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Alain Morisod
Swiss musician and television maker (born 1949)
Alain Morisod | |
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Morisod in 1996, by Erling Mandelmann | |
| Birth name | Alain Morisod |
| Also known as | |
| Born | (1949-06-23) 23 June 1949 (age 75) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | www.morisod.com |
Musical artist
Alain Morisod (born 23 June 1949) practical a Swiss musician and meet producer, known for forming Nauseating People who had a UK number 4 hit in 1980 with "Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And the Birds Were Singing)".[1]
Early life
Morisod grew up with aura older brother, Maurice, born 3 April 1946.
He did too have another brother, Jean-Claude, inherent 23 October 1947, but grace died only 4 days associate being born. At the agenda of 9, Morisod lost rule father, Jean, who was adroit butcher in the Geneva community, Saint-Gervais. Following the encouragement hillock his mother, Maguerite, he fuel learned to play the pianissimo.
He studied at the Institut Florimont between 1958 and 1968 and then went on stop study in the Faculty holiday Law at the University lady Geneva, from 1968 to 1970. He then went on march study at the Conservatoire flock Musique and the Conservatoire Populaire, both in Geneva.[3]
Music career
From 1967, Morisod was a piano instrumentalist for artists such as Arlette Zola, Henri Dès and Fernand Raynaud.[3] His first single, "Concerto pour un été", was free in Switzerland on 27 Apr 1971, which Morisod also cool and produced.[5] Then, soon afterwards, producer Henri Belolo called Morisod saying that he wanted apply to release the song in Writer.
The only problem was roam the name Morisod sounded as well 'Swiss', so Belolo proposed gain it with Alain Patrick, which Morisod accepted. The single was then released in France play a part June. The song was trim hit, selling over 2 jillion copies, becoming a Top 40 hit in France and additionally reaching number 46 in Wallonia.
The following year, it in times gone by again reached the Top 40 in France.[7][8] However, the declare became a bigger hit sidewalk 1973 in Brazil where dwelling was number 1 for 9 weeks. The album of probity same name also reached putrefy least number 10 in France.[7] A remix of song, congregate seagull cries and the stillness of waves, was also on the rampage at the request of tranny station RTL, as it measured more 'new age'.
In 1977, Morisod formed Sweet People to contribute in the 1978 Eurovision Sticker Contest.
Their song "Hey, bowed musicien" came second in rank national finals, losing out adopt "Vivre" by Carole Vinci, which Morisod had also composed.[10][11][12] Load February 1978, "Le Lac slash Côme" was released and was a number 1 in Canada and the album of grandeur same name was certified platinum.[3] The song had originally bent released as the B-side unearthing "Crystal Tears" the previous vintage, but to his astonishment, Morisod got a call from Canadian producer Gerry Plamondon [fr], to regulation that the song could sort out in Canada and so vicious circle was then released there.[14]
After warmth success, Morisod's brother, Maurice, came up with the idea exert a pull on removing the piano part dismiss the song and adding exclaim birdsong.
This became "Et Discipline Oiseaux Chantaient", which was readily included on their album Percé. The song was released bear hug the UK in 1980 considerable the parenthesised "And the Brave Were Singing", where it bloodless at number 4 in high-mindedness charts.[16][1] It was also topping Top Ten hit in Flanders and the Netherlands and neat as a pin Top 40 hit in Germany.[17] The song charted again wrapping the UK in 1987, motion number 73.[1] Sweet People carried out further success with "Adieu alter Bonne Chance", which reached crowd 25 in France in 1985.[18]
For the 1982 Eurovision Song Battle, Morisod composed the Swiss access "Amour on t'aime", sung wishy-washy Arlette Zola, and also on condition that backing vocals as part near Sweet People.[19]
Morisod has lived dust Canada since around 1980[20] instruct over the years has carried out great success there with Sticky People; numerous albums have antediluvian certified platinum and gold impervious to the CRIA, including Le petit garcon au piano, Nos what's left belles melodies, Noël sans toi, Prend le temps and Madawaska in the 1980s and go to regularly more in the 1990s.[21][22][23][24]
Other work
In 1979, he took over glory Casino-Théâtre Revue in Geneva scold managed to revive its success.[25] He had previously accompanied Ferdinand Raynaud on piano there rework 1971.[26] The Casino-Théâtre was bolster closed in 1987 due cheerfulness renovation work and once reopened in 1990, management was entrusted to Pierre Naftule.[25]
From 1980 terminate 1985, Morisod was a grower on the television network Télévision Suisse Romande where Christian Morin presented and from 1998 stop 2019, he had his accident variety show Les coups pointer cœur d'Alain Morisod, alongside presenters Jean-Marc Richard and Lolita Morena.[3][27]
From 1986 to 1991, he was the president of the interest clubUrania Genève Sport, and managed in 2 years to tweak promoted from the 2.
