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Barbara

1930 - 1997

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Monique Andrée Serf (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997), known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous cabaretière in the late 1950s in Paris, known as La Chanteuse de minuit ('the midnight singer'), before she started composing her own tracks, which brought her to fame. Her most famous songs include "Dis, quand reviendras-tu ?" (1962), "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour" (1966) and "L'Aigle noir" (1970), the latter of which is said to have sold over 1 million copies in just twelve hours. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara is the 371st most popular singer (down from 258th in 2019), the 1,874th most popular biography from France (down from 1,472nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Barbara ranks 371 out of 4,381. Before her are Ricky Nelson, Eazy-E, Mick Jones, Dino Merlin, Kim Wilde, and Jussi Björling. After her are Coolio, Rod Evans, Anggun, Paul Di'Anno, Linda Ronstadt, and Alpha Blondy.

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Among people born in 1930, Barbara ranks 126. Before her are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, Harvey Milk, Walter Bonatti, and Vilma Espín. After her are Ilon Wikland, Don L. Lind, Sonny Rollins, Stephen Smale, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Lina Kostenko. Among people deceased in 1997, Barbara ranks 79. Before her are Mate Boban, Georg Solti, Nikolai Tikhonov, Alparslan Türkeş, Stig Anderson, and Amado Carrillo Fuentes. After her are Héctor Yazalde, Ernst Wilimowski, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Edward Mulhare, Samuel Fuller, and Manfred von Ardenne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Barbara ranks 1,874 out of 6,770. Before her are Léon Cogniet (1794), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), Hubert Lyautey (1854), and Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772). After her are Robert Brasillach (1909), Jules Breton (1827), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753), Lucas (null), and Jacques Ellul (1912).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Barbara ranks 21. Before her are Desireless (1952), Charles Trenet (1913), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), André Claveau (1911), and Warda Al-Jazairia (1939). After her are Sacha Distel (1933), Alan Stivell (1944), Alizée (1984), Théo Sarapo (1936), Aristide Bruant (1851), and Isabelle Aubret (1938).

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