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1) Barbara was a popular French female singer born as Monique Andrée Serf (9th June 1930 - 25th November 1997) best known under her stage name. “Barbara” had been the title of a famous song in the fifties, whose text comes from Prévert.
Monique Serf, born in Paris, France, into a Jewish family, was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighbourhood music teacher heard her sing and took an interest in helping her develop her talents. She was given vocal lessons and taught to play the piano, and eventually she enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique. However, money was a problem and she gave up her musical studies to sing at “La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons”, a popular cabaret at the time in Paris.
A sensitive girl, she was deeply scarred by the war and her family’s plight. Her inner feelings of emptiness showed in her appearance and in her songs.Serf wrote in her autobiography, Il etait un piano noir, that her father sexually abused her when she was ten. He later left the family, never to return; Serf went to his funeral in Nantes, which gave rise to one of her most popular songs, “Nantes”. A tall person, she dressed in black, accentuating her raven hair, as she sang melancholic songs of lost love.
Monique Serf, born in Paris, France, into a Jewish family, was ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II. After the war ended, a neighbourhood music teacher heard her sing and took an interest in helping her develop her talents. She was given vocal lessons and taught to play the piano, and eventually she enrolled at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique. However, money was a problem and she gave up her musical studies to sing at “La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons”, a popular cabaret at the time in Paris.
A sensitive girl, she was deeply scarred by the war and her family’s plight. Her inner feelings of emptiness showed in her appearance and in her songs.Serf wrote in her autobiography, Il etait un piano noir, that her father sexually abused her when she was ten. He later left the family, never to return; Serf went to his funeral in Nantes, which gave rise to one of her most popular songs, “Nantes”. A tall person, she dressed in black, accentuating her raven hair, as she sang melancholic songs of lost love.
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AlfElendil wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Juliette+Gr%C3%A9co
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karmacarnival wrote:
Wish the Kid Cudi cover wasn't scrobbled under this page..
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Amathev wrote:
Beautiful
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Smirnon wrote:
why has the bio been edited so there's no mention of the other acts called Barbara? the Israeli act is mighty stuff
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thecarpy wrote:
Done, changed pic ...
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lipeaze wrote:
I need more music from her =/
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Jozzsdorowsky wrote:
La plus belle voix de plus... merveilleux!
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Lunaloles wrote:
Excelente!
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sylvie_010 wrote:
c'est joli
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sasrowlands wrote:
beautiful
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toy-maker wrote:
why did they name their band barbara...
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toy-maker wrote:
"Electro pop California trio, Barbara are forging a path through the highways and biways of indie stardom with their debut cover track of Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness."
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dcbr wrote:
göttingen! lol
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cajamanga wrote:
Kid Cudi cover is a male or female voice?..am sure its a male voice...hmm something seems wrong
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chemazzo wrote:
Bonne année 2010! Simplement pour vous informer que, depuis que geocities.com a disparu, mon article sur Barbara se trouve ici: http://misberretines.blogspot.com/2010/01/barbara.html
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JonBW wrote:
so many good memories when i listen to Barbara - long French car journeys, summer evenings playing cards in Rennes, stormy winter nights in St Malo, new years eve in St Cast...she was a total original...
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desarticulee wrote:
please change the main picture..
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egomaglar wrote:
aklın almazdı görsen 70 binin üstünde bu kadar insanı. dediklerimi bile anlamıyacaktın. senden çıkmış şarkıların artık. ruhun nereye gitti bilmem ama sesin bu evrende hep ilerliyecek yıldızların gazların tozların arasında.
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AndresAnkh wrote:
her voice is so unique <3
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