Laurent Voulzy

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Laurent Voulzy
Background information
Birth name	Lucien Voulzy
Born	(1948-12-18) 18 December 1948 (age 75) Paris, France
Genres	Alternative rock, French pop, pop rock, experimental, chanson, soft rock
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1969–present
Website	laurentvoulzy.com <FR>

Lucien Voulzy (French pronunciation: [lysjɛ̃ vulzi], born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy ([loʁɑ̃ vulzi]), is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician.

Voulzy was born in Paris, France. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus before joining Pascal Danel as guitarist from 1969 to 1974. However, he is best known for his collaborative songwriting efforts with singer-songwriter Alain Souchon and his solo singing career, which spanned several successful singles and albums.

Voulzy had an international hit with the song "Rockollection".^[1] The French lyrics were interspersed with some lines from classic rock hits after the chorus.
His major hits also include the singles "Paradoxal Système" (which reached the French Top 10), "Le Soleil Donne"^[2] – sung in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish –^[3] and the double "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/"Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde"^[4] ("Nights without Kim Wilde"; a song^[5] inspired^[6] by the chart-topping English singer).^[7] Other songs entered the French charts ("Bopper en larmes", "Le coeur Grenadine", "Désir, désir", etc.).^[8]
Voulzy also enjoys success in Belgium, Switzerland and Québec; and although being a French artist, his songs often contain multiple languages (including lyrics in English,^[9] Spanish,^[10] Portuguese,^[11] German, etc.).

In 2005, he co-produced and co-composed Nolwenn Leroy's second album Histoires Naturelles.

Voulzy had a huge hit with his album La Septième Vague which reached number one in 2006. Featured on the album is a cover of the Everly Brothers hit "All I Have to Do Is Dream", recorded as a duet with Irish singer Andrea Corr. The song was released as a single and was also included on The Corrs' greatest hits album Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection.

He recorded in 2007 a duet with the French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel on his hit album Guitar Connection 2. The song hit the French charts at No. 7 in 2008. For his 2011 album, Lys and Love, Voulzy recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with English singer Roger Daltrey of The Who.^[12] In 2007, He toured France.

• 1977: "Rockollection"
• 1978: "Bubble Star"
• 1979: "Le Cœur grenadine"
• 1979: "Karin Redinger"
• 1979: "Cocktail chez Mademoiselle"
• 1980: "Surfing Jack"
• 1981: "Idéal simplifié"
• 1983: "Bopper en larmes"
• 1983: "Liebe"

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laurent Voulzy.

• (in French) Laurent Voulzy (official site)
• Biography of Laurent Voulzy, from Radio France Internationale