Jacques Brel
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8 April 1929, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
8 April 1929, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
DOD
9 October 1978, Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France (lung cancer)
9 October 1978, Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France (lung cancer)
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News: Little Annie Covers U2, Sinatra, Brel on Good Pianos LP
Source: Pitchfork | Date: Jan. 25, 2008
Singer, songwriter, ordained minister and, perhaps more than anything else, iconoclast, there's no...
A colossal and captivating talent
Source: ic Wales, United Kingdom | Date: Nov. 13, 2007
After about an hour of enchanting laments, they closed with a cover of Jacques Brel s Le Moribund "...
Curtain Call in Johannesburg - November 13, 2007
Source: Tonight, South Africa | Date: Nov. 12, 2007
Jacques Brel , Nov. 24, 25 and Dec. 1 and 2. Dinner optional after show, reservations essential....
Bye bye Belgium?
Source: Guardian Unlimited, UK | Date: Nov. 12, 2007
Although typically, like his other famous compatriots Georges Simenon and Jacques Brel , most...
Filmography
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1. Far West (1973) .......Actor:
1. Brel, un cri (1985) .... Himself2. Brel (1982) .... Himself
3. Nous les artistes: Jacques Brel (1979) .......
4. Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in...
Trivia
- His body is buried next to Gauguin's grave at Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), where he spent his last years.
- Claimed to have never written songs about love.
- He sang in two languages: French and Dutch. He used to translate most of his French songs into Dutch.
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