- Philippe Lafontaine
Singer and composer Philippe Lafontaine was born on May 24, 1955 in
Gosselies ,Belgium .Lafontaine spent a short time in a
Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials (includingStella Artois andCoca Cola . Throughout the 1980s he joined the musical comedy "Brel en mille temps", touring inDakar ,Moscow , and Leningrad, and he released three albums. The song "Coeur de Loup" was his first big hit and launched his career once and for all in Europe. The song garnered many awards in Belgium, France and Quebec. He represented Belgium in theEurovision Song Contest 1990 inZagreb with his own composition "Macédomienne " dedicated to his Macedonian wife, ending in 12th place. In 2001, he ventured for a 2nd time in musical comedy, composing "Celia Fee", a musical for children and adults alike. His lyrics are known for being full ofdouble entendres .Albums
#Ou...? (1978)
#Pourvu Que Ca Roule (1981)
#Charmez (1987)
#Fa Ma No Ni Ma (1989)
#Affaire (À Suivre) (1988)
#Machine À Larmes (1992)
#D'ici (1994)
#Folklores Imagninaires (1996)
#Compilation Attitudes (1997)
#Pour Toujours (1998)
#Fond De Scene Live (1999)
#De L'autre Rive (2003)References
*http://www.philippelafontaine.com
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