He died at the age of 39, plunging France into deep mourning. Claude François, known as Cloclo, died accidentally in his Parisian home on the 16the district on March 11, 1978. Already, at the time, Michel Drucker was waiting for him on the set of his variety show. A multifaceted artist, the man was simultaneously a singer, a dancer, a musical producer and also a press boss in this society of the 1960s and 1970s. creating and accompanying the “Clodettes”, the French music scene. The interpreter of Magnolias For Ever, ofAlexandria, Alexandraof Phone is crying and so many other successes left his two sons an exceptional musical heritage. It is moreover his eldest, Claude François Jr., who has managed this work for 30 years already.
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A musical comedy on the model of “Mamma Mia”
This Sunday, February 26, 2023, the latter revealed on the airwaves of RTL that many projects were being developed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of the famous singer, in just 5 years. First of all, good news for fans of video platforms, since a documentary series is currently being written. She will presentthe man, his intimate and his artistic sensibility”, according to his son. But Claude François Jr. also announces that his brother, Marc, is currently working on a “symphonic show” project and that the two also want to put on a musical, which is in the process of being written, “on the Mamma Mia model”. “It’s not about my dad’s story, it’s there on second reading”, he insisted. What about unreleased tracks recorded by Claude François? Every year, in fact, many deceased artists see, in spite of themselves, posthumous albums coming out, taken from recorded excerpts, even rushes, which they had not considered sufficiently satisfactory to burn on vinyl during their lifetime. A very Anglo-Saxon “tradition”. On this subject, Claude François Jr. is very clear: “We had proposals on a title that my father did not like during his lifetime, and I do not consider that I have the right to reconsider a decision that he had made himself during his lifetime”, and also to specify that“there aren’t that many.” And to conclude with humor: “Having listened to them, I understand why they did not come out. Words and especially future events that should comfort and delight the fans of Cloclo who have been, since the first hour, still faithful to their idol.
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Musical, unreleased, series… Claude François Jr. spoke about the projects in progress for the 50th anniversary of his father’s death. https://t.co/tlk72VIGtl
—RTL France (@RTLFrance) February 26, 2023