Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan (2009)

Sylvie Vartan , actually Sylvia Vartanian (Wart Anjan) (* 15 August 1944 in Iskrez in Sofia , Bulgaria ), is a popular French chanson - and pop - singer and actress Bulgarian- Armenian and Hungarian origin. She is the sister of the musician Eddie Vartan (1937-2001), who also contributed to her career with numerous arrangements and compositions. She is also the aunt of actor Michael Vartan and the ex-wife of French rock musician Johnny Hallyday . Since 1984 she has been married to the American TV entrepreneur Tony Scotti, with whom she adopted a Bulgarian orphan .

biography

Sylvie Vartan came to Paris in 1952. In 1961, at the age of 17, she recorded her first record Panne d'essence with Frankie Jordan . Here the artist still sounded very childlike. In January 1962 she had her first big hit in the French charts: Quand le film est triste . At the same time, her future husband Johnny Hallyday was number one with the song Retiens la nuit . The two married in 1965. From this marriage, which was divorced in 1980, comes the son David Hallyday , born in 1966 , who is also a singer and actor.

Vartan was considered a teenage idol in France in the 1960s . Est-ce que tu le sais? , Tous mes copains , Dansons (all 1962), En écoutant la pluie , I'm Watching You , Si je chante , La la la (1963), La plus belle pour aller danser , Sha-la-la , L'homme en noir (1964), Dans tes bras , Cette lettre-là , Quand revient la nuit (1965), Mister John B , Ballade pour un sourire (1966), Par amour, par pitié , 2'35 ″ de bonheur , Un peu de tendresse , Moi (1967), L'oiseau , Baby Capone , Irrésistiblement (1968), On a toutes besoin d'un homme , Face au soleil , Apprends-moi (1969) were some of her many hits. They corresponded to the zeitgeist of the time and had little in common with the classical chanson, on which Barbara and Mireille Mathieu , for example, relied at the same time . Sylvie Vartan's music was more rooted in the pop and beat music of the 60s and hits . Not infrequently, she recorded international hits in French - such as Little Eva The Locomotion - Le Locomotion (1962). This made her the first top star of the so-called Yéyé Girls (French teenage pop movement of the 60s).

Vartan made several attempts to conquer the German record market. Even if it gained a certain popularity, it remained far behind the successes of Françoise Hardy , France Gall , Sheila and above all Mireille Mathieu. Even English-language records that were released in the USA and Great Britain failed to help the singer break into the hit parades there. She made the leap into the best lists only once: in 1984 she sang the duet Love Again with John Denver and landed at number 85 on the US hit parade. In return, she managed a career in Italy in the late 60s and early 70s . During this time she placed many hits in Italian in the hit lists and appeared regularly on television there. She even had her own TV show there.

She continued to be successful in France. In the 1970s she changed image and genre several times . Whether pop, folk , disco , cabaret , musical - the singer slipped into a wide variety of roles and was thus able to shape one of the most successful francophone careers. In addition, she repeatedly devoted herself to acting. Her studio album from 2004 was simply titled after her: Sylvie . In 2005, the live album Live au Palais des Congrès was released in 2004 . In 2007 she released the album Nouvelle Vague .

Discography

Sylvie Vartan (1966)

Chart placements

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1996	Toutes les women ont un secret	FR29 (6 weeks) FR	-	-
1997	À l'Olympia	FR46 (1 week) FR	-	-
1998	Sensitive	FR29 (3 weeks) FR	-	-
1999	Irrésistiblement	FR50 (1 week) FR	-	-
2004	Sylvie (2004)	FR19 (16 weeks) FR	BE W58 (5 weeks) BE W	-
	Les années RCA 1961-1983	-	BE W47 (5 weeks) BE W	-
2005	Palais des Congrès 2004	FR39 (4 weeks) FR	-	-
2007	Nouvelle vague	FR21 (12 weeks) FR	BE W48 (5 weeks) BE W	-
2009	Toutes peines confondues	FR16 (11 weeks) FR	BE W31 (5 weeks) BE W	-
2010	Sylvie Live	FR69 (5 weeks) FR	-	-
	Soleil bleu	FR52 (8 weeks) FR	-	-
2013	Sylvie in Nashville	FR19 (10 weeks) FR	BE W38 (12 weeks) BE W	CH88 (1 week) CH
2014	Best of des legends yéyés	-	BE W67 (7 weeks) BE W	-	with Eddy Mitchell , Johnny Hallyday , Richard Anthony & Dick Rivers
2015	Une vie en musique	FR76 (3 weeks) FR	BE W111 (4 weeks) BE W	-
2018	Avec toi ...	FR23 (11 weeks) FR	BE W27 (11 weeks) BE W	CH40 (3 weeks) CH

