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He will have marked the French disco scene with only two titles. The singer Claude François, who died almost 45 years ago, took this turn in his career in 1977, with the release of his title “Magnolias forever”.
It’s one of the great successes of Claude François, and his shift towards disco. After the release of This year And I’m going to Riocovers of Anglo-Saxon titles, Magnolias forever is an original creation. In 1977, the year the hit was released, music teacher Odile Vignal was 11 years old. “I hooked up right away. It was both rhythmic and dynamic, and I found it nostalgic“, she recalls. She introduces her students to the energy of disco.
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In the wake of Magnolias foreverClaude François leaves Alexandria, Alexandra, a title he would only sing four times on television before his death. “It’s true that he wasn’t the first to arrive in disco, but he laid down some great milestones“, analyzes his son, Claude François Junior. His father will have etched his name in just two songs in the history of French disco.
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