Vronique Sanson(full name, Vronique Marie Line Sanson,[1]born 24 April 1949 inBoulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France) is a three-timeVictoires de la MusiqueAward-winningFrench singer-songwriter, musician, and producer with an avid following in her native country.

She brings a very personal vocal style to the singing of French pop songs: Her voice has a very strongvibrato.

Vronique Sanson Vronique Sanson -1972- Chanson Pop (vinyl)

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Ten years afterBarbara, Vronique Sanson became one of the very first French female singer-songwriters to break into stardom with her debut albumAmoureusein 1972. She also became one of the most successful and most prominent members of the Seventies “Nouvelle chanson franaise” (“New French chanson”), alongsideAlain Souchon,Bernard Lavilliers,Jacques Higelin,Yves Simon,Michel Polnareff,Catherine Lara,Yves Duteil,Maxime Le Forestier,Renaud,William Sheller,Michel Jonasz,Michel Berger,Hubert-Flix Thifaine,Louis Chdid, orFrancis Cabrel.[2]Unlike most previous French artists of the SixtiesY-yera, who mostly releasedEPsconsisting of a collection of singles, B-sides and covers, Sanson and her counterparts of the “nouvelle chanson franaise” established the dominance of singer-songwriters on the Seventies French charts thanks to albums with full-length artistic statements.[3]

One of her songs, “Amoureuse”, was covered in English in 1973 by singerKiki Dee, and became a major hit in the United Kingdom, and has been covered since by various other singers, fromPolly Brown(1973) toOlivia Newton-John(1974),Pete Townshend(1974),Linda Martin(1996) and Amanda Abbs with Illusive (1997). In 1974,Patti Dahlstromrecorded a second version with her own lyrics, entitled “Emotion” which was covered byHelen Reddy(1974) andShirley Bassey(1975). Many other covers of “Amoureuse” have been recorded in French, German, Spanish, Dutch or Japanese.[4]

Vronique Sanson plays piano and guitar.

Label:Elektra EKS-75050Format:Vinyl, LPCountry:USReleased:1972Genre:PopStyle:Chanson

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