# Michèle Arnaud

Michèle Arnaud (French pronunciation:, born Micheline Caré; 18 March 1919 – 30 March 1998), was a French singer, recording artist, and director. She was buried on 18 September 1998 at Montparnasse Cemetery. She is the mother of the singer Dominique Walter and the photographer Florence Gruère.
Arnaud was awarded a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She was the first entrant for Luxembourg in the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.

## Biography

After completing her primary education in Cherbourg, she went to Paris where she took a course at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques. She gained two degrees in philosophy. Simultaneously with her studies, she regularly frequented cabaret clubs such as Le Tabou and La Rose Rouge.
In 1956 she was the first entrant for Luxembourg in the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano, participating with the songs Ne crois pas and Les amants de minuit, but was unsuccessful in winning.
On 11 July 1962, she appeared in the first-ever live television transmission via satellite from France to the United States. Because of the orbital path of the newly launched American satellite, Telstar, the program lasted only twenty minutes. Also appearing that evening was Yves Montand.

## Discography
### Compilations
#### Gainsbourg sung by...

* 2 CD EMI Music France 854067-2, 1996 and reedited in June 2006, all songs of Serge Gainsbourg sung by Michèle Arnaud (CD 1) :
* La Recette de l'amour fou, 1958
* Douze belles dans la peau, 1958
* Jeunes femmes et vieux messieurs, 1958
* La Femme des uns sous le corps des autres, 1958
* Ronsard 58, lyrics by Serge Barthélémy and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1959
* Il était une oie, 1959
* La Chanson de Prévert, 1961
* Les Goémons, 1962
* La Javanaise, 1963
* Les Papillons noirs, a duo with Serge Gainsbourg, 1966
* Ballade des oiseaux de croix, 1966
* Les Papillons noirs, 1966
* Ne dis rien, from the musical Anna, 1967
* Rêves et caravelles, 1969

#### Michèle Arnaud

* 2 CD EMI Music France 520486-2 (1999)
** CD 1:
* Voulez-vous jouer avec moi ?, texts by Marcel Achard and music by Georges van Parys, 1956
* Ne crois pas, texts and music by Christian Guitreau, 1956
* La rue s'allume, texts by Louis Ducreux and music by André Popp – Louis Ducreux, 1955
* Quand on s'est connu, texts and music by Jean-Pierre Moulin, 1958
* L'Éloge des cocus, texts by Pierre Lambry and music by Simone Lorencin, 1957
* Zon zon zon, texts by Maurice Vidalin and music by Jacques Datin, 1957
* Sous le pont Mirabeau, poem by Guillaume Apollinaire and music by Jacques Lasry, 1955
* Julie, texts by Maurice Vidalin and music by Jacques Datin, 1957
* Sans l'amour de toi, paroles de Claude Delécluse and music by Michelle Senlis – Paul Misraki, 1957
* Morte Fontaine, texts by Rolland Valade and music by Jean-Michel Arnaud, 1959
* Van Gogh, texts by Pierre Lambry and music by Jacques Datin, 1959
* Napoli, texts and music by Roger Riffard, 1960
* Loulou de la Vache Noire, texts and music by Roger Riffard, 1960
* Deux tourterelles, texts by Eddy Marnay and music by Emil Stern, 1957
* Pourquoi mon dieu, French adaptation by Georges Moustaki et Jacques Kabanellis from Manos Hadjidakis, 1962
* Pauvre Verlaine, texts and music by Salvatore Adamo, 1968
* Amour perdu, texts and music by Salvatore Adamo, 1963
* Toi qui marchais, texts by Jean-Pierre Chevrier and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1963
* L'Inconnue, texts and music by Roger Riffard, 1960
* Il y a des années, texts and music by Roger Riffard, 1960
** CD 2:
* Angelo, texts and music by Robert Ardray, 1964
* Comment dire, texts and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1964
* Et après ?, texts by Armand Seggian and music by Jacques Pezet, 1964
* La Chanson de Tessa, texts by Jean Giraudoux and music by Maurice Jaubert, 1965
* Ne vous mariez pas les filles, texts by Boris Vian and music by Alain Goraguer, 1964
* Si les eaux de la mer, texts by Bernard Dimey and music by Henri Salvador, 1965
* Les Papillons noirs, a duo with Serge Gainsbourg, texts and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1966
* Ballade des oiseaux de croix, texts and music by Serge Gainsbourg, 1966
* Chanson sur une seule note, French adaptation by Eddy Marnay of Samba de una nota so from the Brazilian texts by Newton Mandonga, music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1962
* Sans toi, texts by Agnès Varda and music by Michel Legrand from the movie Cléo from 5 to 7, 1963
* Un soir, texts by Bernard Dimey and music by Henri Salvador, 1964
* La Marche arrière, texts by Boris Vian and music by Henri Salvador, 1964
* Je croyais, adaptation by Hugues Auffray and Georges Aber from Yesterday by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1966
* La Grammaire et l'amour, texts and music by Guy Bontempelli, 1966
* La Chabraque, texts by Marcel Aymé and music by Guy Béart, 1960
* Marie d'Aquitaine, texts by René Ruet and music by André Grassi, 1962
* Cherbourg avait raison, texts by Jacques Larue and Eddy Marnay, music by Guy Magenta, 1961
* La Chanson des vieux amants, texts by Jacques Brel and music by Gérard Jouannest, 1967
* Le Bleu de l'été, French adaptation by Henri Contet of Green Leaves of Summer from the American texts of Paul Francis Webster, music by Dimitri Tiomkin from the movie Alamo, 1961
* Timoléon le jardinier, texts and music by Roger Riffard, 1960