François Valéry

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François Valéry (real name: Jean-Louis Mougeot, born on 4 August 1954, in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer-songwriter and composer. He is married to Nicole Calfan and Michael Calfan is his son. He became famous for his romantic songs and his disco hits of the 1970s and for having composed and performed several soundtracks in the 1980s, following the success of "Dream in Blue", with Sophie Marceau. Valéry was also composer and producer of many songs for various artists (Michèle Torr, Line Renaud, Dalida, Jean Marais, Corinne Hermès, Jeane Manson, Hervé Vilard, Debbie Davis, Lova Moor...), series or films (Joy et Joan (1985), Les Nanas (1985), Les Grandes Marées (1993). He produced Patrick Fiori in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with "Mama Corsica". In 2001, he produced the musical L'Ombre d'un géant sung by Rose Laurens and Sophie Delmas. In 2003, he composed the official anthem of the France national rugby union team, "Standing Ovation". Source: Article "François Valéry" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.