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Lucien Voulzy (French pronunciation: ​[lysjɛ̃ vulzi], born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy ([loʁɑ̃ vulzi]), is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician.

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Laurent Voulzy
Background information
Birth name	Lucien Voulzy
Born	(1948-12-18) 18 December 1948 (age 73) Paris, France
Genres	Alternative rock, French pop, pop rock, experimental, chanson, soft rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1969–present
Website	laurentvoulzy.com <FR>

Life and career

Voulzy was born in Paris, France. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus before joining Pascal Danel as guitarist from 1969 to 1974. However, he is best known for his collaborative songwriting efforts with singer-songwriter Alain Souchon and his solo singing career, which spanned several successful singles and albums.

Voulzy had an international hit with the song "Rockollection".[1] The French lyrics were interspersed with some lines from classic rock hits after the chorus.
His major hits also include the singles "Paradoxal Système" (which reached the French Top 10), "Le Soleil Donne"[2] – sung in French, English and Spanish –[3] and the double "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/"Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde"[4] ("Nights without Kim Wilde"; a song[5] inspired[6] by the chart-topping English singer).[7] Other songs entered the French charts ("Bopper en larmes", "Le coeur Grenadine", "Désir, désir", etc.).[8]
Voulzy also enjoys success in Belgium, Switzerland and Québec; and although being a French artist, his songs often contain multiple languages (including lyrics in English,[9] Spanish,[10] Portuguese,[11] German, etc.).

In 2005, he co-produced and co-composed Nolwenn Leroy's second album Histoires Naturelles.

Voulzy had a huge hit with his album La Septième Vague which reached number one in 2006. Featured on the album is a cover of the Everly Brothers hit "All I Have to Do Is Dream", recorded as a duet with Irish singer Andrea Corr. The song was released as a single and was also included on The Corrs' greatest hits album Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection.

He recorded in 2007 a duet with the French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel on his hit album Guitar Connection 2. The song hit the French charts at No. 7 in 2008. For his 2011 album, Lys and Love, Voulzy recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with English singer Roger Daltrey of The Who.[12] In 2007, He toured France.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Record label	Peak positions
			FR [13]	BEL (Fl)	BEL (Wa) [14]	SWI [15]
1979	Le Cœur grenadine	RCA
1983	Bopper en larmes
1992	Caché derrière	Ariola	9[16]
2001	Avril	RCA	3	—	4	50
2006	La Septième Vague		1	—	1	7
2008	Recollection		2	—	1	20
2011	Lys & Love	Columbia	2	—	1	30
2014	Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy (joint album with Alain Souchon)	Parlophone	1	117	1	8
2017	Belem	Columbia	5	—	4	31
2020	Florilège		43	—	20	95

Live albums

Year	Album	Record label	Peak positions
			FR [13]	BEL (Wa)	SWI
1994	Voulzy Tour	Ariola	5[16]
2004	Le Gothique flamboyant pop dancing tour	RCA	10	12
2013	Lys & Love Tour (live)	Columbia	18	28
2019	Mont Saint-Michel (live)		24 [17]	24	89

Compilations

Year	Album	Record label	Peak positions
			FR [13]	BEL (Wa)	SWI
2002	Les Essentiels 1977–1988	RCA	6[16]
2003	Saisons, Le double best of 1977–2003		2[16]	8	46
2012	Belle île en mer 1977–1988	Columbia	167	–	–

Singles

• 1977: "Rockollection"
• 1978: "Bubble Star"
• 1979: "Le Cœur grenadine"
• 1979: "Karin Redinger"
• 1979: "Cocktail chez Mademoiselle"
• 1980: "Surfing Jack"
• 1981: "Idéal simplifié"
• 1983: "Bopper en larmes"
• 1983: "Liebe"

Year	Title	Peak positions
		FR [13]	BEL (Wa)	SWI
1984	"Désir désir" (duo with Véronique Jannot)	29
1985	"Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie Galante" / "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" (featuring Kim Wilde)	20
1987	"My Song of You"	31
1989	"Le soleil donne"	21
1992	"Paradoxal Système"	10
1993	"Le pouvoir des fleurs"	–
	"Caché derrière"	–
	"Le rêve du pêcheur"	37
1995	"Rockollection (Live 95)"	37	39
2001	"Une héroïne"	–	–
2002	"La fille d'Avril"	26	8 (Ultratip)
	"Amélie Colbert"	36	–
2003	"Là où je vais"	–	–
2006	"Derniers baisers"	8	17	96
2008	"My Song of You" (instrumental duo with Jean-Pierre Danel)	–	–	–
	"Jelly Bean"	–	3 (Ultratip)	–
2009	"Le vent qui va"	–	–	–
2011	"Jeanne"	14	4	–
2012	"C'était déjà toi"	–	6 (Ultratip)	–
	"En regardant vers le pays de France" (featuring Nolwenn Leroy, backing vocals)	–	15 (Ultratip)	–
2014	"Derrière les mots" (duet with Alain Souchon)	35	22	–
	"La baie des fourmis" (duet with Alain Souchon)	197	–	–
2017	"Spirit of Samba" (featuring Chyler Leigh, Nina Miranda and Luisa Maita)	99 [18]	–	–

References

External links

• (in French) Laurent Voulzy (official site)
• Biography of Laurent Voulzy, from Radio France Internationale

На других языках

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- [en] Laurent Voulzy

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[es] Laurent Voulzy

Lucien Voulzy, más conocido por su nombre artístico Laurent Voulzy (n. París, 18 de diciembre de 1948) es un cantautor francés. Bisnieto de Gastón Gerville-Reache e hijo de Lucien Gerville-Reache, empresario y político de Guadalupe (1928-2008), y Marie-Louise Voulzy, que dejó su isla natal para marcharse a París con el fin de intentar una carrera como cantante y bailarina - como dijo más tarde en su canción más emblemática Corazón Granadina de 1978, por lo que es "nacido en lo gris por accidente" - que creció en Nogent-sur-Marne.

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[ru] Вульзи, Лоран

Лоран Вульзи (фр. Laurent Voulzy; род. 18 декабря 1948[1], Париж[2]) — французский певец и композитор.

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