BARBARA/CHANTE JACQUES BREL GEORGE BRASSENS MORE

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A TALL PERSONDRESSED IN BLACK AS SHE SANG MELANCHOLIC SONGS OF LOST LOVE. BARBARA WAS A FRENCH SINGER KNOWN AS THE LADY IN BLACK WHO STARTED HER CAREER IN THE EARLY FIFTIES SINGING AT LA FONTAINE DES QUATRE SAISONS A POPULAR CABARET IN PARIS. IN THE MID-FIFTIESSHE MET JACQUES BREL AND BECAME A LIFELONG FRIENDSINGING MANY OF HIS SONGS. LATER SHE MET GEORGES BRASSENSWHOSE SONGS SHE BEGAN TO USE IN HER ACT AND TO RECORD ON HER FIRST ALBUM. HER ARTISTIC SENSIBILITY AND VOCAL TECHNIQUE LED THE ART OF FRENCH CHANSON TO ITS PEAK AND SHE BECAME THE EQUAL OF EDITH PIAF.