Liliane Saint-Pierre

Liliane Saint-Pierre in Stockholm , 2007

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Ik ben like ik ben   BE F 23 04/12/1997 (7 weeks) Gewoon een vrouw   BE F 39 06/13/1998 (2 weeks) Daglicht   BE F 69 10/25/2014 (5 weeks)

Singles

Ik wil do everything met ever   BE F 5 06/01/1996 (18 weeks) Ik kom zacht naar je toe   BE F 18th 10/26/1996 (13 weeks) Ik ben niet van jou   BE F 28 03/15/1997 (8 weeks) Rio   BE F 26th 06/07/1997 (5 weeks) Geef me tijd (with Get Ready!)   BE F 7th 09/27/1997 (12 weeks) To spoil   BE F 42 01/31/1998 (2 weeks)

Liliane Saint-Pierre (born December 18, 1948 in Diest , Flanders , actually Liliane Keuninckx ), also known only as Liliane , is a Belgian singer .

Life

Early years and successes in France

Saint-Pierre began her musical career in the 1960s when she appeared as a singer on various Belgian television programs. At the age of 15 she won a singing competition from Radio Limburg, whereupon she was allowed to publish her first single We Gotta Stop (still under the name Liliane ) , which was a sales success. Shortly afterwards, she took part in the Knokke Song Festival and unfortunately unfortunately released her first record in German, unfortunately . She published other songs in Flemish and English . When she was 18, she met the French singer and producer Claude François , whom she asked to help her build a career in France. In order to make her name sound "more French", the surname Saint-Pierre was added to her. She celebrated some successes in France and appeared at the Olympia in Paris , among others . In the early 1970s she was a member of the musician and amateur ensemble Miloscope, which consisted of seven men and three women . The group caused a sensation with their "Modern Sound Bible" Glory Halleluja 2000, which was performed in churches in Belgium, Austria and Germany . Over the years she has performed with titles from artists such as the Bee Gees , the Platters and Jimi Hendrix .

New boom and participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

From the end of the 1970s, the singer made less talk. It wasn't until 1985 that she had her next hit: Mijn groteehlede heet muziek . In 1987 she took part in the Belgian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , which was organized by the Flemish TV channel VRT . With her contribution Soldiers of Love , for which she had written the text herself, she was able to win the preliminary decision; she received 63 points and was therefore able to prevail with five points ahead of the second-placed singer Bart Kaëll . At the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place in Brussels for the first time after Belgium's first victory in 1986 , she reached midfield: with 56 points she finished eleventh out of 22 participants. She recorded her contribution , which was originally sung in Dutch , in English , German and French .

1990s until today

After a few quieter years, the singer decided to reorient herself musically: she covered a number of disco classics such as In Private , I was made for loving you , Je vais à Rio and Alexandrie, Alexandra , some of which were surprising commercial successes. In 1997 she took part with the group Get Ready! the title Geef me tijd and reached the top 10 of the Flemish sales charts. In 2004 a major concert was held in her hometown of Diest in honor of her 40-year career. There was also an exhibition about the singer called De Liliane à Saint-Pierre . In 2005 she became one of the judges for the Belgian edition of the casting show X-Factor . In the summer of 2006 she had regular appearances in Blankenberge , and she also appeared in the revue Crazy le cirque .

Discography

V. l. No. Tonia , Maurice Dean , Liliane , Cecily Forde and Eddie Defacq (1965 at the Knokke Song Festival)

Singles (selection)

As Liliane

• We Gotta Stop (1963)
• You're Like a Stranger (1967)
• You've changed (1967)
• Unfortunately, Unfortunately, Unfortunately (1967)
• It's your fault (1967)

As Liliane Saint-Pierre

• Joue ma fille (1975)
• Que le temps semble long (1975)
• Soldiers of Love (1987)
• Sacha (1989)
• Ik vecht voor jou (1993)
• Ik wil alles met je doen (1996)
• Ik kom zacht naar je toe (1996)
• Ik ben niet van jou (1997)
• Rio (1997)
• Geef me tijd (1997)
• Disgrace (1998)

Albums

• My greatest successen (1968)
• Here is .. Liliane St.Pierre (1969)
• Glory Hallelujah (1970, Dutch and French versions)
• De duizend talen van het hart / Les milles langues de l'amour (1971)
• Liliane St. Pierre (1975, Dutch and French versions)
• Jezus people 2000 (1978, Dutch and French version)
• Liliane St. Pierre (1988)
• In contrast (1990)
• 31 years (1995)
• Ik ben like ik ben (1997)
• Gewoon een vrouw (1998)
• Daglicht (2014)

Web links

• Liliane Saint-Pierre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography at The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives
• Discography at ultratop.be

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} chart discography Belgium (Flanders)
2. ↑ MS: Hot and Sweet in the Church: Sound Bible. In: Die Zeit , July 9, 1971, No. 28 ( online in the Die Zeit archive ).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Original text and English translation www.diggiloo.net
4. ↑ geocities.ws
5. ↑ diggiloo.net