Alain Barrière

Artist: Alain Barrière

LP: Alain Barrière

Song: "Un Homme S'est Pendu"

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Born in the picturesque village of La Trinité-sur-Mer in northwest France in 1935, Alain Barrière had his first big hit with "Elle Était Si Jolie (She Was So Pretty)" when the song placed 5th out of 16 entries in the Eurovision song contest in 1963. Barrière's popularity peaked in the late 1960s, but when a collection of remastered versions of his past hits was released on CD in 1997, it put the handsome singer squarely back into the limelight. You can read more about the debonair Monsieur Barrière on Wikipedia here, visit his official website here, listen to more of his music while watching a provocative-but-inexplicable slideshow here, and see the covers for his 1961 to 1983 record releases here. Photos of the open gatefold cover of Alain Barrière's self-titled 1968 LP are included below.