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Françoise Hardy

real name Françoise Madeleine Hardy

9th arrondissement of Paris, France · 1944-01-17 – 2024-06-11

Françoise Hardy is credited on 1,959 releases across 509 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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French singer, songwriter, actress, and astrologer born January 17, 1944 in Paris, died on June 11, 2024. Married to singer Jacques Dutronc (1981) and mother of Thomas Dutronc. Hardy began her career at 18 in 1962 with her first appearance on French TV. She was immediately successful and became an icon of the "yéyé" period in France, but soon developed her own peculiar style. She has sung mainly in French but also in English, German, and Italian. She toured during the first six years of her career and then retired to continue writing, composing, and singing with various composers and musicians.

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