Liane Foly

Liane Foly born 16 December 1962 in Lyon is a popular French blues and jazz singer actress presenter and impressionist Liane Foly was born 16 December 1962 in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon Her parents a merchant family in French Algeria returned to France in 1962 with the PiedNoir community and moved to Lyon near the Perrache quarter where they owned La droguerie du sourire As a child of five she practised dancing At age 12 she sang with her parents orchestra Black and White with her brother Philippe on the drums and her sister Corinne at the piano Later she continued to sing in local night clubs and bars developing an affinity for blues and jazz She studied languages for her Baccalauréat and is bilingual in French and English Folys brother is Philippe Falliex a French composer for television and radio shows He composed several of her songs and accompanied her on stage as a drummer In 1984 Foly was discovered by Philippe Viennet and André Manoukian who offered to write for her and record a demo After much work she arrived in Paris in 1987 and obtained a meeting with Fabrice Nataf artistic director and patron of Virgin France who launched her career She took on the name Liane Foly in 1986 Foly in homage to Dalí who at the time said in an advertisement that he was mad for chocolate In 1988 she published her first album The Man I Love promoted by the Ca va ça vient single It was a commercial success landing in the top 50 The same year she performed on stage in Paris La Cigale The album was composed by André Manoukian with lyrics written by Foly and Philippe Viennet Her 1997 album Caméléon was Folys first without André Manoukian Produced by Philippe Viennet it was largely ignored by the French public She took a greater part in the composition of her 2000 album Entre nous Source Article Liane Foly from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA