Nicoletta

Nicoletta Grisoni longer name Nicole Fernande GrisoniChappuis better known by her mononym Nicoletta born 11 April 1944 in Vongy now known as ThononlesBains HauteSavoie France is a French pop singer Becoming very popular on French radio and television where she had a number of hits in the 1960s and the 1970s she was considered as part of what is known as the French yéyé generation heavily influenced by American music particularly Rhythm and blues Rock and roll and Beat music She is mostly known for her version of Mamy Blue She began her music as a member of her local church choir She worked for a while in a laundry and at a medical clinic in addition to DJing in the beginning 1960s developing contacts Encouraged by French songwriter Léo Missir she was signed to Barclay Her initial hits included LHomme à la moto an earlier Edith Piaf song Pour oublier quon sest aimé from Nino Ferrer and Encore un jour sans toi cowritten by Guy Marchand and Léo Missir 1967 saw the release of La Musique adaptation from Ann Grégory and Il est mort le soleil written by Pierre Delanoë and music by Hubert Giraud The song was adapted and interpreted later on by Ray Charles under the title The Sun Died also covered by Tom Jones As activist she campaigned against playback music insisting to sing live in her appearances on television She also supported the French general strike in May 1968 singing in its support In 1971 she recorded a French version of Mamy Blue a gospel song composed by Hubert Giraud with massive success It was a hit in many countries outside France as well In 1973 she founded her own record label Rapa Nui for producing and launching new talents The same year she released Fio Maravilla another big hit for her The origin was a Brazilian hit from Jorge Ben Jor about soccer player Fio Maravilha adapted to French by lyricist Boris Bergman In 1976 her French version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic titled Glory Alleluia with new French lyrics and arrangement by André Pascal became a Christmas hit After a hiatus because of her marriage and bearing a child she returned to music in 1983 with Idées noires as a duo with Bernard Lavilliers In 1987 she took part in the opera Grandeur et décadence de la ville de Mahagonny a French version of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht playing the role of Jenny in the opera The same year she also took role of Esméralda in the musical comedy Quasimodo based on Victor Hugos The Hunchback of NotreDame composed by William Sheller In the beginning of the 1990s she suffered great financial problems despite releasing quality interpretations with collaborations from William Sheller Richard Cocciante Pierre Delanoë and taking part in galas Source Article Nicoletta singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30