← Back
Laurent Voulzy

Laurent Voulzy

AKA: Lucien Voulzy

Sound

Born: 1948 Paris, France 18 Global Credits 🔥 0.4 Popularity
0 Rank Score 0 Hearts 0 Votes

Biography

Lucien Voulzy (born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy, 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. 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" – sung in French, English and Spanish – and the double "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/"Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without Kim Wilde"; a song inspired by the chart-topping English singer). Other songs entered the French charts ("Bopper en larmes", "Le coeur Grenadine", "Désir, désir", etc.).

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, Spanish, Portuguese, German, etc.).

In 2005, Voulzy 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.

Voulzy 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. In 2007, Voulzy toured France.

Source: Article "Laurent Voulzy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Full Credits

Show / Title Year Credit / Role
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées 2022 Self
Murders in... 2013 Self
C à vous 2009 Self - Guest
Muppets TV 2006 Self - Guest
La chanson de l'année 2004 Self
L'Invité 2002 Self
Star Academy 2001 Self
Vivement dimanche 1998 Self
Taratata 1993 Self
Le monde est à vous 1987 Self
Sacrée soirée 1987 Self
Victoires de la musique 1985 Self
Champs-Elysées 1982 Self
Fan School 1977 Self
30 millions d'amis 1976 Self
Numéro un 1975 Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1975 Self
Le Grand Échiquier 1972 Self