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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=May 2011BLP sources|date=June 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Eddy Mitchell| image = Eddy Mitchell, Pic, 5.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Claude Moine| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1942|7|3|birth_place = Paris , France | origin =| instrument =| genre = Rock'n'roll , R& B , Country music|Country , Ballads, French songs| occupation = Singer-songwriter Actor| years_active =| label = Barclay, Polydor| associated_acts =| website = Claude Moine better known by his stage name Eddy Mitchell (born 3 July 1942, Paris) is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group :fr:Les Chaussettes Noires|Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard 's Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution|Alphaville ). The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Le Golf Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.
Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee . Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan , Jimmy Page and drummer Bobby Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London. For his American recordings he employed session men such as Roger Hawkins , David Hood , Jimmy Johnson (musician)|Jimmy Johnson , Kenneth Buttrey , Reggie Young , David Briggs Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011, Charlie McCoy and others. Happy Birthday, Eddy Mitchell , EM Productions, 1980, liner notes
He is the voice of Flappy in the French version of the 2005 film of The Magic Roundabout (film)|The Magic Roundabout .
Discography
Albums
;with Les 5 Rocks
1960 : Les 5 Rocks (remained unreleased until 1996)
;with Les Chaussettes noires
1961 : 100 % rock
1961 : ''Rock'n'Twist
1962 : Le 2 000 000e disque des Chaussettes noires (1st official studio album)
1962 : Comment réussir en amour (soundtrack of film with same title)
1963 : Chaussettes Noires Party (2nd and last studio album)
;Solo studio albums
1963 : Voici Eddy... c'était le soldat Mitchell
1963 : Eddy in London
1964 : Panorama
1964 : Toute la ville en parle... Eddy est formidable
Persondata | NAME = Mitchell, Eddy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 3 July 1942 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = | label = Polydor Records , Barclay Records , Universal Records DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Eddy Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Paris Category:French rock singers Category:French male singers Category:French film actors Category:French singer-songwriters
