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Christian Vidal

Man
Birth16/12/1950
Age75 years
NationalityBelgium

Biography

Christian Vidal is a Belgian singer, born on 16 December 1950 in Brussels, Belgium.

At a very young age, he was a member of the band Les Snakes. In 1972, he signed with the record label Vogue. In 1973, he released his biggest hit, Angélique, which sold nearly a million copies in France.

In 1980, he joined the Méridien theatre company in Brussels.

In 1998, he took part in Alec Mansion’s single ‘Le Bal des gueux’ in aid of Opération Thermos, which distributes meals to the homeless at railway stations. The song was performed by thirty-eight artists and public figures, including Toots Thielemans, Stéphane Steeman, Marylène, Armelle, Jacques Bredael, Lou, Alec Mansion, Muriel Dacq, the Taloche brothers, Morgane, Nathalie Pâque, Frédéric Etherlinck, Richard Ruben, Christian Vidal, Marc Herman, Jeff Bodart, Jean-Luc Fonck, Benny B and Daddy K.

He appeared regularly on Pascal Sevran’s programmes (‘La Chance aux chansons’, ‘Chanter la vie’) and Michel Pruvot’s programme ‘Sur un air d'accordéon’.

Based on Wikipedia (in French), translation DeepL (CC BY-SA licence)

1Discography

Media
ArtistTitleYearFormatClassificationGem, favourite, must-listen
Album cover: Christian Vidal – Je T'attendsChristian VidalJe T'attends℗1987

Vinyl 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo

French-speaking

3Songs

SongYearRecords
Je T'attends 1987
Malice1987
Rien Dire Du Tout1994