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Infobox musical artist| image = Françoise Hardy05.JPG| name = Françoise Hardy| caption = Françoise Hardy (1992).| image_size = 200px| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Françoise Madeleine Hardy| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1944|1|17| death_date =| origin = Paris, France| instrument =| genre =| occupation = Actress/Singer| years_active = 1961–present| label =| associated_acts = Jacques Dutronc | website = http://www.francoise-hardy.com francoise-hardy.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Voice, Guitar Françoise Madeleine Hardy (pronounced IPA-fr|f??~.swa?z a?.di|; born 17 January 1944) is a French singer, actress and astrologer . Hardy is an icon ic figure in fashion, music and style."Françoise Hardy", in ''Unknown legends of rock 'n' roll: psychedelic unknowns, mad geniuses, punk pioneers, lo-fi mavericks & more , Richie Unterberger, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1998, ISBN 0-87930-534-7 p. 177 ff Belle and Sebastian: Just a Modern Rock Story , Paul Whitelaw, Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 0-312-34137-7 p. 64 She is married to the singer and movie actor Jacques Dutronc .
Biography
Hardy grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris with her younger sister Michèle. Her parents lived apart when she was young and her father contributed little financially to the family and had little to do with his daughters. He was, however, persuaded by the girls' mother to buy Françoise a guitar for her birthday as a reward for passing her baccalauréat .cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0118bgw|title=Falling for Francoise|date=broadcast 21 May 2011|work=BBC Radio 4 programme |publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 May 2011 Her early musical influences were the French chanson stars Charles Trenet and Cora Vaucairecite web|url= http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/francoise-hardy/biography|title=Françoise Hardy|last=Anon|publisher=RFI Musique |accessdate=22 May 2011 as well as Anglophone singers Paul Anka , the Everly Brothers , Cliff Richard , Connie Francis and Marty Wilde whom she heard on the English-language radio station, Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg . After a year at the Sorbonne she answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Disques Vogue|Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after she left university, her first record "Oh Oh Chéri" appeared, written by Johnny Hallyday 's writing duo. Her own A-side and B-side|flip side of the record, " Tous les garçons et les filles (song)|Tous les garçons et les filles " became a success, riding the wave of Yé-yé music in France. It sold over a million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 147 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 The track peaked at #36 in the UK Singles Chart in 1964. She first appeared on television in 1962 during an interlude in a programme reporting the results of a presidential referendum.
Hardy sings in French, English, Italian, Spanish and German, and has one interpretation in Portuguese. In 1963 she came fifth for Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest with " L'amour s'en va ". In 1963, she was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros .
In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, who is the father of her son, Thomas Dutronc , born in 1973. Hardy lives near Paris and Dutronc in Monticello, Haute-Corse|Monticello, Corsica , although they remain a couple.Citation needed|date=February 2007 She allegedly had an affair with Dr Christiaan Barnard , the South African heart surgeon.cite book |title=Celebrity Surgeon: Christiaan Barnard& nbsp;– A Life|first=Chris|last=Logan|publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers|year=2004|isbn=1-86842-163-5
In 1994, she collaborated with the British pop group Blur (band)|Blur for their "La Comedie" version of " To the End (Blur song)|To The End ". In May 2000, she made a comeback with the album Clair Obscur on which her son played guitar and her husband sang the duet (music)|duet "Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage". Iggy Pop and Étienne Daho also took part. She has also recorded a duet with Perry Blake who wrote two songs for her award winning Tant de belles choses album.
On shyness and fame
Because of her difficult upbringing Hardy became painfully shy& nbsp;— a trait which is still part of her character today. When asked about her shyness in an interview with John Andrew, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011 she said:
"I thought at first my parents were divorced& nbsp;— at that time it was not a good thing, it was a kind of shame. My father didn't help much financially my mother, and all the other girls, little girls, were dressed differently than I was& nbsp;— their parents had more money...I didn’t enjoy at all everything, the trappings, when all of a sudden you become very famous... on being taken up by the fashion houses it was work, things I had to do, a chore - I didn't enjoy it at all...It is quite impossible to stand& nbsp;— to be admired too much& nbsp;— it is not a normal situation...I don't like that at all...I am not comfortable with my professional life really, so the word 'icon'- it's as though you were talking about someone else, it's not me really...I feel happy when I'm on my bed, in my room with a good book."
