Christophe

Daniel Bevilacqua 13 October 1945 16 April 2020 better known by the stage name Christophe was a French singer and songwriter Born in the Paris suburb of JuvisysurOrge to an Italian father Bevilacqua was rebellious at school and started leading a pop group when in his midteens His first single Reviens Sophie 1963 was unsuccessful but after changing his name to Christophe his second single Aline 1965 rose to the top of the French pop music charts He continued to have success in France through the 1960s and early 1970s His hits include the songs Marionettes Jai entendu la mer Excusezmoi Monsieur le Professeur and Oh Mon Amour which he sang in French and Italian After a small break he returned in 1971 with Francis Dreyfus launching the Motors record label Disques Motors and becoming the producer of Christophe records The result was the 1973 album Les Paradis perdus In 1974 he recorded Les mots bleus with lyrics by JeanMichel Jarre In 1978 he came back with Le Beau Bizarre In 1983 Christophe released another single Succès fou followed by Clichés damour in 1984 in which he sang 1940s and 1950s classics such as Arrivederci Roma and Dernier baiser a French version of the Mexican classic Besame mucho In 1985 he wrote Ne raccroche pas a song which is believed to be about the Princess Stephanie of Monaco The following year he wrote the song Boule de flipper for Corynne Charby In 1996 after a break he returned with his album Bevilacqua In 2001 he released another album Comm si la terre penchait In February 2002 Christophe performed in ClermontFerrand his first live concert in more than two decades followed by two appearances at the Olympia in March 2002 Christophes 1970s song Les mots bleus was covered by Thierry Amiel in 2003 In 2011 Christophe took part in a tribute album for Alain Bashung two years after the latters death He sang Alcaline a song written by Bashung in 1989 for his album Novice In 2016 Christophe collaborated with JeanMichel Jarre on the album Electronica 2 The Heart of Noise with the song Walking The Mile And collaborated with Alan Vega on the album Les Vestiges Du Chaos with the song Tangerine In 1971 Christophe married his girlfriend Véronique and fathered his daughter Lucie He died after being in critical condition due to COVID19 associated with a previous comorbidity COPD on 16 April 2020 Source Article Christophe singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA