Jacques Brel overview
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Ne me quitte pas(03:52)
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La Valse à mille temps(03:52)
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Les Bourgeois(02:54)
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Les Prénoms de Paris(02:40)
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J'arrive(04:46)
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- Le Plat Pays(02:43)
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Vesoul(03:09)
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La Quête(02:39)
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L'Ivrogne(04:02)
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- La Chanson des vieux amants(04:30)
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- Jacky(03:24)
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- Quand on n'a que l'amour(02:27)
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Les Vieux(04:07)
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- Les Bonbons(02:59)
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Jacques Brel bio
Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking singer and author-composer, considered by many as a poet as well, given the power of his lyrics. Known in the English-speaking world mainly through translations of his songs, he is also remembered in French-speaking countries as an actor and director.
Brel was born in Schaarbeek, Belgium, a district of Brussels, ... and lived half of his life in Paris. He died in Bobigny in the suburbs of Paris, of lung cancer, and is buried in the Marquesas Islands.
Although the Brels spoke French, they were of Flemish descent, with some of the family originating from Zandvoorde, near Ieper. Brel's father was co-owner of a cardboard factory and Brel started his professional life at that firm, apparently destined to follow in his father's footsteps. However he had no interest for it and showed an interest in culture instead, having joined the Catholic-humanist youth organisation Franche Cordée, where he did some singing and acting. At Franche Cordée he met Thérèse Michielsen ('Miche'). They married in 1950.
In the early 1950s Brel achieved some minor success in Belgium singing self pe Full bioRead more
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