Cultural references
Films
Hardy makes a cameo appearance in a scene from Jean-Luc Godard 's film Masculin, féminin . http://goodgodard.tumblr.com/post/71411734/masculin-feminin-thats-fran-oise-hardy Françoise Hardy in Masculin, féminin She played a minor role in the 1965 film '' What's New Pussycat? and also acted in the 1966 film Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix ''. In a scene from director John G. Avildsen 's film Save the Tiger (1973), Jack Lemmon 's character Harry Stoner makes a reference to Hardy during a melancholy telephone call to his wife. Her song "Tous les garçons et les filles" played during the British film Metroland (1997 film)|Metroland and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (film)|The Dreamers . Her song "L'Amitié" played during the end credits of Denys Arcand 's The Barbarian Invasions ( Les Invasions barbares ) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. Her recording of the song "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux", composed by Louis Aragon is played in the Norwegian film Tatt av Kvinnen . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780621/ Tatt av Kvinnen on IMDB
Fashion and popular song
Hardy is mentioned in a poem by Bob Dylan "Some other kinds of songs" which he wrote on the cover of his album Another Side of Bob Dylan , released in 1964. http://www.all-over-the-world.com/FrancoiseHardy/biogr.shtml FRANÇOISE HARDY – (very) Brief Biography Hardy's style influences Nicolas Ghesquière , head of the couture house, Balenciaga . http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2005RTW/review/BALENCIA Balenciaga Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
Hardy's song "Ce Petit Coeur", was featured in the Gilmore Girls episode "French Twist".
Her song "Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" was also played in the television series La Femme Nikita s third season episode "Beyond the Pale" when Nikita pulls out an old record and plays the song.
In the award-winning Greek film Attenberg , her song " Tous les garçons et les filles " is played and sung by the two main characters in a lament of adolescent longing and loneliness.
Selected songs
" Tous les garçons et les filles (song)|Tous les garçons et les filles " (1962) – UK Singles Chart|UK #36cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher=Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 243
"J'suis d'accord" (1962)
"Le Temps de l'amour" (1962)
" Le premier bonheur du jour|Le Premier Bonheur du jour " (1963)
" L'amour s'en va|L'Amour s'en va " (1963)
"Only friends / Ton meilleur ami" (1964)
" Mon amie la rose " (1964)
"Et même" (1964) – UK #31
"All Over the World" ("Dans le monde entier") (1965) – UK #16
"L'Amitié" (1965)
" La maison où j'ai grandi|La Maison où j'ai grandi " (1966)
"Voilà" (1967)
" Comment te dire adieu? (song)|Comment te dire adieu? " (1968, lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg )
"Fleur de lune" (1970)
"Message personnel" (1973, lyrics by Michel Berger )
"J'écoute de la musique saoûle" (1978)
Selected discography
Tous les garçons et les filles (1962); re-released as The Yeh-Yeh Girl from Paris! (1965)
Le premier bonheur du jour|Le Premier Bonheur du jour (1963)
Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano (1963)
Mon amie la rose (album)|Mon amie la rose (1964)
'' L'Amitié (1965)
Françoise in Germany (1965)
Françoise Hardy in English (1966)
'' La maison où j'ai grandi (album)|La Maison où j'ai grandi (1966)
Ma jeunesse fout le camp... (1967)
Comment te dire adieu? (1968)
Françoise Hardy en Anglais (1969)
Françoise (1970)
Soleil (1970)
One-Nine-Seven-Zero (1970)
Träume (1970)
La Question (1971)
''Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972)
If You Listen (1972)
Message Personnel (1973)
''Entr'acte (1974)
Star (1977)
''J'écoute de la musique saoûle (1978)
Gin Tonic (1980)
À Suivre (1981)
''Quelqu'un qui s'en va (1982)
Décalages (1988)
Le Danger (1996)
Clair Obscur (2000)
Tant de belles choses (2004)
(Parenthèses...) (2006)
La Pluie sans parapluie (2010)
Soundtracks
"L'Amitié", in The Barbarian Invasions , Denys Arcand (2003)
"Des ronds dans l'eau", in Remember Me, My Love , Gabriele Muccino (2003)
"Tous les garçons et les filles", in The Dreamers (film)|The Dreamers , Bernardo Bertolucci (2003)
"Tous les garçons et les filles", "Le Premier Bonheur du jour", in The Statement (film)|The Statement , Norman Jewison (2003)
"All Over The World", in The Boat That Rocked , Richard Curtis (2009)
Selected filmography
Château en suède (1963)
'' What's New Pussycat? (1965, uncredited appearance in final scene)
Une Balle au cœur (1965)
Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix (1966)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.francoise-hardy.com/ Official websitefr icon
IMDB name|id=0362634|name=Françoise Hardy
http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6310.asp Biography of Françoise Hardy, from Radio France Internationale
S-startSuccession box|before= François Deguelt | title= Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest | years=1963 | after= Romuald Figuier|Romuald | S-end Use dmy dates|date=May 2011
Persondata|NAME = Hardy, Françoise Madeline |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Actress, astrologer, pop singer |DATE OF BIRTH = 17 January 1944 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Paris, France |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hardy, Francoise Madeline Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Paris Category:French astrologers Category:French astrological writers Category:French female singers Category:French film actors Category:French pop singers Category:French-language singers Category:Monegasque Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1963 Category:Musicians from Paris
