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France Gall

1947 - 2018

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Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", representing Luxembourg. Later in her career, she worked with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Her most successful singles include "Résiste", "Ella, elle l'a" and "Évidemment". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. France Gall is the 88th most popular singer (down from 81st in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from France (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Singer.

France Gall is most famous for her song "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" ("Wax Doll, Rag Doll") which was a hit in 1965.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, France Gall ranks 88 out of 4,381Before her are Amália Rodrigues, Sarah Vaughan, Miriam Makeba, Prince, Alla Pugacheva, and Morrissey. After her are The Notorious B.I.G., Carlos Gardel, Fairuz, Steven Tyler, Lys Assia, and Glen Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, France Gall ranks 34Before her are Ali Abdullah Saleh, Salman Rushdie, Takeshi Kitano, Gerd Binnig, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Paco de Lucía. After her are Michael Levitt, Michael Porter, Josep Borrell, Linda B. Buck, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Kevin Farrell. Among people deceased in 2018, France Gall ranks 25Before her are Isao Takahata, Riccardo Giacconi, John McCain, Stephen Hillenburg, Jean-Louis Tauran, and Philip Roth. After her are Jens Christian Skou, Lys Assia, Richard E. Taylor, Burton Richter, Günter Blobel, and Avicii.

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In France

Among people born in France, France Gall ranks 580 out of 6,770Before her are Hippolyte Taine (1828), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Marius Petipa (1818), René Guénon (1886), Ambroise Paré (1510), and Isabelle Adjani (1955). After her are Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Carlos Gardel (1890), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Yves Klein (1928), and Roger Guillemin (1924).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, France Gall ranks 6Before her are Édith Piaf (1915), Charles Aznavour (1924), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Mireille Mathieu (1946), and Françoise Hardy (1944). After her are Carlos Gardel (1890), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Georges Brassens (1921), and Maria Malibran (1808).