One of the most popular singers of French songs. After a childhood full of boredom and normality, Brel started to work in his father's cardboard factory. But he wanted a different kind of life. He had been writing songs all his life and in the early 1950s he went to Paris. After a few years he became hugely successful...See full bio »
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Episode dated 27 October 2007
(2007)
(writer: "Jacky", "Quand on n'a que l'amour", "Vesoul", "Amsterdam", "Ne me quitte pas" / performer: "Jacky", "Quand on n'a que l'amour", "Vesoul", "Amsterdam", "Ne me quitte pas")
2005Jacques Brel op de Marquisen
(TV documentary)
(writer: "Ne me quitte pas", "L'Homme de la Mancha", "Une Ile", "Jojo", "Le Bon Dieu", "Les Marquises" / lyrics: "La Quete" / as J. Brel / performer: "Ne me quitte pas", "L'Homme de la Mancha", "Une Ile", "Jojo", "La Quete", "Les Marquises")
1975Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
(writer: "Madeleine", "Marathon Les flamandes", "My Childhood Mon enfance", "The Statue", "Brussels Bruxelles", "Jackie La chanson de Jacky", "Timid Frieda Les timides", "Taxicab Le gaz", "The Old Folks Les vieux", "Alone Seul", "Funeral Tango Le tango funèbre", "I Loved J'aimais", "Bachelor's Dance La bourrée du célibataire", "Amsterdam", "Ne Me Quitte Pas", "Desperate Ones Les désespérés", "Sons Of... Fils de...", "The Bulls Les taureaux", "Marieke", "Last Supper Le Dernier Repas", "Mathilde", "The Middle Class Les bourgeois", "Song of Old Lovers La chanson des vieux amants", "Next Au suivant", "Carousel La valse à mille temps", "If Only We Have Love Quand on n'a que l'amour")
(2006) His musical revue, "A Jacques Brel Revue: Songs of Love and War," was performed at the Theo Ubique Theatre Company and produced by Michael James in Chicago, Illinois with Danielle Brothers in the cast. The crew included Fred Anzevino (director) and Michael Miller (musical director).
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5 Biographical Movies
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While he was voted "the Greatest Belgian" by the audience of the Walloon TV show "Le plus grand Belge", he just was ranked #7 in the show's Flemish version "De Grootse Belg".
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