Danièle Dupré

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Danièle Dupré was a French singer from the 1950s, most notable for representing Luxembourg in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Amours Mortes (Tant de Peine) - Faded Love (So Much Pain) - where she finished in a tie for fourth. A fairly minor star, her recordings occasionally appear on eBay and other places where EPs and 45 RPM singles are sold, and appear occasionally on compilations of 1950s French music. She spent some time in Brazil as a child. After returning to France, she appeared in a movie, La Parisienne, and went on to receive operatic training. She apparently injured her voice during this training, turning to what was then considered light music. She toured France, and was invited to perform in the Eurovision contest for Luxembourg. The contest had nowhere near the prestige it has today, and she was ambivalent about the song she was to perform. Like a few performers at the time, she only practiced her song once, at the pre-show rehearsal. At the competition, she met Paule Desjardins, the French contestant, with whom she maintained a long friendship. Her recordings include several EPs for Polydor that include songs such as "Merci mon Dieu, La chanteuse de blues," "Mon vieux marin" (with the orchestra of Armand Migiani), "Paris-java," "Sarah," "Tu me donnes," "Une femme est jolie," "Mon coeur est un violin," "Marjolaine," "Patricia" and "La gommeuse de 1900." She retired from the music business in 1958, realizing that rock and roll was eclipsing the

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Eurovision 1957 - Frankfurt am Main

Eurovision Song Contest 1957

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Luxemburg 1957

Succès et raretés (Collection "78 tours et puis s'en vont...")

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Eurovision 1957

Amours mortes (tant de peine)

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Eurovision Song Contest: Frankfurt am Main 1957

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ESC 1957 Frankfurt

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Sparkling Memories Vol 7

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Eurovision Song Contest 1957 (Frankfurt)

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Sounds Spectacular: The European Song Contest, Volume 1

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Songs from the Eurovision Song Contest: 1957

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