Danielle Licari

Danielle Licari is a French singer who was active in the 1960s and 1970s Shes now remembered primarily as the vocalist in Concerto pour une Voix In 1964 she dubbed the singing in the movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg for the role of Geneviève Emery played by Catherine Deneuve From 1965 to 1967 she sang in the vocal trio Les Fizz with Jackie Castan and Nadine Doukhan two other exDjinns Singers Backed by Jacques Denjeans orchestra the band released three EP In 1968 she recorded Treize jours en France composed by Francis Lai she also recorded a second version of Love Story dedicated to her by the same composer In 1969 she recorded her greatest hit Concerto pour une Voix The album has sold over 15 million copies In 1972 she submitted her song Au cœur dune chanson to compete in the Eurovision contest representing France The French committee selected Betty Mars and her song ComeComedie instead In 1972 she represented France in the World Popular Song Festival held in Tokyo Japan Her song Une Vie was a finalist In 1973 she participated as a vocalist to an album considered as a masterpiece of French chanson the symphonic dark and epic Il ny a plus rien There is nothing anymore by singersongwriter Léo Ferré In July 1978 she sang with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and the choir of StDominique Church The piece chosen was a musical drama called Concerto pour Helene in honour of Helene Boule the wife of the founder of Quebec City as part of the citys 370th anniversary celebrations The work was composed by Claude Léveillée In 1982 she voiced Princess Aurora in the French dub of Sleeping Beauty Wyclef Jean sampled Concerto Pour Une Voix in his 1997 song Apocalypse She has sold over 20 million copies of her albums during her career Her songs are found in easy listening CD compilations worldwide Her characteristic singing style lacked lyrics communicating emotions through sounds the way a violin would This may have fueled her popularity in nonFrench speaking countries like Germany Spain Mexico Brazil Japan and Korea She used her voice like a musical instrument giving a soft unique dreamlike tone She has been called la voz de la sirena the voice of a Siren Most of her recordings are arrangements of classical themes composed originally for instruments rather than voice while the arrangements consist generally of large orchestral ensembles mixed with a poprock band instrumentation She incorporated poprock elements that made her music appealing Her singing style influenced Japanese Anime soundtracks of the 1980s such as Seiji Yokoyama Saint Seiya Source Article Danielle Licari from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30