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Eddy Mitchell - Filmography, Bibliography

Rock star, born in Paris, France. Cinéphile presenter on television, he adapted American songs while working at various jobs. He launched himself into rock with the group Five Rocks, which Barklay baptized Les Chaussettes Noires (after a financial agreement with La Lainière de Roubaix). It became the major group of its kind producing its first record in 1960 ‘Tu parles trop’. He recorded the humorous ‘Twist du Canotier’ while he made a short appearance at the cinéclub of his barracks (military service) in 1962. He evoked the Algerian War with ‘60–62’ and among his many hits is ‘Rocking in Nashville’ (1974). He says he is only an escapee from the rock period (‘S'il n'en reste qu'un....’).

Filmography

Les Parisiennes, in the segment Ella (Jacques Poitrenaud,1962 Comment réussir en amour (Michel Boisrond, 1963) Nanou, TV series (Georges Régnier, 1970) Ça va plaire, TV musical (Jean-Pierre Cassel et Bernard Lion, 1980) Gaston Lapouge, TV film (Frank Apprederis, 1981) Coup de torchon (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981) Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre (Georges Lautner, 1983) Ronde de nuit (Jean-Claude Missiaen, 1984) A mort l'arbitre! (Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1983) Frankenstein 90 (Alain Jessua, 1984) La Galette du roi (Jean-Michel Ribes, 1986) I Love You (Marco Ferreri, 1986) Autour de minuit (Round Midnight) (Bertrand Tavernier, 1986) Un père et passe (Sébastien Grall, 1989) Promotion canapé (Didier Kaminka, 1990) Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) (Wim Wenders, 1991) La Totale! (Claude Zidi, 1991) Ville à vendre (Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1992) La Cité de la peur (Alain Berbérian, 1994) Le bonheur est dans le pré (Étienne Chatiliez, 1995) Cuisine américaine (Jean-Yves Pitoun, 1998) Kitchendales (Chantal Lauby, 2000) Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés (Stéphane Clavier, 2003) Les Clefs de bagnole (Laurent Baffie, 2003) Tête baissée, TV film (Gérard Jourd'hui, 2003) Le manège enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) (Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham, 2005) Un printemps à Paris (Springtime in Paris) (Jacques Bral, 2006)

Bibliography

by Eddy Mitchell

Galas, galères, autobiography (Éditions Jacques Grancher, 1979) Cocktail Story, recipes and anecdotes (R.M.C. Éditions, 1986) P'tit Claude, novel (L'Arbre à cames, 1994)

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