Mireille Mathieu
() (born July 22, 1946) is a French singer. She has achieved great success in France, as well as becoming an international superstar. She has performed and recorded songs in at least nine languages.
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Biography
Mireille Mathieu was born in
Avignon,
Vaucluse, France, the eldest daughter of a poor family of fourteen children. She began appearing in public at the age of four, singing in her church. As a young girl she worked in a factory, where she saved money to pay for singing lessons.
Discovered by Johnny Stark, manager of
Johnny Hallyday, she was tutored by the orchestra leader
Paul Mauriat and the song writer
André Pascal. Pascal wrote "Mon crédo", "Viens dans ma rue", "La première étoile" and many other hit songs for her. After a television performance in 1965, and a debut run at the
Paris Olympia, she was hailed as another
Édith Piaf because of her haunting voice.
Singles such as "Mon Credo" and "C'est Ton Nom" made her a huge star in France and elsewhere in
Europe, as well as a great success in the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. Her first album release in 1966
En Direct de L'Olympia
- on the
Barclay label - featured these songs, and was highly acclaimed.
Following her outstanding performance at the London Palladium, her French cover of
Engelbert Humperdinck's "The Last Waltz" ("La Dernière Valse") generated much publicity in
Great Britain and was a hit even though the original had been number one only a few months previously. With hit after hit, she soon toured Canada and the United States where she appeared on the
Ed Sullivan Show and the
Danny Kaye Show. In
Las Vegas, she sang with
Dean Martin and
Frank Sinatra to great applause.
Still much in demand, she continues to perform regularly. She travels frequently, appearing at such venues as
New York City's
Carnegie Hall, the
Sport Palace in
Montreal,
Universal Amphitheatre in
Los Angeles and
Ice Palace of
Saint Petersburg.
She has sold about 150 million copies of her albums in her forty-year career, and recorded about 1200 songs in nine languages.
[1] She was the first Western singer in history to give concerts in China. Over the years, she has sung with many famous singers and ensembles, including:
Red Army Choir,
Charles Aznavour,
Barry Manilow,
Paul Anka,
Plácido Domingo,
Julio Iglesias,
Tom Jones, and
Peter Alexander.
Songs such as "Acropolis adieu," "
Ne me quitte pas," and "Santa Maria de la mer," are considered classics. Her French version of
Roy Orbison's ballad, "
Blue Bayou", is regarded by many as one of the best covers of that popular song. Noted French/Algerian lyricist
Eddy Marnay (who wrote songs for Edith Piaf during her later career) was the author of several songs Mireille recorded and popularized.
In 1989, President
François Mitterrand invited Mireille Mathieu to sing a tribute to General
Charles de Gaulle. She gave a series of concerts at the
Palais des Congrès in Paris in December 1990. Three years later, she released an album devoted to her idol,
Edith Piaf.
In January 1996, "Vous lui direz…" was released. Maxime le Forestier wrote one of the titles, "À la moitié de la distance". She did not perform live in France to promote the album, preferring rather to go to
Los Angeles, where she triumphed on November 14 with her vibrant tribute to another of her idols,
Judy Garland. The performance was a tremendous success. She was dressed by
Provence couturier,
Christian Lacroix .
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In 2002, she released her thirty-seventh French album
De tes mains
. Mathieu celebrated the fortieth anniversary of her career at the
Paris Olympia, in November 2005, after releasing her thirty-eighth French album, which reached number 14 on the charts in France, and remained in the top 100 for several months.
Many of Mireille's recordings since 1969 have featured members of "The Fleschettes" (Francine Chantereau, Martine Latorre, Dominque Poulain and Catherine Bonnevay Welch) as backing chorus vocalists.
