- Eddy Mitchell
Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine
July 3 ,1942 ,Paris ) is a Frenchsinger andactor . He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actorEddie Constantine (later the star ofJean-Luc Godard 's "Alphaville"). The band performed at the Parisian nightclubLe Golf Drouot before signing toBarclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in
London , but later in Memphis andNashville, Tennessee . GuitaristJimmy Page and drummer Bob Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London.He is the voice of
Flappy in the French version of the 2005 film of "The Magic Roundabout".Filmography
* "
Les Parisiennes ", in the segment "Ella" (Jacques Poitrenaud ,1962
* "Comment réussir en amour " (Michel Boisrond , 1963)
* "Nanou ", TV series (Georges Régnier , 1970)
* "Ça va plaire ", TV musical (Jean-Pierre Cassel etBernard Lion , 1980)
* "Gaston Lapouge ", TV film (Frank Apprederis , 1981)
* "Coup de torchon " (Bertrand Tavernier , 1981)
* "Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre " (Georges Lautner , 1983)
* "Ronde de nuit " (Jean-Claude Missiaen , 1984)
* "A mort l'arbitre! " (Jean-Pierre Mocky , 1983)
* "Frankenstein 90 " (Alain Jessua , 1984)
* "La Galette du roi " (Jean-Michel Ribes , 1986)
* "I Love You " (Marco Ferreri , 1986)
* "Autour de minuit " ("Round Midnight") (Bertrand Tavernier , 1986)
* "Un père et passe " (Sébastien Grall , 1989)
* "Promotion canapé " (Didier Kaminka , 1990)
* "Until the End of the World " ("Bis ans Ende der Welt") (Wim Wenders , 1991)
* "La Totale! " (Claude Zidi , 1991)
* "Ville à vendre " (Jean-Pierre Mocky , 1992)
* "La Cité de la peur " (Alain Berbérian , 1994)
* "Le bonheur est dans le pré " (Étienne Chatiliez , 1995)
* "Cuisine américaine " (Jean-Yves Pitoun , 1998)
* "Kitchendales " (Chantal Lauby , 2000)
* "Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés " (Stéphane Clavier , 2003)
* "Les Clefs de bagnole " (Laurent Baffie , 2003)
* "Tête baissée ", TV film (Gérard Jourd'hui , 2003)
* "Le manège enchanté" ("The Magic Roundabout") (Dave Borthwick ,Jean Duval ,Frank Passingham , 2005)
* "Un printemps à Paris" ("Springtime in Paris ") (Jacques Bral , 2006)Bibliography
by Eddy Mitchell
*"Galas, galères," autobiography (Éditions Jacques Grancher, 1979)
*"Cocktail Story," recipes and anecdotes (R.M.C. Éditions, 1986)
*"P'tit Claude", novel (L'Arbre à cames, 1994)External links
* [http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6092.asp A biography (in English) at Radio France Internationale]
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