In the history of music, Claude François is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Claude François as French pop singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978).
Claude François was born at Ismailia in 1939. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Lycée Français du Caire and Albert I Lycée.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as singer, music executive and photographer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
His work is classed as yé-yé, chanson and disco.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Claude François died in 1978, aged 39. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: yé-yé, chanson and disco