Albums

• 1962: Sylvie
• 1963: Twiste et chante
• 1964: À Nashville
• 1964: Sylvie Vartan
• 1969: Sylvie Vartan's Story 1961–1962
• 1970: Sylvie a l'Olympia
• 1971: sympathy
• 1973: J'ai unproblemème
• 1974: La rein de saba
• 1974: Shang Shang a Lang
• 1976: Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?
• 1976: Show Sylvie Vartan palais des congrès
• 1976: portrait
• 1976: Sylvie Vartan
• 1977: Dancing Star
• 1977: Live at the Palais des Congrès, Paris
• 1978: Fantaisie
• 1979: Déraisonnable
• 1979: I Don't Want the Night to End
• 1982: Palais des sports 81
• 1983: De chose et d'autres
• 1983: Live in Las Vegas
• 1984: Des heures de désir
• 1985: Made in USA
• 1986: Virage
• 1989: Confidanses
• 1990: Enregistrement public a Sofia
• 1992: Vent d'quest
• 1994: Live from Paris Vol. 2
• 1994: Live from Tokyo Vol. 3
• 1994: Sessions acoustiques
• 1995: Sylvie Vartan
• 2010: Je me détacherai
• 2011: Live a la salle pleyel - The 50th Anniversary Concert
• 2011: Les concerts mythiques de l'olympia - Sylvie Vartan Octobre 1996
• 2012: Sylvie a Tokyo
• 2012: Live in Japan
• 2012: A l'olympia
• 2013: Sylvie (Au palais des congrès)
• 2013: Show Sylvie Vartan

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FR
1991	Quand do it là (1990)	FR48 (3 weeks) FR
1993	Tes tendres années (Live) Parc Des Princes 1993	FR18 (8 weeks) FR
1996	Je n'aime encore que toi	FR20 (8 weeks) FR
1999	Les robes Sensible	FR91 (1 week) FR
2009	Je chante le blues Toutes peines confondues	FR13 (14 weeks) FR
	L'un part, l'autre reste	FR28 (8 weeks) FR
2010	Live à l'Olympia	FR14 (11 weeks) FR
	Je me détacherai Soleil bleu	FR11 (8 weeks) FR	feat. Doriand

Singles and EPs

1962-1969

1962: Moi je pense encore à toi / Dansons / M'amuser / Tous mes copains 1962: Le Loco-Motion 1962: Madison Twist / Ne le déçois pas / Les vacances se suivent / Bye Bye Love (EP) 1963: Sylvie à Nashville 1 1963: Chance - Il revient 1963: Twiste et chante (EP) 1963: (Watching You) Every Little Move You Make 1963: Ne t'en va pas (Comin 'Home Baby) 1963: Chance (EP) 1963: Ritmo de la lluvia / Dancing Party / What'd I Say / Conmigo (EP) 1963: Avec moi / Mon ami 1963: Mister Moonlight / Yes or no 1963: Tous mes copains 1963: Les vacances se suivent 1963: I'm Watching (EP) 1963: A l'Olympia 1964: Millions of people in love on earth 1964: Canta insieme a me 1964: La plus belle pour aller danser 1964: No te vayas / Las llaves de oro / El vuelve / Hay que elegir (EP) 1964: L'homme en noir (EP) 1964: Sha la la 1965: Quand do it là 1965: Cette lettre la 1965: Et pourtant je reste là 1965: I Made My Choice / One More Day 1965: En tus brazos / Siempre mas lejos / Quisiera ser un chico / Vieja historia (EP) 1965: Je voudrais etre un garcon 1965: Dans tes bras (EP)