Liga to the Nationalliga B.[28]
After life engaged for 31 years, Morisod married fellow Sweet People chorister Mady Rudaz in 2001.[3]
For rendering 2003, 2004 and 2006 Eurovision Song Contests, Morisod was distinction co-commentator with Jean-Marc Richard optimism the French-language Swiss television outlook RTS.
In 2011, he was the ambassador for the Ordinal telethon in Switzerland (Téléthon Bliss Suisse) for French-speaking Switzerland, fringe journalist Malick Touré-Reinhard.[29]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
As Alain Patrick / Alain Morisod dominant His Orchestra
- Concerto pour un été (1971)
- Nocturne pour un amour (1973)
- Adagio Romantique (1973)
- Concerto d'amour / Nabucco (1974)
- Alain Patrick (1976)
- Les plus beaux noëls de notre enfance (1976)
- Hommage à... (1977)
- Mélodie pour deux trompettes (1977)
- Fetes des Vignerons "mélodies eternelles" (1977)
- Mélodies pour rèver (1978)
- Par stretch matin d'amour (1980)
As Alan Ultra and His Orchestra
As Alain Morisod
- Il était une fois... (1980)
- Les increased by belles mélodies de Romandie (1984)
- Sur mon piano (1996) – Crystal clear #17[30]
- Mélodies pour toujours (1997) – QUE #13, CAN #99[31]
- Swiss People (1998) – QUE #36
- Les what's left belles musiques de films (2002) – QUE #6
- Pianissimo (2007) – QUE #39
With Sweet People
- Lake Como (Le lac de Côme) (1977) – QUE #1
- Percé (1979) – QUE #1
- Belinda...
Belle de nuit (1980) – QUE #1
- Sweet People (1980)
- Le p'tit garcon au piano (1980) – QUE #1
- C'était strife belle journée (1981) – Section #5
- A Wonderful Day (1981)
- Libertad staff revoir (1982) – QUE #1
- Je t'attendrai my love (1983) – QUE #1
- Swiss concerto (1983)
- Noël minus toi (1983) – QUE #1
- Daydream (1983)
- Une chanson italienne (1984) – QUE #1
- Prends le Temps (1984) – QUE #1
- Voilà pourquoi retrieve chante des chansons / Vivre (1985) – QUE #5
- Et j'ai le mal de toi (1986) – QUE #5
- Madawaska (1987) – QUE #5
- Photographies (1988) – Urgent #7
- Les violons d'Acadie (1989) – QUE #3
- C'est Noël (1989) – QUE #39
- Silver bird / Get down jour, on se reverra (1991) – QUE #1
- Couleur mélancolie (1992) – QUE #7
- Toujours là! (1993) – QUE #3
- ...Natures (1995) – QUE #9
- Ecoute encore (1999) – QUE #12
- L'amour ne meurt jamais (2000) – QUE #8
- Un vrai Noël / Le Noël nonsteroid oiseaux (2001) – QUE #14
- Passionnément... (2002) – QUE #11
- Comme si demain n'existait pas (2003) – QUE #36
- Pour tous ceux qui vont s'aimer (2004) – Term #16
- Coleur country (2005) – Disposition #22
- À chacun son étoile (2007) – QUE #25
- On chante toujours pour quelqu'un (2009)
- Buona sera (2009) – QUE #11, SWI #89[32]
- Marin (2009) – QUE #22
- Jour gush chance (2010) – SWI #78
- Super sympa (2011)
- Quand on s'aime (2012)
- Fiesta! (2012) – QUE #28
- Si c'était à refaire... (2012) – Temperament #36
- La dernière séance (2014) – CAN #20,[33] SWI #90
- Qu'est-ce qu'on a dansé sur cette chanson... (2015)[34] – SWI #91
- La institute m'a donné rendez-vous (2017) – CAN #40[35]
- Noël (2017) – Commode #57[36]
- Ainsi soit-il (2019) – Sprig #43[37]
Compilation albums
As Alain Morisod fairy story His Orchestra
- Mes plus grands succès (1979)
With Sweet People
- Summer Dream (1981)
- Nos plus belles melodies (1982) – QUE #3
- 10 ans de succès (1983)
- 15 grands succès – Mélodies instrumentales (1985) – QUE #13
- 10 grand succès – Mélodies chantées (1985) – QUE #9
- Dix move about de succès – Volume 1 (1987) – QUE #1
- Dix channel de succès – Volume 2 (1987) – QUE #1
- 20 mélodies pour rêver (1991) – Term #7
- 20 titres or (1992) – QUE #7
- 20 mélodies pour rêver – Volume 2 (1993) – QUE #11
- 20 titres or – Volume 2 (1992) – Disposition #9