Discography (albums)
Year
| Album
| Country
| Notes
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1966
| ''En Direct de L'Olympia
| France
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1967
| ''Made in France
| France
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1967
| ''En Direct De L'Olympia 1967
| France
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1968
| ''Le merveilleux petit monde de Mireille Mathieu chante Noël
| France
| Christmas album
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1969
| ''La première etoile
| France
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1969
| ''Sweet Souvenirs of Mireille Mathieu
| France
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1969
| ''Olympia
| France
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1969
| ''Mireille... Mireille
| Germany
| First German album - fold out cover
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1970
| ''Mireille... Mireille
| France
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1970
| ''Merci Mireille
| Germany
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1971
| ''Bonjour Mireille
| France
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1971
| ''Mireille Mathieu en concert au Canada
| Canada
| Live recording
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1972
| ''Mireille Mathieu chante Francis Lai
| France
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1972
| ''J'étais si jeune
| France
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1972
| ''Meine Träume
| Germany
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1973
| ''Olympia
| France
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1973
| ''L'amour et la vie
| France
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1974
| ''Und der Wind wird ewig singen
| Germany
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1974
| ''Le vent de la nuit
| France
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1974
| ''Mireille Mathieu chante Ennio Morricone
| France
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1974
| ''Mireille Mathieu en concert à Byblos
| Lebanon
| Live recording
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1975
| ''Apprends-moi
| France
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1975
| ''Rendezvous mit Mireille
| Germany
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1975
| ''Wünsch Dir was – Eine musikalische Weltreise mit Mireille Mathieu
| Germany
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1975
| ''On ne vit pas sans se dire adieu (Polydor 2490 128)
| Canada
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1976
| ''Et tu seras poète
| France
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1976
| ''Herzlichst Mireille
| Germany
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1976
| ''Und wieder wird es Weihnachtszeit
| Germany
| Christmas album
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1977
| ''Sentimentalement vôtre
| France
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1977
| ''Die schönsten deutschen Volkslieder
| Germany
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1977
| ''Der Rhein und Das Lied von der Elbe
| Germany
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1977
| ''Das neue Schlager-Album
| Germany
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1977
| ''Es ist Zeit für Musik
| Germany
| ZDF-Show recording
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1978
| ''Fidelement vôtre
| France
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1978
| ''J'ai peur d'aimer un souvenir
| Japan
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1978
| ''Alle Kinder dieser Erde
| Germany
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1979
| ''Mireille Mathieu Chante Paul Anka: Toi et Moi
| France
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1979
| ''Mireille Mathieu Sings Paul Anka
| World
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1979
| ''Romantiquement vôtre
| France
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1979
| ''So ein schöner Abend
| Germany
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1980
| ''Un peu... beaucoup... passionnément
| France
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1980
| ''Gefuhle
| Germany
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1980
| ''30 Favoritas de Mireille
| Mexico
| album 3 lp's avec Madrecita del Niños dios
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1981
| ''Bravo tu as gagné
| Japan
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1981
| ''Je vous aime…
| France
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1981
| ''Die Liebe einer Frau
| Germany
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1982
| ''Trois milliards de gens sur terre
| France
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1982
| ''Ein neuer Morgen
| Germany
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1982
| ''Bonsoir Mathieu
| Germany
| ZDF-Show recording
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1983
| ''Je veux l'aimer
| France
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1983
| ''Nur für dich
| Germany
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1984
| ''Chanter
| France
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1984
| ''Los cuentos de cri cri
| Mexico
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1984
| ''The tales of cri cri
| Usa
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1985
| ''La demoiselle d'Orléans
| France
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1985
| ''Les grandes chansons françaises
| France
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1985
| ''Welterfolge aus Paris
| Germany
| German-language version of ‘Les grandes chansons françaises’
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1986
| ''In Liebe Mireille
| Germany
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1986
| ''Après toi
| France
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1987
| ''Rencontres de femmes
| France
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1987
| ''Tour de L'Europe
| Germany
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1988
| ''Mireille Mathieu à Moscou
| USSR
| Live recording
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1989
| ''L'Americain
| France
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1989
| ''Embrujo [Himno al amor, 1990]
| Spain
| Spanish-language album
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1990
| ''Ce soir je t'ai perdu
| France
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1991
| ''Una mujer
| Spain
| Spanish-language album
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1991
| ''Mireille Mathieu - Que Pour Toi
| France
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1993
| ''Mireille Mathieu chante Piaf
| France
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1993
| ''Unter dem Himmel von Paris
| Germany
| German-language version of ‘Mireille Mathieu chante Piaf’
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1995
| ''Vous lui direz
| France
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1996
| ''In meinem Traum
| Germany
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1999
| ''Alles nur ein Spiel
| Germany
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2002
| ''De tes mains
| France
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2005
| ''Une place dans mon coeur
| France
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2007
| ''In Meinem Herzen
| Germany
| 12-10-2007
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See also
- List of best selling music artists
References
- Mireille Mathieu Biographie en 16 Langues
- RFI Musique - - Mireille Mathieu