Claude Barzotti, author of slows and hit songs in the 1980s like “Aime Moi”, “Madame” or “I won’t write to you anymore”, died at his home from cancer, according to his manager.
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Belgian singer-songwriter Claude Barzotti has died at his home of cancer, his manager announced on Saturday (June 24th). Claude Barzotti is the author of slows which marked the 1980s as Love me, Madam Or I won’t write to you anymore.
The singer ” died aged 69 in his bed, surrounded by his two daughters“, in a commune between Brussels and Charleroi, in Belgium, said his manager Laurent Comtat. ” Barzotti preferred to be called a singer of emotion rather than a romantic. He was a lively flayed, a real sensitive, who drank to fight against his stage fright“, he clarified.
Number one in France
His song Madam sold over 200,000 copies in the course of 1983.” I am rital and I remain so“, also sang Barzotti in one of his hits The Rital, where the one who was born near Charleroi on July 23, 1953 evoked his origins. His father was an Italian miner. This song earned him his biggest hit. It will be number one in France.
In the 2000s, he participated in the nostalgic Age tender and head of wood tour, with Sheila, Patrick Juvet, Frank Alamo or Stone and Charden. After a few more difficult years, he had a last success in 1990 with the slow Love me. He returned to France with a best of in 2003 resuming an Italian standard, Vado Via.
Two songs by Claude Barzotti (The Rital And Madam) are featured in the film’s soundtrack Camping. He participated in seasons 3, 4 and 5 of the Age tender and Têtes de bois tour from 2008 to 2011. He filled the Olympia on January 19 and 20, 2009 with the show I come back from a tripfrom which a live album was taken in the spring of 2009. He took part in the Zénith de la solidarité on February 20, 2011 in Lille.
His penultimate album Passing time was released in June 2015. He continues to host galas and concerts. In 2019, he released his latest album, A man. From January to April 2020, he participated in the Age tender tour, the idol tour. In November 2020, he announced that he was ending his career due to serious health problems.