Artist:Alice Dona
Song:Une Voiture Rouge
Album:Les Annees Chansons
Alice Dona was 18 years old when she released this 1964 single Une Voiture Rouge. She was part of what was called "ye-ye" in France. Even back then she wrote her own songs. After she started a family, she had success as a songwriter. She was born Alice Donadel Feb. 17, 1946 in Maison-Alfort, France. This is a suburb of Paris. She took piano lessons as a child. She was planning to be a teacher. But then she performed with an orchestra at age 13 and studied at the Petit Consevatoire de Mireille at age 15. This led to a record deal with EMI's Pathe label. She recorded eleven singles from 1963-65 including Une Voiture Rouge. You can get all of her mid-60s recordings on this comp which is available as a digital download. In 1965, she married Bernard Ricci of the group Les Celibataires. After Alice gave birth to her daughter, she slowed down her singing career and concentrated on songwriting. She has written songs for among others Joe Dassin, Mireille Mathieu, Annie Girardot, Sylvie Vartan and Lara Fabian. After divorcing Ricci, she lived with singer Sergio Lama for over forty years. They wrote plenty of songs together. And he convinced her to start recording again. Alice last released an album in 2013 so it looks like she may have retired. Here's Alice Dona performing Une Voiture Rouge 1964.
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