Véronique Sanson

Véronique Sanson

Véronique Marie Line Sanson (born 24 April 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris) is a three-time Victoires de la Musique award-winning French singer-songwriter and record producer with an avid following in her native country. Ten years after Barbara, Véronique Sanson became one of the first French female singer-songwriters to break into stardom with her debut album Amoureuse in 1972. She also became one of the most successful and most prominent members of the Seventies "Nouvelle chanson française" ("New French chanson"), alongside Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Jacques Higelin, Michel Polnareff, Catherine Lara, Yves Duteil, Maxime Le Forestier, Renaud, William Sheller, Michel Jonasz, Michel Berger, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Louis Chédid, or Francis Cabrel. Unlike most previous French artists of the Sixties Yé-yé era, who mostly released EPs consisting of a collection of singles, B-sides and covers, Sanson and her counterparts of the "nouvelle chanson française" established the dominance of singer-songwriters on the Seventies French charts thanks to albums with full-length artistic statements. One of her songs, "Amoureuse", was covered in English in 1973 by singer Kiki Dee, and became a major hit in the United Kingdom, and has been covered since by various other singers, from Polly Brown (1973) to Olivia Newton-John (1974), Pete Townshend (1974), Linda Martin (1996) and Amanda Abbs with Illusive (1997). In 1974, Patti Dahlstrom recorded a second version with her own lyrics, entitled "Emotion" which was covered by Helen Reddy (1974) and Shirley Bassey (1975). Many other covers of "Amoureuse" have been recorded in French, German, Spanish, Dutch or Japanese. Véronique Sanson plays piano and guitar. Both her parents, René and Colette Sanson, were members of the Resistance during the German occupation of France. Before the war, René Sanson was a French diplomat in The Hague. When the Germans invaded the Netherlands, he sent a coded message to warn the French government that Germany was planning to attack France from across the Belgian border. This very message was decoded by Colette, a communication worker at the French Ministry of War. It was not until a few months later that they met in person, in a resistance cell. Both became prominent within the Resistance. In 1944, after the bombing of a German train, Colette was arrested and sentenced to death by the occupation force before she managed to escape. After the liberation of Paris, René Sanson was appointed Minister of Labour in Charles de Gaulle's provisional government. The couple married in 1945. As a lawyer and an economist, René Sanson remained involved in politics as Member of Parliament and Deputy of the 13th district of Paris until 1967. In 1970, he was in charge of the French delegation at the Osaka World Expo; Véronique first visited Japan on this occasion. ... Source: Article "Véronique Sanson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    Birthday
    4/24/1949
Véronique Sanson - Les années américaines
Véronique Sanson - Les années américaines
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Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena
Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Le bal des Casse-pieds
Le bal des Casse-pieds
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
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Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
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Véronique Sanson – Hasta Luego : le concert au cinéma
Véronique Sanson – Hasta Luego : le concert au cinéma
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Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
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Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
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Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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