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Vanobbergen died on 1 December 2021 at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 December 2021|title=Le Grand Jojo est décédé dans la nuit à l’âge de 85 ans|url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_le-grand-jojo-est-decede-dans-la-nuit-a-l-age-de-85-ans?id=10889162|access-date=1 December 2021|website=RTBF Info|language=fr}}</ref>
Vanobbergen died on 1 December 2021 at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 December 2021|title=Le Grand Jojo est décédé dans la nuit à l’âge de 85 ans|url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_le-grand-jojo-est-decede-dans-la-nuit-a-l-age-de-85-ans?id=10889162|access-date=1 December 2021|website=RTBF Info|language=fr}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Select Discography ==
* 1977 Le Grand Jojo et Cie<ref name="bnf">{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/14027458/grand_jojo/ |title=Activities of Grand Jojo|website=Bibliothèque nationale de France|access-date=2 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
* 1972 Le Tango du Congo
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* 1982 Jules César<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1972 Valencia
* 1982 Animation<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1974 Le Bal tyrolien
* 1984 Vive les Saints!<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1974 Le French Cancan
* 1984 Pour la danse, c'est super!<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1974 Le Tango Russe
* 1984 Dansez avec Agadou, La chenille et La danse des canards<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1974 Victor le Footballiste
* 1984 C'est super<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1975 Le Disc-jockey
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* 1984 Il fait chaud<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1978 S.O.S.
* 1985 Hits n °1985<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1978 L'avion de Buenos Aires
* 1986 Noces et banquets<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1979 On a soif !
* 1986 Agadou<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1979 Carmelita
* 1987 Dansez avec la chenille et la danse des canards<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1980 Ookie pookie
* before 1988 Z'n beste... {{in lang|nl}}<ref name="muziek">{{cite web|url=https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000051562/POPULAR/Grand-Jojo |title=Grand Jojo |website=Muziekweb (Dutch public libraries)|language=nl|access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
* 1980 Patrouille de nuit (Night patrol)
* before 1988 Faites la fete<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1980 La Petite Bête à Bon-Dieu
* before 1988 Plein tube<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1981 Agence matrimoniale
* 1988 Super bastringue<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1981 Les Petites Boules pour la toux
* 1988 Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1981 Popeye le marin
* 1988 Super bastringue<ref name="bnf"/>
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* 1982 Jules César
* 1989 On a soif<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1982 Clémentine
* 1994 Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison<ref name="bnf"/>
* 1982 Ma tute
* 2012 Grand best of<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1983 Sergent Flagada
* 2013 De beste {{in lang|nl}}<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1984 Vive les saints!
* 2013 Double rest of<ref name="muziek"/>
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* 1984 Il fait chaud
* 2013 Tournée Général !<ref name="bnf"/><ref name="muziek"/>
* 1984 A outsiplou
* 2014 Back to back with [[André van Duin]] {{in lang|nl}}<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1985 Anderlecht Champion
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* 2015 Tout va très bien<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1985 Square dance
* 2016 Collection<ref name="muziek"/>
* 1986 E viva Mexico
* 1986 Les Oranges
* 1986 Le Téléphone
* 1989 La (New) Beat
* 1989 Sitting Bull
* 1990 Le Mondiale
* 1993 La mer du nord
* 1994 Les petits Belges en Amérique
* 2000 Allez Belgique 2000
* 2002 Les Belges à Tokyo
* 2007 Vive la Belgique
* 2012 Best Of
* 2013 Viva Brasil
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* 2015 Tout va très bien
* 2018 Goal Goal Gooaal
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== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 12:57, 2 December 2021

Grand Jojo
Grand Jojo in 2014
Grand Jojo in 2014
Background information
Birth nameJules Jean Vanobbergen[1]
Also known asLange Jojo
Born(1936-07-06)6 July 1936
Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium[1]
Died1 December 2021(2021-12-01) (aged 85)

Jules Jean Vanobbergen (6 July 1936 – 1 December 2021) was a Belgian singer-songwriter better known as Grand Jojo in French and Lange Jojo in Dutch. Grand Jojo is best known as the co-writer of "We are the Champions (Allez, Allez, Allez)" which later became "Olé, Olé, Olé".

Biography

Vanobbergen first worked as a marketing draughtsman then as a cartoonist. Afterwards, he went on to become a record shop owner and a musician. He quickly realized that the market, at the time, lacked festive songs. Therefore, he decided to create his own songs and to nickname himself Grand Jojo. Grand Jojo was a Belgian icon who represented his country by displaying the typical Belgian identity often based on self-mockery and referred to as belgitude (French; lit. 'Belgianness').[2][3]

Grand Jojo mostly performed drinking songs such as "Chef, un p'tit verre, on a soif", "Sergent Flagada", "La petite bête à bon Dieu", and "Jules César". In 1985, as R.S.C. Anderlecht won its third consecutive title in the Belgian First Division A, he released a single called "Anderlecht champion" and then decided to adapt the lyrics in "E viva Mexico", a song he published for the 1986 FIFA World Cup where the Belgium national football team made it to the semifinals.[4] Hans Kusters Music commissioned Grand Jojo and Roland Verlooven [nl] to write a song in honour of the victory of R.S.C. Anderlecht which was easily to sing along to. The song "We are the Champions (Allez, Allez, Allez)" later became corrupted as "Olé Olé Olé".[5]

For his debut performances, he chose surrealistic tango songs such as "Le Tango du Congo", "Victor le footbaliste" and "Sitting Bull". His 1974 performance of "Le French Can-can" was successfully received by the public.

