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Requiem for forgotten singers

2021-10-29T15:26:12.937Z


DECRYPTION - They were huge stars in their time. Today, their songs are no longer broadcast, the younger generations do not know their names and rare are the visitors who come to honor their memory at their grave.


With its pebbles and shells, it is a poetic tomb unlike any other in Père-Lachaise. Arthur, Ken and Izia, Jacques Higelin's three children drew it. But, three years after the death of the singer of

Champagne

,

"some thirty-something do not know him while they all know who is Izia, his daughter"

, regrets Bertrand Beyern, the most learned of cemetery guides. The contrast with Alain Bashung, who sits next door, is striking. The singer of

Vertigo of love

is the object of a true cult.

“He receives visitors every day

,” says Bertrand Beyern.

By dint of being kissed by women, her stele is covered with red kisses. "

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On the eve of All Saints' Day 2021, of all the graves of personalities, those of singers are the most sought after.

But, among the big names of French song, everyone is far from attracting the same fervor.

The fifteen artists whose songs still appear regularly on the

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Source: lefigaro

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