Laurent Voulzy

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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, Portuguese, 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 Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash

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 Sales
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" Template:Spaced ndash
"Caché derrière" Template:Spaced ndash
"Le rêve du pêcheur" 37
1995 "Rockollection (Live 95)" 37 39
2001 "Une héroïne" Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash
2002 "La fille d'Avril" 26 8
(Ultratip)
"Amélie Colbert" 36 Template:Spaced ndash
2003 "Là où je vais" Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash
2006 "Derniers baisers" 8 17 96
2008 "My Song of You"
(instrumental duo with Jean-Pierre Danel) 		Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash
"Jelly Bean" Template:Spaced ndash 3
(Ultratip) 		Template:Spaced ndash
2009 "Le vent qui va" Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash
2011 "Jeanne" 14 4 Template:Spaced ndash
2012 "C'était déjà toi" Template:Spaced ndash 6
(Ultratip) 		Template:Spaced ndash
"En regardant vers le pays de France"
(featuring Nolwenn Leroy, backing vocals) 		Template:Spaced ndash 15
(Ultratip) 		Template:Spaced ndash
2014 "Derrière les mots"
(duet with Alain Souchon) 		35 22 Template:Spaced ndash
"La baie des fourmis"
(duet with Alain Souchon) 		197 Template:Spaced ndash Template:Spaced ndash
2017 "Spirit of Samba"
(featuring Chyler Leigh, Nina Miranda and Luisa Maita) 		99
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References

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  8. ↑ The Best of Laurent Voulzy - Archive INA
  9. ↑ Live performance of "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" - "Voulzy Tour" at Le Zénith de Paris, 1993
  10. ↑ Live performance of "Le Soleil Donne" - "Voulzy Tour" at Le Zénith de Paris, 1993
  11. ↑ "Meu Samba Pra Você", from the album Bopper en larmes, 1983
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