Guy Mardel

Guy Mardel (born June 30, 1944 in Oran as Mardochée Elkoubi ) is a French singer of Algerian descent.

Mardel spent his first 15 years in Algeria , in 1959 he came to France and worked there as a singer in a jazz band. In 1963 he received a recording contract with the French label disc`AZ and released two singles. He was then selected by the public broadcaster ORTF to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest in Naples in 1965 . He reached 3rd place with his chanson N'avoue jamais .

He stayed true to music and released singles until the 1980s. He was also active in music production since the 1970s. Mardel lives in Jerusalem today .

Discography

Singles

• C'est mon bilan d'amour (1963)
• Si tu n'y crois pas - Je t'ai crue trop vite (1964)
• N'avoue jamais - Songe songe (1965)
• Je voudrais l'oublier - Entre les deux (1965)
• Monsieur Plum / Toi et moi (1966)
• C'est une larme / Quand on est jeune (1967)
• Qui n'aime pas les filles / Kitty (1968)
• C'est la Primavera / Le temps d'aimer (1973)
• Un arc et des flèches / On ne met pas l'amour dans sa valise (1974)
• Ma femme / De quoi demain sera-t-il fait? (1977)
• Gueule d'ange / Paradiso (1979)
• Brésillienne / Paradiso (1985)
• Entre nous / Prends le temps (1986)

Albums

• N´avoue jamais (1965)
• Guy Mardel (1967)

Web links

• Guy Mardel on Myspace
• Guy Mardel / France 1965 at diggiloo.net
• Discography and covers at encyclopedisque.fr