Philippe Lafontaine
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1955-05-24
Discography
- FA MA NO NI MA1989
- Cœur de loup1989
- Macédomienne1990
- Machine à larmes1992
- D'ici1994
- Folklores imaginaires1995
- Pour toujours1998
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- 20,365
- Total plays
- 112,832
Tags
chanson francaiseBelgiumfrenchmale vocalistsEurovision
Singer and composer Philippe Lafontaine was born on May 24, 1955 in Gosselies, Belgium. Lafontaine spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials (including Stella Artois and Coca Cola. Throughout the 1980s he joined the musical comedy "Brel en mille temps", touring in Dakar, Moscow, and Leningrad, and he released three albums. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Gosselies
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Institut Saint-Luc
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Disques Vogue
- Official website
- www.philippelafontaine.com
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- date of birth
- 1955-05-24
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
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