I 16 May 1949 Nicole Rieu began in the mid-1960s in a group of teenagers called 'Les Spits'. In 1969, she met Lucien Morisse, director of Europe 1 and Disks AZ. Morisse, excited after hearing the young singer, immediately offered her a recording contract at AZ. She recorded her first single with Jean Musy and soon afterwards started to write and perform her own compositions. She sang at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, opening for Daniel Guichard, Joe Dassin, Serge Lama, Enrico Macias and Salvatore Adamo. In 1973, she was spotted by record company Barclay, with whom she signed a record deal. Her first single with Barclay, 'Je suis' ('I am') (music by André and Jean-Pierre Georget Mirouze and lyrics by Mitzi Bravinbecame), became a very popular song in France and launched her career. The following year, Nicole released her first solo album, 'Naissance' ('Birth'). In 1975, Nicole represented France at the Eurovision Songcontest in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song 'Et bonjour à toi, l'artiste' ('And good day to you, artist'). Her popularity in France but also in Canada is growing rapidly. She toured throughout Europe and Quebec in 1976 to launch his album 'Le ciel c'est ici' ('Heaven, that's here'). In 1977, she recorded an album under the supervision of the Quebec composer Paul Baillargeon, 'Si tu m'appelles' ('If you call me'). It was recorded at tha Sound Studios in Montreal and Quebec-Saint-Charles Longueuil. Iin 1978 she participated with Marouani Didier, Jean-Michel and Nicolas Caradec Peyrac in the musical 'Le rêve de may' ('The dream of May'), reviving the events of May 1968 exactly ten years later. In 1979, Nicole wins a Hexagon d'or at the Grand Prix at Midem, Cannes, with 'La goutte d'eau' ('A drop of water'). The same year a full album by the same title was released.Two years later, in 1981, after spending almost ten years at Barclays, the singer recorded the album 'Zut', that was produced and co/written by Simon Monceau, for RCA Victor. She then takes a break and leaves Paris to raise her son Julian. Her son inspired her to release a series of albums especially for children in 1983. Since the second half of the eighthies, Nicole records singles and albums every once in a few years. She does not meet chart succes anymore, but she enjoys touring and performaning throughout France and Canada. With the release of 'Vas-y' in 1998, Nicole seems to have re-invented herself . A series of high standard creative albums follow in the next decade, presenting Nicole as a serieus singer-songwriter. In 2010, Nicole Rieu released the album 'Femmes' ('Women') which, as its title clearly indicates, is a tribute to all women in the world. Three songs were written in collaboration with her son Julian Rieu Pey. Nicole toured during 2010/2011 to present the album to her audience live. - Nicole's website: http://nicole.rieu.free.fr If you like this, you probably like... / european counterparts:
PR: Nicole Rieu posesses a very special, tender voice, that is her trademark. She often accompanies herself on guitar. Her lyrics are written from a feminin point of view and she really aims to communicate her vision on life to us. She has a very sympethatic, modest personality. Although her output is very decent typical singer-songwriter material (apart from the Christmas and children albums), I think her more poppy album 'Vas-y' is a gemm.
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Naissance - 1975 
Le ciel c'est ici - 1976 
Si tu m'appelles - 1977 
Le rêve de mai - 1978
Nicole Rieu - 1979 
Zut - 1982 
Bonjour la fête volume 1 - 1983 
Bonjour la fête volume 2 - 1983 
Avec le petit Armen Djerrahian - 1983
♪♪♪ - Pécheurs d'éponges - 1993
Chante pour les enfants - 1993
♪♪♪ - Ah-Ah - 2001
Camargue rouge - 2005
♪♪ - En voix - 2007
♪♪ - Jardins - 2008
Noël, chants d'espoirs - 2008
♪♪♪♪ - Femmes - 2010
