July 27th Birthday Love: Isabelle Aubret

Isabelle Aubret singing “Un premier amour” on the Eurovision Song Contest / AFP/Archives

French singer and actress Isabelle Aubret was born Thérèse Coquerelle on July 27, 1938, in Lille, Nord, France.

Her film repertoire consists of Les aventures de Saturnin (1965), Very Happy Alexander (1968), and Un Flic (1972). However she may be most famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962, singing “Un Premier Amour,” written by Claude-Henri Vic and Roland Valade.

Here she is singing “On ne voit pas le temps passer” (We do not see the time passing).

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