Rosemarie this one I know you will enjoy! Françoise Hardy with All Over the World. Françoise Madeleine Hardy born 17 January 1944 is a French singer and actress. Hardy is a popular figure in music and fashion. Hardy grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris with her younger sister Michèle. Her parents lived apart when she was young; 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 After a year at the Sorbonne she answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after she left university, her first record Oh Oh Chéri appeared, written by Johnny Hallydays writing duo. Her own flip side of the record, 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 gold disc. The track peaked at #36 in the UK Singles Chart in 1964. She reportedly hated the song claiming it was recorded in three hours with the worst four musicians in Paris. She was dating photographer Jean-Marie Périer at this time and his shots featured on many of her record sleeves. In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, who is the father of her son, Thomas Dutronc, born in 1973. Hardy lives in Paris and Dutronc in Monticello, Corsica, although they reportedly remain legally married. Because of her difficult upbringing Hardy became painfully shy — 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 — at that time it was not a good thing, it was a kind of shame. My father didnt help much financially my mother, and all the other girls, little girls, were dressed differently than I was — 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 didnt enjoy it at all...It is quite impossible to stand — to be admired too much — it is not a normal situation...I dont like that at all...I am not comfortable with my professional life really, so the word icon — its as though you were talking about someone else, its not me really...I feel happy when Im on my bed, in my room with a good book. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia) https://youtube/watch?v=PmzyE31597s
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