings (see beauf). His music focuses on the disparity between classes, the abuse of political power, overbearing authority and disgust for the military, with rare glimpses of tenderness for his fellow humans, the planet earth, and art.
In 2009 Renaud released Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise his long awaited album of classic Irish balads. Produced by ex-Boomtown Rats bassist Pete Briquette, the album was commercially successful (certified double-platinum in just over a month) but the singer's feeble, often out-of-tune vocals caused some negative reviews.
In 2006 Renaud married Romane Serda, the mother of his son Malone. In 2007 he announced to the press his intention to move his family to London citing a love for British society and expressing disillusionment at the current state of France. In 2009 Renaud's daughter, writer Lolita Séchan, married French acoustic singer-songwriter Renan Luce.
Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:People from Paris Category:French activists Category:French film actors Category:French-language singers Category:French male singers Category:French Protestants Category:French singer-songwriters
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Renaud Lavillenie (born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter.
He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final.
Lavillenie achieved a personal best jump of 5.65 metres in June 2008 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. He vaulted 5.81 metres on the indoor track in December 2008 in Aulnay-sous-Bois, and repeated the feat twice since. Shortly after he increased his best to 5.96 m at a meet in Aubière, setting a world-leading mark. He improved the world-leading mark to 6.01 metres in June 2009 in Leiria, Portugal.
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he vaulted 5.80 m to win the bronze medal (his first global medal) behind Steven Hooker and Mesnil. He also took part in the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final but failed to record a mark and finished last. The following season he entered the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but he could not achieve the qualifying mark of 5.60 m and did not make it into the final. He had better success at the 2010 IAAF Diamond League in the outdoor season, scoring a win at the Bislett Games. At the Adidas Grand Prix in June 2010, he beat Steven Hooker with a winning vault of 5.85 m. A few weeks later, he captured the European title in Barcelona.
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Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:French pole vaulters
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Name | Renaud Garcia-Fons |
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Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
Birth name | Renaud Garcia-Fons |
Born | December 24, 1962 |
Origin | Paris, France |
Instrument | Double bass |
Genre | Jazz |
Occupation | Double bassist, Composer |
Associated acts | Michel Godard |
Garcia-Fons is influenced by jazz and classical music and by flamenco, new musette, and "imaginary folklore" traditions. He started playing jazz in trumpet player Roger Guérin's band. From 1987 to 1993 he was part of a French all-double bass ensemble L'Orchestre de Contrebasses before he played in the Orchestre National de Jazz directed by Claude Barthélémy. He collaborated with jazz musicians like Jean-Louis Matinier, Michael Riessler, Nguyên Lê, and Michel Godard. He contributed to recordings of Gerardo Núñez and to Middle Eastern players such as Kudsi Erguner, Dhafer Youssef, and Cheb Mami.
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During the Second World War, Jacqueline's father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a cafe in Armentières, where she used to sing for the passing soldiers.
In 1954, whilst performing at Moulin Rouge she met Bob Hope and consequently appeared in 5 episodes of The Bob Hope Show in the US. During this trip, she also sang in Waldorf Astoria (New York) and Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), appeared on Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore and Ed Sullivan shows and recorded with Dean Martin the song ‘Relax ay voo’.
In 1959, she started a four year run of ‘Plaisir de Paris’ for Henri Varna and then went on to perform in a Las Vegas show at Dunes from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she returned to Paris and the Casino de Paris starring in a new show, Desir de Paris. In 1968, she returned to Las Vegas for a number of performances. In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years.
In the 1980s, she starred in a TV show Telle est Line for Antenne 2 and recorded songs in English and French. At Casino de Paris, she put on a one off show which retraced her forty year career. In 1989, she toured around Japan as part of a festival which marked the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
In 2009, as Vice-President of Sidaction, she condemned the statements of Pope Benedict XVI, who claimed that condoms promote AIDS.
Category:1928 births Category:Living people Category:French film actors Category:French female singers
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