1965: Sylvie Vol. II (EP) 1965: Quand tu es là (with Eddie Vartan) 1966: Il ya deux filles en moi 1966: Par amour, par pitié 1966: Ballade pour un sourire 1966: Et pourtant je reste la / Je prefere tes bras / C'etait trop beau / L'oiseau rare (EP) 1966: Mister John B. (EP) 1966: La chanson / Only a smile remained 1966: 8 hours 20 1967: Baby Capone / Irrésistiblement 1967: 2'35 de bonheur / 98.6 / Deux mains / Gimme Me Some Lovin ' 1967: Un peu de tendresse 1967: Le kid / Moi 1967: Deux minutes trente cinq de bohneur 1967: Comme un garçon (EP) 1967: 2 minuti di felicità / Un pò di dolcezza 1968: Come un ragazzo 1968: La maritza (EP) 1968: To the to the 1968: Song of no return 1968: Irresistibility 1968: L'oiseau 1969: On a toutes besoin d'un homme 1969: Le roi David 1969: Festa negli tatting festa nel cuore 1969: Abracadabra (EP) 1969: C'est un jour à rester couché / Mon chinois vert / Le roi David / Ballade pour une fugue (EP) 1969: Buonasera, buonasera

1970-2012

1970: Aime-moi 1971: Caro Mozart 1971: Loup 1971: 恋人 時代 Koibito Jidai 1972: Sur la musique 1972: Parle moi de ta vie 1972: Mon père 1972: Riche 1973: J'ai unproblemème (as Sylvie & Johnny ) 1973: La vie c'est du cinema 1973: Non je ne suis plus la même 1973: Bye Bye Baby (with Johnny Hallyday ) 1974: L'amour au diapason 1974: Toi le garçon 1974: Bye Bye Leroy Brown 1974: Da dou ron ron 1975: ... la drôle de fin 1975: Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes? 1975: Toi mon aventure 1975: Les chemins de ma vie 1975: Shang Shang a Lang 1975: l veliero in bottiglia 1975: Danse-la chante-la 1976: Ta sorcière bien aimée 1976: L'amour c'est comme les bateaux 1976: Le temps du swing 1977: La maritza 1977: Petit Rainbow

1977: Georges 1978: Disco Queen 1978: Fantaisie 1978: Solitude 1978: I Don't Want the Night to End 1979: Nicolas 1980: En ecoutant la pluie 1980: Tape Tape 1981: L'amour c'est comme une cigarette 1982: Marathon Woman 1982: La sortie de secours 1983: La première fois qu'on s'aimera (Vartan & Sardou ) 1983: UCLA 1983: Danse ta vie 1983: 4 titres - Edition Special - Tirage Limite N ° 3 (EP) 1984: Double Exposure 1984: Love Again (with John Denver ) 1984: En ecoutant la plue 1984: Des heures de désir 1985: One Shot Lover (Special Dance Mix) 1986: Silver Lining 1987: Femme sous influence 1988: Irresistiblement 1989: C'est fatal 1996: Back to LA 2010: Sylvie Live 2012: On entre en scène

Filmography

• 1952: Under the yoke (Pod igoto)
• 1962: Moonlight over Maubeuge (Un clair de lune à Maubeuge)
• 1963: Where are you from, Johnny? (D'où viens-tu, Johnny?)
• 1964: The Idol (Cherchez l'idole)
• 1964: Patate
• 1966: Spelevaren (TV series)
• 1971: Malpertuis
• 1972: Absences répétées
• 1994: A black angel (L'ange noir)
• 2001: Mausolée pour une garce (TV)
• 2013: The gene qui s'embrassent
• 2014:  He loves me, he doesn't love me - Toujours l'amour  (Tu veux ou tu veux pas)

Others

• On the cover of the Lupo-Comics issue 28/1965

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: FR BEW CH

Web links

Commons : Sylvie Vartan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official page
• Sylvie Vartan at Allmusic (English)
• Sylvie Vartan at Discogs (English)
• Sylvie Vartan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sound carrier by Sylvie Vartan in the catalog of the German National Library