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Week Issue date Artist(s) Song Ref. 1 4 January Les Compagnons de la chanson "Le marchand de bonheur" [1]2 11 January 3 18 January 4 25 January 5
The first real French rock acts emerged at the end of the decade and in the beginning of the 1960s, with Johnny Hallyday achieving the most long-lasting success, while other acts like Les Chaussettes noires, led by other French rock star Eddy Mitchell, and Les Chats sauvages (led by Dick Rivers) contributed to the emergence of the genre, the ...
Yé-yé (French: ⓘ) or yeyé [1] (Spanish:) 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 music bands such as the Beatles. [2]
French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, an organum composition style. Troubadour songs of chivalry and courtly love were composed in the Occitan language between the 10th and 13th centuries, and the Trouvère poet-composers flourished in Northern France during this period.
The first distinct French pop music styles that emerged were the French rock and the yé-yé, which originated in France during the 1960s. They were influenced by the American rock & roll of the 1950s. In the early days, this style of French pop music was easily distinguishable from the earlier category of French music called chanson in English ...
25 March – Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer (music by André Popp, text by Pierre Cour) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France. 10 November – Édith Piaf's recording of "Non, je ne regrette rien" is released.
This is a list of singles that have peaked at number-one in France from the Top 100 Singles chart compiled weekly by Institut français d'opinion publique (1955 - 1983) and Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (since 1984).
A 2010 European survey conducted by the digital broadcaster Music Choice, interviewing over 11,000 participants, rated the decade rather low, with only 19% declaring it the best tune decade in the last 50 years, [80] while participants of an American land line survey rated the 1960s a bit higher, with 26% declaring it as best decade in music.