Gérard Lenorman

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Gérard Lenorman
Gérard Lenorman in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Gérard Christian Éric Lenormand
Born	(1945-02-09) 9 February 1945 (age 79) Bénouville, France
Genres	Chanson française
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1967–present
Labels	CBS Carrere

Website	www.gerard-lenorman.com

Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French singer-songwriter.

Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados (Normandy) when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. Lenorman has four children with his ex-wife Caroline: Mathieu, Justine, Clémence and Victor. He released his first album in 1969.^[1]

In 1988, he represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, reaching tenth place with "Chanteur de charme". Lenorman was very popular in France and Francophonie, during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1994, a compilation of his hits Vos plus belles chansons went gold in France. In 2007, he released a biography entitled Je suis né à vingt ans ("I was born at the age of 20") in which the singer explains the unknown identity of his father.

Discography

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Albums

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Gérard Lenorman (1969)
Les matins d'hiver (1972)
Quelque chose et moi (1974)
Caroline (1975)
Olympia 75 (1975)
Drôles de chansons (1976)
Noëls du monde (1976)
Au-delà des rêves (1977)
Nostalgies (1978)
Boulevard de l'océan (1979)
Olympia 79 (1979)
La clairière de l'enfance (1980)
...D'amour (1981)
Paris sur Scène – Palais des congrès (1982)
Le soleil des tropiques (1983)
Fière et nippone (1985)
Heureux qui communique (1988)
Bravo à Gérard Lenorman (1989)
Il y a... (1993)
Vos plus belles chansons (1994)
Les plus belles chansons françaises (1996)
Le monde de Gérard Lenorman (Triple compilation) 1998)
La raison de l'autre (2000)
Gérard Lenorman en concert (2003)
Le Best Of (2007)
Duos de mes chansons (2011)

Songs

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"Si j'étais président"
"Gentil dauphin"
"Michèle"
"Si tu ne me laisses pas tomber"
"Soldats, ne tirez pas"
"L'enfant des cathédrales"
"Je vous écris"
"Le Petit Prince"
"Nicolas"
"Voici Les Clés" (with Tina Arena)
"La ballade des gens heureux"
"Montfort-L'Amaury"

References

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^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Gérard Lenorman". AllMusic. AMG. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

External links

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Media related to Gérard Lenorman at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

Preceded by Christine Minier Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche	France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988	Succeeded by Nathalie Pâque J'ai volé la vie

v t e France in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 ~~1974~~ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Ahez Alma Mathé Altéry Alvan Amir Amina Lisa Angell Anggun Isabelle Aubret Louisa Baïleche Alain Barrière Roger Bens Frida Boccara Guy Bonnet Amandine Bourgeois Jacqueline Boyer Dan Ar Braz Jonatan Cerrada André Claveau Martine Clémenceau Cocktail Chic Noëlle Cordier ~~Dani~~ Dany Dauberson Anne-Marie David Paule Desjardins Fanny Les Fatals Picards Catherine Ferry Patrick Fiori Sandrine François Jean Gabilou Bilal Hassani Héritage des Celtes Jean Philippe Patricia Kaas Kali Serge Lama ~~Tom Leeb~~ Gérard Lenorman Madame Monsieur Guy Mardel Marie Line Betty Mars Jessy Matador Jean-Paul Mauric Sofia Mestari Christine Minier Nina Morato Marie Myriam Nayah Ortal Nathalie Pâque Virginie Pouchain Barbara Pravi Joël Prévost Profil Rachel Nicole Rieu Nathalie Santamaria Slimane Natasha St-Pier Sébastien Tellier Annick Thoumazeau Twin Twin Joëlle Ursull Amaury Vassili Dominique Walter La Zarra
Songs	"À chaque pas" "Allez Ola Olé" "L'Amour à la française" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "La Belle amour" "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" "Chacun pense à soi" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Chanteur de charme" "Chez nous" "Comé-comédie" "Divine" "Diwanit bugale" "Dors, mon amour" "Echo (You and I)" "Elle était si jolie" "L'Enfer et moi" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Et s'il fallait le faire" "Européennes" "Évidemment" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "Fulenn" "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Humanahum" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Il est là" "Il était temps" "Il faut du temps" "Il me donne rendez-vous" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "J'ai cherché" "J'ai volé la vie" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Un jour, un enfant" "Mama Corsica" "Marie-Blanche" "Mercy" ~~"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"~~ "Mon amour" "Monté la riviè" "Monts et merveilles" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Moustache" "N'avoue jamais" "N'oubliez pas" "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" "On aura le ciel" "Où aller" "Oui, oui, oui, oui" "Un premier amour" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Requiem" "Roi" "Sans toi" "Sentiments songes" "Sognu" "La Source" "Le Temps perdu" "Tom Pillibi" "Un, deux, trois" ~~"La Vie à vingt-cinq ans"~~ "Vivre" "Voilà" "White and Black Blues"
Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Withdrawn	Cyprus

Artists

Final	Yardena Arazi Luca Barbarossa Beathoven Boulevard La Década Céline Dion Dora Lara Fabian Scott Fitzgerald Afroditi Frida Maxi and Chris Garden Hot Eyes Gerard Joling Jump the Gun Tommy Körberg Karoline Krüger Gérard Lenorman MFÖ Reynaert Srebrna krila Wilfried
Withdrawn	Yiannis Dimitrou

Songs

Final	"Ben Adam" "Chanteur de charme" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Clown" "Croire" "For vår jord" "Go" "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Lied für einen Freund" "Lisa Mona Lisa" "Mangup" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Shangri-La" "Stad i ljus" "Sufi" "Take Him Home" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" "Voltarei"
Withdrawn	"Thimame"