Fud Leclerc
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Fud Leclerc | |
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Born | Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq 1924 |
Died | Ganshoren, Belgium | 20 September 2010 (age 85–86)
Nationality | Belgium |
Occupation | singer |
Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc (French pronunciation: [fyd ləklɛʁ], 1924 – 20 September 2010) was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor. More recently, Leclerc was invited to ESC 2005 by the Belgian TV network RTBF as a guest star.
Leclerc represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest four times:
Year | Song performed |
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1956 | "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" (The drowned men of the Seine), music by and , lyrics by , placing and score unknown |
1958 | "Ma petite chatte" (My little darling), music and lyrics by , 5th place (of 10), 8 points (90 possible) |
1960 | "Mon amour pour toi" (My love for you), music by Jacques Say, lyric by Robert Montal, 6th place (of 13), 9 points (120 possible) |
1962 | "Ton nom" (Your name), music by , lyric by , tied for last place (of 16), 0 points (45 possible) |
The song Leclerc performed in the 1962 Contest is notable for being the (joint) first song performed at the Contest that scored zero points.
At the time of his death Leclerc was retired, and living in Brussels.
External links[]
- Fud Leclerc at IMDb
- Tom nom, Eurovision 1962 on YouTube
Categories:
- People from Montluçon
- 1924 births
- 2010 deaths
- Belgian male singers
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1956
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1958
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1960
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1962
- French-language singers of Belgium
- Walloon musicians
- Belgian singer stubs
- Eurovision Song Contest stubs