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Lucienne Boyer (18 August 1901 – 6 December 1983) Online vital records of Paris, birth certificate 6/2533/1901 of January, 20th 1901, with marriage and death dates. was a French diseuseMansfield News Journal 9 November 1934 pg. 20 and singer, best known for her song "Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. According to the New York Times, she "reigned as queen of Paris nightlife during the 1930s".
By 1933, she had made a large number of recordings for Columbia Records of France, including her signature song, "Parlez-moi d'amour" (Speak to Me of Love). Written by Jean Lenoir, the song won the first-ever Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy.
In 1939, she married the cabaret singer Jacques Pills of the musical duo Pills et Tabet. Their daughter, Jacqueline Boyer, was born on 23 April 1941. Following in their footsteps, Jacqueline became a singer who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960.
Throughout World War II, Boyer continued to perform in France, but for her Jewish husband, it was a very difficult time. Following the Allied Forces liberation of France, her cabaret career flourished and for another thirty years, she maintained a loyal following. At the age of 73, she sang with her daughter at the famous Paris Olympia and appeared on several French television shows.
Adapted from the article Lucienne Boyer, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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