# Laurent Voulzy

Lucien Voulzy (French pronunciation:, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy, is a French singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.

## Life and career

Voulzy was born in Paris, France. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus before joining Pascal Danel as guitarist from 1969 to 1974. However, he is best known for his collaborative songwriting efforts with singer-songwriter Alain Souchon and his solo singing career, which spanned several successful singles and albums.
Voulzy had an international hit with the song "Rockollection". The French lyrics were interspersed with some lines from classic rock hits after the chorus.
His major hits also include the singles "Paradoxal Système" (which reached the French Top 10), "Le Soleil Donne" – sung in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish – and the double "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/"Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without Kim Wilde"; a song inspired by the chart-topping English singer). Other songs entered the French charts ("Bopper en larmes", "Le coeur Grenadine", "Désir, désir", etc.).
Voulzy also enjoys success in Belgium, Switzerland and Québec; and although being a French artist, his songs often contain multiple languages (including lyrics in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, etc.).
In 2005, he co-produced and co-composed Nolwenn Leroy's second album Histoires Naturelles.
Voulzy had a huge hit with his album La Septième Vague which reached number one in 2006. Featured on the album is a cover of the Everly Brothers hit "All I Have to Do Is Dream", recorded as a duet with Irish singer Andrea Corr. The song was released as a single and was also included on The Corrs' greatest hits album Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection.
He recorded in 2007 a duet with the French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel on his hit album Guitar Connection 2. The song hit the French charts at No. 7 in 2008. For his 2011 album, Lys and Love, Voulzy recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with English singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. In 2007, He toured France.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Album | Record label | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Year | Album | Record label | FR | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | SWI |
| 1979 | Le Cœur grenadine | RCA | | | | |
| 1983 | Bopper en larmes | RCA | | | | |
| 1992 | Caché derrière | Ariola | 9 | | | |
| 2001 | Avril | RCA | 3 | — | 4 | 50 |
| 2006 | La Septième Vague | RCA | 1 | — | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | Recollection | RCA | 2 | — | 1 | 20 |
| 2011 | Lys & Love | Columbia | 2 | — | 1 | 30 |
| 2014 | Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy (joint album with Alain Souchon) | Parlophone | 1 | 117 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | Belem | Columbia | 5 | — | 4 | 31 |
| 2020 | Florilège | Columbia | 43 | — | 20 | 95 |

### Live albums

| Year | Album | Record label | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Year | Album | Record label | FR | BEL (Wa) | SWI |
| 1994 | Voulzy Tour | Ariola | 5 | |
| 2004 | Le Gothique flamboyant pop dancing tour | RCA | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | Lys & Love Tour (live) | Columbia | 18 | 28 |
| 2019 | Mont Saint-Michel (live) | Columbia | 24 | 24 | 89 |

### Compilations

| Year | Album | Record label | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Year | Album | Record label | FR | BEL (Wa) | SWI |
| 2002 | Les Essentiels 1977–1988 | RCA | 6 | | |
| 2003 | Saisons, Le double best of 1977–2003 | RCA | 2 | 8 | 46 |
| 2012 | Belle île en mer 1977–1988 | Columbia | 167 | – | – |

### Singles

* 1977: "Rockollection"
* 1978: "Bubble Star"
* 1979: "Le Cœur grenadine"
* 1979: "Karin Redinger"
* 1979: "Cocktail chez Mademoiselle"
* 1980: "Surfing Jack"
* 1981: "Idéal simplifié"
* 1983: "Bopper en larmes"
* 1983: "Liebe"
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Sales |
| Year | Title | FR | BEL (Wa) | SWI | Sales |
| 1984 | "Désir désir" (duo with Véronique Jannot) | 29 | | | FRA: 600,000 |
| 1985 | "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie Galante" / "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" (featuring Kim Wilde) | 20 | | | |
| 1987 | "My Song of You" | 31 | | | |
| 1989 | "Le soleil donne" | 21 | | | |
| 1992 | "Paradoxal Système" | 10 | | | |
| 1993 | "Le pouvoir des fleurs" | – | | | |
| 1993 | "Caché derrière" | – | | | |
| 1993 | "Le rêve du pêcheur" | 37 | | | |
| 1995 | "Rockollection (Live 95)" | 37 | 39 | | |
| 2001 | "Une héroïne" | – | – | | |
| 2002 | "La fille d'Avril" | 26 | 8 (Ultratip) | | |
| 2002 | "Amélie Colbert" | 36 | – | | |
| 2003 | "Là où je vais" | – | – | | |
| 2006 | "Derniers baisers" | 8 | 17 | 96 | |
| 2008 | "My Song of You" (instrumental duo with Jean-Pierre Danel) | – | – | – | |
| 2008 | "Jelly Bean" | – | 3 (Ultratip) | – | |
| 2009 | "Le vent qui va" | – | – | – | |
| 2011 | "Jeanne" | 14 | 4 | – | |
| 2012 | "C'était déjà toi" | – | 6 (Ultratip) | – | |
| 2012 | "En regardant vers le pays de France" (featuring Nolwenn Leroy, backing vocals) | – | 15 (Ultratip) | – | |
| 2014 | "Derrière les mots" (duet with Alain Souchon) | 35 | 22 | – | |
| 2014 | "La baie des fourmis" (duet with Alain Souchon) | 197 | – | – | |
| 2017 | "Spirit of Samba" (featuring Chyler Leigh, Nina Miranda and Luisa Maita) | 99 | – | – | |