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Anne-Marie David | |
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 Anne-Marie David atStockholm Pride 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Anne Marie David (1952-05-23)23 May 1952 (age 73) |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
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| Labels | Energise Records |
Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952) is a French singer. She has represented bothLuxembourg andFrance at theEurovision Song Contest, winning in1973 and placing third in1979.
David was born and raised inCasablanca,French Protectorate in Morocco, and inStrasbourg. During middle school, she moved with her family toArles.[1] She started her musical career at age 18 in Paris when she became involved with musical theatre. In 1972, she was cast in the role ofMary Magdalene in the French production ofJesus Christ Superstar. 1972 also saw her submit the song "Un peu romantique" to the French selection committee for theEurovision Song Contest. It made the final shortlist of ten songs.[citation needed]
In 1973, she was selected to representLuxembourg[2] as the Grand Duchy sought to repeat its previous year's triumph on home soil in theEurovision Song Contest. She thus joined the long list of non-native performers to have represented the country in the contest, which also includesFrance Gall (the 1965 winner) andVicky Leandros (the 1972 winner). The1973 contest crystallised into a three-way battle between songs that have since established themselves as Eurovision classics: David's "Tu te reconnaîtras", the Spanish entry "Eres tú", and the United Kingdom's "Power to All Our Friends", performed byCliff Richard. Ultimately six points separated the third place from David, securing the second successive triumph forLuxembourg.
After the contest, she started touring the world. She lived inTurkey for a while, recorded two singles in Turkish and one album and received several awards in the country. She returned to Eurovision in the1979 contest held inJerusalem, this time representing her native France[3] with the song "Je suis l'enfant soleil". Once again it was a tight three-way finish (Israel- Spain- France), with the Israeli entry "Hallelujah" edging to a home victory leaving David in third place. She started to tour France in the 1980s.[citation needed]
Between 1982 and 1983, she continued her musical career inNorway. In 1987, she retired from music but returned in 2003. In 2005, she sang atthe festival for the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged inCopenhagen, where she performed the1972 Eurovision winner "Après toi". She attended the live music show of Turkish Radio Television (TRT) before the2009 Eurovision Final was aired live, withJohnny Logan (1980, 1987 ESC winner). According to ESCRadio.com, in 2011, David released a new revamped version of her 1973 winning song, aptly named "Tu Te Reconnaîtras (Encore Une Fois)".[citation needed] Together with the German pop artist Mave O'Rick she released her comeback single "International" in late 2015, being recommended by Song Contest Consulting as a nomination forAustria, (Germany) andSan Marino for theEurovision Song Contest 2016.[4]
In 2017, after a chance meeting in Austria, Anne Marie David visitedBury St Edmunds in Suffolk and througheXplore Bury St Edmunds founder James Sheen, discovered the story of the first patron saint of the English,King Edmund. She became very interested in the story of King Edmund, she began work, alongside the composerJean Musy, to create an Oratorio musical based on the legend of this King who became a Saint. The Oratorio was initially performed inBoulogne-sur-mer and then again inAmboise, France. After delays through the lockdown years of covid, work resumed and took on a greater pace in 2023, planning the full English version, to be performed in the hometown of the Saint, for November 2024 atSt Mary's Church.
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| Preceded by | Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | Succeeded by |
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