Lucienne Delyle (16 April 1917 – 10 April 1962) was a French singer.
After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean (my lover from
Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became one of the most popular French female singers of the 1950s.
Biography
Born in Paris, she received a pharmacist's education. She performed as an amateur singer until 1939 when Jacques Canetti, the artistic director of Radio Cité, heard her and immediately engaged her. In 1940, she married the jazzman
Aimé Barelli (1917–1995), who guided her career for the rest of her life. They had a daughter,
Minouche Barelli (1947–2004). She had an immense success with the song "Mon amant de Saint-Jean" (My Lover From Saint-Jean) in 1942, and became the most popular female singer in France. She achieved her greatest popularity during the 1950s. In 1953,
Bruno Coquatrix invited her and
Gilbert Bécaud to headline the gala opening concert at the
Paris Olympia. Toward the end of the 1950s she suffered from leukemia and her career declined rapidly. In 1960 she gave a final series of concerts on the stage of the
Bobino music hall. She died in
Monte Carlo in 1962.
Sous les ponts de Paris (music from
Vincent Scotto – lyrics from
Jean Rodor) also sung by Léon Noël (inside CD album of Vincent Scotto 1922–1947 – 2 cd and a brieflet).
Charmaine (Rapée – Pollack /ad. ?? (inspired from Der lachende Ehemann d'Edmund Eysler, 1913 based on the "Hungarian danse no 11" from
Johannes BrahmsValse en La Majeur, opus 39, "Poco Andante", 1880)