His 1979 single "Chef, un p'tit verre, on a soif" was notably used by the presumed killer of Grégory, a 4-year-old who was kidnapped and killed in France in 1984. Three years before the kidnapping, the main suspect of that case, called "corbeau" (meaning raven), had harassed Grégory's parents on the phone by playing the song every time he called.[6]

On 11 May 1998, Vanobbergen was appointed knight in the Order of Leopold.[7]

Since 2006 (in Francopholies de Spa, a music festival in Belgium), he has come back on stage forming bands with ska-punk groups from the current Belgian scene like Skaïra,[8] as well as Poulycroc[9] who for the occasion released an album paying tribute to Grand Jojo. A Grand Jojo tribute concert took place in Louvain-la-Neuve on 7 September 2007, after an invitation from the régional athois and the CESEC — a student organization in economic, social and political sciences — during a celebration of their 30th anniversary.[10]

In 2011, Grand Jojo returned to Universal Music Belgium.[11] In December 2013, Grand Jojo performed at the Cirque Royal in March and at Forest National.[12] Grand Jojo was made an honorary citizen of Brussels in 2015.[13] Manneken Pis wore a Jules César costume in his honour at the award ceremony.[14]

Grand Jojo published his autobiography Tout va très bien in October 2015.[1] In 2019, Grand Jojo officially inaugurated his own museum at Boussu-lez-Walcourt with his friends Frédéric François and Claude Barzotti.[15] Grand Jojo announced his retirement on 29 June 2021.[16]

Vanobbergen died on 1 December 2021 at the age of 85.[17]

Select Discography

  • 1977 Le Grand Jojo et Cie[18]
  • 1982 Jules César[18]
  • 1982 Animation[18]
  • 1984 Vive les Saints![18]
  • 1984 Pour la danse, c'est super![18]
  • 1984 Dansez avec Agadou, La chenille et La danse des canards[18]
  • 1984 C'est super[18]
  • 1984 Il fait chaud[18]
  • 1985 Hits n °1985[18]
  • 1986 Noces et banquets[18]
  • 1986 Agadou[18]
  • 1987 Dansez avec la chenille et la danse des canards[18]
  • before 1988 Z'n beste... (in Dutch)[19]
  • before 1988 Faites la fete[19]
  • before 1988 Plein tube[19]
  • 1988 Super bastringue[18]
  • 1988 Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison[18]
  • 1988 Super bastringue[18]
  • 1989 On a soif[18]
  • 1994 Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison[18]
  • 2012 Grand best of[19]
  • 2013 De beste (in Dutch)[19]
  • 2013 Double rest of[19]
  • 2013 Tournée Général ![18][19]
  • 2014 Back to back with André van Duin (in Dutch)[19]
  • 2015 Tout va très bien[19]
  • 2016 Collection[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Le Grand Jojo, icône populaire belge, est décédé à l'âge de 85 ans". La Meuse (in French). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Le Grand Jojo - Universal Music France". www.universalmusic.fr.
  3. ^ "Le Grand Jojo". www.legrandjojo.be.
  4. ^ "Belgique : Grand Jojo prépare son "grand retour"". France 3 Hauts-de-France.
  5. ^ "Afscheid van Roland Verlooven, producer met gouden vingers en een neus voor talent en hits in alle talen". Sabam (in Dutch). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Affaire Grégory : ce que déversait le corbeau". Ouest-France (in French). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ^ ""Ce qui était ringard est devenu tendance"". Le Soir Plus. 30 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Poulycroc-skaïra-grand jojo chef un petit verre - Vidéo Dailymotion". Dailymotion.
  9. ^ "Poulycroc et grand jojo" – via www.youtube.com.
  10. ^ "Louvain-la-Neuve Cette semaine : Le Cesec fête ses trente ans". Le Soir Plus.
  11. ^ Sports+, DH Les (24 August 2012). "Le Grand Jojo a signé jeudi chez Universal". DH Les Sports +.
  12. ^ Newmedia, R. T. L. (19 June 2013). "Le Grand Jojo en concert à Forest National le 14 décembre 2013!". RTL People.
  13. ^ "Le Grand Jojo nommé Marollien d'honneur". Site-LeVifFocus-FR. 9 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Bruxelles: Manneken Pis habillé en Jules César en l'honneur du Grand Jojo". RTBF Info. 30 October 2015.
  15. ^ Sports+, DH Les (25 August 2019). "Le musée du Grand Jojo est ouvert". DH Les Sports +.
  16. ^ "Lange Jojo (84) kondigt pensioen aan: "Ik heb de kracht en de goesting niet meer om op te treden"". Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (in Dutch). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Le Grand Jojo est décédé dans la nuit à l'âge de 85 ans". RTBF Info (in French). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Activities of Grand Jojo". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Grand Jojo". Muziekweb (Dutch public libraries) (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 December 2021.

External Links

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