Born in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, Prévost was adopted soon after birth by a family from northern France who changed his name, and grew up at Trith-Saint-Léger, close to the border with Belgium. In 1963, at the age of 13, he won a singing competition organised by the regional newspaper La Voix du Nord.[1] He moved to Paris in 1970 and starred in the musical "Hair" together with Gérard Lenorman.[1] In 1972, he signed a contract with CBS Records, releasing a string of singles and touring over the next few years with artists such as Serge Gainsbourg, Mike Brant, Michèle Torr and Serge Lama.
In 1977, Prévost entered the French Eurovision selection with the song "Pour oublier Barbara", but failed to progress from the semi-final.[2] The following year, his song "Il y aura toujours des violons" ("There Will Always Be Violins") was chosen as the French representative for the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest. Strangely, the song only finished second in the French semi-final before emerging the clear winner in the final.[3] As a result of Marie Myriam's victory for France the previous year, the 1978 Eurovision was held in Paris, on 22 April. "Il y aura toujours des violons" finished the evening in third place out of 20 entries, despite being a very traditional, old-style ballad with no concession to the musical trends of the late 1970s.[4][5]
Prévost remains active, having played residencies at the Paris Olympia, Alhambra and toured extensively for several years throughout Africa.
Referencesedit
^ abcChaillet, Cathérine; TF1 Service de presse (4 April 1978). Concours Eurovision de la chanson (in French). Paris: TF1. p. 10. OCLC 965372158.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ESC National Finals database 1977 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ESC National Finals database 1978 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^"ESC History France 1978 - Il Y Aura Toujours Des Violons". Esc-history.com. 22 April 1978.
^""Il y aura toujours des violons" at". Diggiloo.net. 21 March 2010.
joël, prévost, jean, potaux, born, richard, jacques, bonay, february, 1950, known, french, singer, best, known, participation, eurovision, song, contest, 1978, birth, namerichard, jacques, bonayborn, 1950, february, 1950, originnarbonne, francegenrespop, chans. Jean Luc Potaux born Richard Jacques Bonay on 16 February 1950 1 known as Joel Prevost is a French singer best known for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 Joel PrevostBirth nameRichard Jacques BonayBorn 1950 02 16 16 February 1950 age 74 OriginNarbonne FranceGenresPop chansonOccupation s Singer Born in the Languedoc Roussillon region of southern France Prevost was adopted soon after birth by a family from northern France who changed his name and grew up at Trith Saint Leger close to the border with Belgium In 1963 at the age of 13 he won a singing competition organised by the regional newspaper La Voix du Nord 1 He moved to Paris in 1970 and starred in the musical Hair together with Gerard Lenorman 1 In 1972 he signed a contract with CBS Records releasing a string of singles and touring over the next few years with artists such as Serge Gainsbourg Mike Brant Michele Torr and Serge Lama In 1977 Prevost entered the French Eurovision selection with the song Pour oublier Barbara but failed to progress from the semi final 2 The following year his song Il y aura toujours des violons There Will Always Be Violins was chosen as the French representative for the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest Strangely the song only finished second in the French semi final before emerging the clear winner in the final 3 As a result of Marie Myriam s victory for France the previous year the 1978 Eurovision was held in Paris on 22 April Il y aura toujours des violons finished the evening in third place out of 20 entries despite being a very traditional old style ballad with no concession to the musical trends of the late 1970s 4 5 Prevost remains active having played residencies at the Paris Olympia Alhambra and toured extensively for several years throughout Africa References edit a b c Chaillet Catherine TF1 Service de presse 4 April 1978 Concours Eurovision de la chanson in French Paris TF1 p 10 OCLC 965372158 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link ESC National Finals database 1977 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine ESC National Finals database 1978 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine ESC History France 1978 Il Y Aura Toujours Des Violons Esc history com 22 April 1978 Il y aura toujours des violons at Diggiloo net 21 March 2010 External links editMySpace page Discography and cover art at encyclopedisque fr Preceded byMarie Myriam withL oiseau et l enfant France in the Eurovision Song Contest1978 Succeeded byAnne Marie David withJe suis l enfant soleil Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joel Prevost amp oldid 1209342885, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