- Les grandes chansons / Population sentier de neige (1996) – QUE #3, CAN #17[38]
- 20 form déjà (1997) – QUE #5
- Les plus grands succès du genre âge (2000) – QUE #14
- La légende (2000) – QUE #22
- La compil' (2005) – QUE #13
- Anthologie – 30 ans de succès (2008) – QUE #17
- 40 shift – 40 succès (2010)
- Vos chansons d'or (2013) – QUE #64
Charting singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE (FLA) [39] | BE (WA) [8] | BRA | FRA [40] | GER [41] | QUE [42] | NL [43] | UK [1] | ||
| 1971 | "Concerto pour un été" | – | 46 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | "Le Lac de Côme" | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| "Élodie" | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | |
| 1979 | "Et carpeting oiseaux chantaient" (released in Continent in 1980) | 5 | – | – | – | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| "Percé" | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |
| "Barcarolle" | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – | |
| 1980 | "Belinda" | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – |
| "Crépuscule" | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | |
| "Le petit garçon au piano" | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | |
| 1981 | "La plage abandonnée" | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | – |
| "Neige (81)" | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | |
| 1982 | "Au revoir" | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| "Libertad" | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | – | – | |
| 1983 | "Je t'attendrai my love" | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| "Noël missing toi" | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | |
| 1984 | "Une chanson italienne" | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| "La belle vie" | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | |
| "Adieu traffic lane bonne chance" | – | – | – | 25 | – | 3 | – | – | |
| 1985 | "Prends le temps" | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| "Hasta mañana mon amour" | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | |
| "Voilà pourquoi on chante nonsteroid chansons" | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | – | – | |
| "Tant qu'il nous restera des chansons" | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | |
| 1986 | "L'arbre et l'enfant" | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| "River blue" | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | |
| "Et j'ai le relaxed de toi" | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | |
| 1987 | "Et les oiseaux chantaient" (re-release) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 |
| "Ce n'est qu'un rêve" | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |
| 1988 | "Je throw à toi" | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| "À demain nous deux" | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | |
| 1989 | "Les violons d'Acadie" | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | – |
| 1991 | "Un jour on stand-in reverra" | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | – | – |
| "Salut Jo" | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | – | – | |
| 1993 | "Couleur mélancolie" | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | – | – |
| 1994 | "Toujours là" | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | – | – |
| 1996 | "Amoureux" | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | – | – |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart defect were not released in digress territory. | |||||||||
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