Jean-Jacques Lafon (born October 5, 1955) is a French singer-songwriter and painter. He remains known for his 1985 one-hit wonder "Le géant de papier", which peaked at No. 6 on the SNEP singles chart and earned a Silver disc. Lafon is also the writer of the 1987 hit "Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" for Licence IV, under the pseudonym of Falon.
Maxence Boitez (French pronunciation: [maksɑ̃s bwatɛz]; born 16 October 1990 in Orléans), better known by his artistic name Ridsa (stylized as RIDSA), is a French rapper and singer of Spanish descent.
Jeanne Louise Galice (French pronunciation: [ʒan lwiz ɡalis]; born 7 February 1992), better known by her stage name Jain (), is a French singer-songwriter and musician.
Jain began her career in 2013 when she met Mr. Flash, who introduced her to musical programming. She then published her demo tracks on MySpace, where she was noticed by Dready, who remained her longtime manager. Yodelice was interested in her so he invited her to Paris. Her debut album, Zanaka, was released on 6 November 2015. Her second album, titled Souldier, was released on 24 August 2018.
Vincent Rouil (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ ʁuj]; born 30 October 1959 in Mont-Saint-Aignan), better known as Vincent Lagaf' (pronounced [laɡaf]), is a French humorist, TV presenter, singer and actor.
Jean-Pierre Mader is a French singer-songwriter and producer (born 21 June 1955 in Toulouse). He remains particularly known for his smash hit "Macumba", released in 1985. After his singing career during the 1980s, he became producer for many French artists, such as Michel Fugain, Philippe Léotard and Bernard Lavilliers.
Allan Théo (born Allan Rouget; 11 April 1972, Saint-Amand-Montrond) is a French singer, particularly well known for his 1998 single "Emmène-moi", which peaked at No. 6.
Frédéric "Fred" Chichin (French pronunciation: [fʁedeʁik fʁɛd ʃiʃɛ̃]; 1 May 1954 – 28 November 2007) was a French musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He was part of the pop-rock duo Les Rita Mitsouko, along with Catherine Ringer, whom he met in 1979. Prior to his work in Les Rita Mitsouko, Chichin had been active in the rock bands Fassbinder (with Jean Neplin), Taxi Girl (with Daniel Darc), and Gazoline (with Alain Kan).
Chichin died on the morning of 28 November 2007 from heart failure, following complications of the cancer the doctors had diagnosed two months earlier. He was buried 6 December 2007 in a private ceremony at the Parisian cemetery of Montmartre.
Pierre Vassiliu (23 October 1937 – 17 August 2014) was a French singer, songwriter and actor.His first record, "Armand", co-written with his brother Michel, appeared in 1962. It was an enormous success, selling 150,000 copies. This opened the doors of the Olympia in Paris to him, where he opened for the Beatles in 1964. He went on to a two-month stand with Françoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, and Johnny Hallyday. He had a string of hits, including "Charlotte", "Ivanhoe", and "La femme du sergent", censored because of the Algerian War.
His 1973 song "Qui c'est celui-là?" was a cover of the 1972 song Partido Alto by Chico Buarque. It sold more than 300,000 copies and secured for him a place in the memories of the teenagers of the time.With his vocal trio, he resurrected the old French song "Belle qui tiens ma vie", sung a cappella.
In 2002, he covered Boby Lapointe's "L'Été, où est-il ?" with Thallia on the album Boby Tutti-Frutti – L'hommage délicieux à Boby Lapointe by Lilicub.
In 2003, he made a CD with Senegalese griots of the Kalone Orchestra of Casamance. Vassiliu lived a part of his life in the Casamance, the region of Senegal lying to the south of the Gambia.
He died in his sleep in 2014, after years of battling Parkinson's.
Grégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal (13 May 1983 – 30 April 2007), known professionally as Grégory Lemarchal, was a French singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality television show Star Academy, which was broadcast on the TF1.
He died at the age of 23 of health complications (cystic fibrosis) while waiting in hospital for a lung transplant. A posthumous album, La Voix d'un ange, was released with profits going towards the Association Grégory Lemarchal charity. A compilation, Rêves, was released in 2009. He has sold more than 2 million albums.Grégory Lemarchal remains an emblematic figure in France, often associated in the research and fight against cystic fibrosis.
Gérard Blanc (8 December 1947 – 24 January 2009) was a French singer, guitarist and actor.