Message for Dotty.

[Bewlay Bros]

Dotty you seem to remember celebrity deaths very well so I thought I'll ask you?

Have you heard of Claude Fran�ois, a french crooner?

What a horrible life he led. Survived an IRA bombing, survied a Chapmanesque celebrity shooting and then finally died electrocuting himself in the loo changing a light bulb!!!

I bet you knew this.

And what great music.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AmHntiV2Ebs

[dot.hawkes]

hiya luv
No I can;t recall this guy but I do remember a Spanish singer who died not long before my first visit to Spain in 1975. he was a crooner but I have forgotton his name, it started with an S i think

[Bewlay Bros]

Well if you haven't heard of him, then I doubt many have.

My Claude Fran�ois facts stop here. Right now.

[dot.hawkes]

I watched the link and it did not ring a bell, I always thought Paul Anka wrote My Way anyway !!!

[~max~]

Oooh I do I do! :O)
Some very cheesy songs, but he was very popular. a lot of them have been "remixed" and are still regularly played in clubs...My brother used to have a dance routine like him when he was six (a fact he doesn't like to be reminded of now! lol).

[Bewlay Bros]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_%28song%29

Ah no so dotty.

I apologise for the David Bowie fact at the end of the article. I really need to get out more.

[Bewlay Bros]

Cheesey but great ~max~. A bit like Wotsits.

[~max~]

Ha ha ha!!! We have a video of him dancing like in this song here, he even had the same haircut!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eQaQaZGfjD4&feature =related


Oh memories!!!

[Bewlay Bros]

He is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know the macabre facts surrounding his life max?

[~max~]

I seem to remember he got electrocuted when the hairdrier fell in his bath....Apart from that I'm not sure! He had two sons who became semi-famous I think.

[Cetti]

Yes, I knew of him very well and had a number of his EP's, collected during a stay in Paris in the 1960's.

French music was very much in vogue and as well as the gorgeous Claude, there was the even more gorgeous Jacques Dutronc and Michel Polneroff - plus Johnny Halliday ....who is still reasonably tasty!

[Cetti]

I remember him very well, as French singers were very much in vogue during the 1960's. Just found a couple of his EP's (remember them?) that I bought in Paris. He was lovely, but another French singer Jacques Dutronc was absolutely gorgeous!

My Way (Comme D'abitude ) was written by Claude Francois, but Paul Anka wrote the Englis lyrics.

[smiffy65]

Bewley Bros hope this helps


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Fran%C3%A7 ois