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Also known as Greame Allwright

French singer-songwriter of New Zealand origin

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1926-11-07
Active to
2020-02-16
folksinger-songwriter

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Graeme Allwright (born in Wellington, New Zealand on 7 November 1926; died 16 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born French singer and songwriter. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as a French language interpreter of the songs of American and Canadian songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, and remained active into his nineties. Allwright traveled to France in the early 1950's and married Catherine Dasté. His son Christophe Allwright, is a French comedian. <a href=

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Official website
www.mga.asso.fr
Image
Photo - Festival de Cornouaille 2012 - Graeme Allwright en concert le 28 juillet - 003.jpg
Number of children
4
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Graeme Allwright
date of birth
1926-11-07
start of work period
1956-00-00
end of work period
2017-00-00
name in native language
Graeme Allwright
date of death
2020-02-16
birth name
Sydney Graeme Allwright
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