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Yé-yé or yeyé was a style of pop music that emerged in Western and Southern Europe in the early 1960s. The French term yé-yé was derived from the English "yeah! yeah!", popularized by British beat mus
Françoise Hardy in 1966
France Gall in 1968
Catherine Spaak in 1962
Massiel in 1968
France Gall
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Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé and pop singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the
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…British beat music bands such as the Beatles. The style expanded worldwide as the result of the success of figures such as French singer-songwriters France Gall, Jacqueline Taïeb, Sylvie Vartan, Serge Gainsbourg and Françoise Hardy. Yé-yé was a particular form of counterculture that derived most of its inspiration…
Gall performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Gall performing at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1969
Tomb of France Gall