Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, better known as France Gall, was a popular French "yé-yé" singer. She started her music career at 16 when her father encouraged her to send demo recordings to a well-known music publisher. It was after she was signed that she started working with composer Serge Gainsbourg.
She was chosen to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 in Naples, where she performed Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son, which was deemed something way outside the typical style of song at the time. She proved her critics wrong and won the contest, giving Luxembourg its second win. Three years later, she parted ways with Gainsbourg after she grew tired of his suggestive material.
Between 1965 and 2004, she released 22 studio and live albums and released many singles, much of which became huge hits in France.
She passed away on 7 January 2018, aged 70.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | |||
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 Conny Vandenbos •  Kathy Kirby •  Conchita Bautista •  Butch Moore •  Ulla Wiesner •  Udo Jürgens •  Kirsti Sparboe •  Lize Marke •  Marjorie Noël •  Ingvar Wixell •  Guy Mardel •  Simone de Oliveira •  Bobby Solo •  Birgit Brüel •  France Gall •  Viktor Klimenko •  Vice Vukov •  Yovanna Fassou Kalpaxi
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| Songs | |||
| 't Is genoeg • I Belong • ¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! • Walking the Streets in the Rain • Paradies, wo bist du? • Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen • Karusell • Als het weer lente is • Va dire à l'amour • Absent Friend • N'avoue jamais • Sol de inverno • Se piangi, se ridi • For din skyld • Poupée de cire, poupée de son • Aurinko laskee länteen • Čežnja • Non, à jamais sans toi
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