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Danielle Licari 
Danielle LicariBackground information Origin France Occupations Singer Years active 1960s and 1970s Website daniellelicari.com Danielle Licari (born 1943) is a French singer who was active in the 1960s and 1970s. She's now remembered in France as a backing vocalist in chanson.
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Career
In 1964, she dubbed the singing in the movie "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" for the role of Geneviève Emery, played by Catherine Deneuve.
In 1969, she recorded her greatest hit, Concerto Pour Une Voix. The album has sold over 15 million copies.
In 1968, she recorded "Treize jours en France" composed by Francis Lai; she also recorded a second version of “Love Story” dedicated to her by the same composer.
In 1972, she submitted her song "Au cœur d'une chanson" to compete in the Eurovision contest representing France. The French committee selected Betty Mars and her song “Come-Comedie” instead.
In 1972, she represented France in the "World Popular Song Festival" held in Tokio, Japan. Her song "Une Vie" was a finalist.
In July 1978, she sang with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and the choir of St-Dominique Church. The piece chosen was a musical drama called Concerto pour Helene, in honour of Helene Boule, the wife of the founder of Quebec City, as part of the city's 370th anniversary celebrations. The work was composed by Claude Léveillé.
Wyclef Jean sampled "Concerto Pour Une Voix" in his 1997 song "Apolcalypse."
She has sold over 20 million copies of her albums during her career. Her songs are found in easy listening CD compilations worldwide.
Singing style
Her characteristic singing style lacked lyrics, communicating emotions through sounds, the way a violin would. This may have fueled her popularity in non-French speaking countries like Germany, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Korea. She used her voice like a musical instrument giving a soft, unique dream-like tone. She has been called la voz de la sirena ("the voice of a mermaid"). Most of her recordings are arrangements of classical themes composed originally for instruments rather than voice, while the arrangements consist generally of large orchestral ensembles mixed with a pop-rock band instrumentation. She incorporated pop-rock elements that made her music appealing. Her singing style influenced Japanese Anime soundtracks of 1980s such as Seiji Yokoyama (Saint Seiya).
Discography
Studio albums
Year Title Label Release country 1965 La Geographie en Chansons Barclay France & Canada 1965 Lecon de Choses en Chansons Barclay France & Canada 1966 Vivre la Nuit Phillips France and Japan 1967 Jesus: La Vie de Jesus en 12 Chansons
with the Francois Rauber OrchestraPhillips France 1969 Sanctus: Musique Sacree Pour Piano, Orgue et Voix Phillips France, Canada, Mexico 1969 Classics Pour Une Voix Barclay World wide release 1970 On Est Bien La-La Barclay France 1974 Screen Themes Golden Prize Barclay France, Canada and Japan 1974 and 1975 Danielle Licari Barclay France, Canada, Japan, Mexico 1974 Danielle Licari Live in Japan (with Obi) Barclay Japan 1975 Le Marche Persan Barclay France, Canada, Japan, Mexico 1976 Rhapsodie pour deux voix Barclay France, Canada, Japan, Mexico 1977 Saggitarius Barclay France, Canada, Mexico 1978 Rappel Barclay France, Canada, Mexico 1979 Concerto Pour Elle Heloise France and Canada 1980 Elisabeth Serenade Amo Records France, Japan 1980 Danielle Licari Chante Ennio Morricone:
Mal de ToiLe Petit Menestral France 1981 Heidi Ades France 1982 Concerto Pour deux Voix Victor Brazil, France, Canada 1984 Lonely Shepherd Disques Star France and Canada 1984 Romance Star France and Canada 1993 Sanctus: Musique Sacree Pour Piano,
Orgue et Voix (re-release)PolyGram Projects France and Canada 1995 Danielle Licari chante les plus grands Disques Quality Canada Pinocchio, Joli Pantin Ades Backing vocals
Danièle Licari also sang for other artists, and specially in French singer-songwriter Léo Ferré's albums.
Year Title Artist Label Release country 1967 Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire Léo Ferré Barclay France, Canada 1970 Amour anarchie Léo Ferré Barclay France, Canada 1970 L'Albatros (excerpts from Jean-Pierre Mocky's movie soundtrack) Léo Ferré Barclay France 1973 Il n'y a plus rien Léo Ferré Barclay France, Canada Singles
Year Title Label Release country 1969 "Concerto pour une voix" Barclay Worldwide 1970 "Adagio Romantique" Barclay France, Japan, Mexico 1971 "Prelude Pour Un Amour: Melodie Pour un Autoumne" Barclay France 1972 "Une Vie" Barclay France, Japan 1975 "Histoire D'O (Geschichte der O)" Barclay Canada, France and Germany 1975 La Canzone di Orlando Barclay Italy, Canada, France "Concerto Pour Une Voix" Multiple labels Japan, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Israel "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" Multiple labels France, Canada, Japan "Rhapsodie Pour Deux Voix" Barclay France 1977 "Adagio de Albinoni / Concerto No 1
En Si Bemol De Tchaikowski"Barclay France and Canada 1979 "Concerto pour Elle"
(Re-release)Barclay France 1981 "Les Chansons de Pierrot" France 1981 "Prelude Pour Un Amour: Melodie Pour un Autoumne"
(Re-release)Barclay Canada 1983 "Le Chant des étoiles" Barclay France Collections
- The Greatest Hits (Universal). Distributed in Latin America, Spain, France, Canada, USA, Japan, Korea and many more
- The Best Collection of World Popular Music: Pops and Vocals, Volume 5. (PolyGram Records)
- 1981: Double compilation – Concerto pour une voix (Pro-Culture, Canada only)
- 1993: Master Série (PolyGram)
- 1994: Best of Best (RCA Victor, Japan only)
- 1999: Concerto pour une voix – compilation CD (RCA Victor, Japan only)
Soundtracks
- 1964 – "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (While parts of the melody are used throughout the movie, the full song is sung by the character Geneviève Emery, played by Catherine Deneuve and dubbed by Danielle Licari).
- 1985 – Asterix et la surprise de Cesar
- 1981 – "J'en ai rêvé" ("Once Upon a Dream") in Disney's second French version of Sleeping Beauty (first was released by Huguette Boulangeot)
References
Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- French female singers
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