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Séverine

1948 - Today

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Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau on 10 October 1948) is a French singer. Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for Monaco, performing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (A bench, a tree, a street), with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca. It was recorded in English as "Chance in Time", in German as "Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" and Italian as "Il posto". The original French version made #9 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1971, whereas the English version, released on CBS rather than Philips, did not chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Séverine is the 525th most popular singer (down from 472nd in 2019), the 2,507th most popular biography from France (down from 2,413th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Séverine ranks 525 out of 4,381. Before her are Lola Novaković, Anne Sofie von Otter, Juan Gabriel, Darío Moreno, Billy Preston, and Patrick Hernandez. After her are Brandy Norwood, Dinah Washington, Mari Boine, Marek Grechuta, Mos Def, and Gary Brooker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Séverine ranks 197. Before her are Delio Onnis, John Dew, Donna Karan, Jaya Bachchan, Vladimír Remek, and Lars Lagerbäck. After her are Baldwin Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Remo Girone, Charles Simonyi, John Ashton, and Fred Newhouse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Séverine ranks 2,507 out of 6,770. Before her are François-Joseph Talma (1763), Paul Belmondo (1963), Patrick Hernandez (1949), Élisabeth Depardieu (1941), Alexis Bouvard (1767), and Charles Diehl (1859). After her are Jean Fautrier (1898), Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Michel Camdessus (1933), and Jules Armand Dufaure (1798).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Séverine ranks 29. Before her are Alan Stivell (1944), Alizée (1984), Théo Sarapo (1936), Aristide Bruant (1851), Isabelle Aubret (1938), and Patrick Hernandez (1949). After her are Tino Rossi (1907), Bertrand Cantat (1964), Adolphe Nourrit (1802), Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951), Michel Sardou (1947), and Line Renaud (1928).

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