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Henri Dès

Henri Dès (born 14 December 1940 in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland as Henri Destraz) is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife. In 1969, he won the Sopot International Song Festival. He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Retour". It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song "C'est pour la vie". On 15 March 2019 he joined striking school children in Lausanne protesting against climate change. Source: Article "Henri Dès" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Dec 14, 1940 In Renens, Vaud, Switzerland
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the series Discorama 1959-02-04
Latest Project:
Movie Henri Dès, his retrospective interview 2021-11-30
Known For
Poster of Henri Dès - Olympia 98
Poster of Henri Dès - Concert 96
Poster of The Beautiful Stories of Pomme d'Api
Poster of Gallantly
Filmography
Movie Henri Dès, his retrospective interview Himself 2021-11-30
Movie The Golden Age of Songs From Our Childhood Self 2020-12-25
Series En direct de l'univers Self 2009-09-19
Movie Henri Dès - Olympia 98 Henri Dès 1998-01-01
Movie Henri Dès - Le Père Noël était en avance Self 1998-01-01
Movie Henri Dès - Concert 96 Henri Dès 1996-09-21
Series The Beautiful Stories of Pomme d'Api Narateur (voice) 1995-12-18
Series Victoires de la musique Self (Album of the Year for Children) 1985-11-23
Series Fan School Self 1977-01-30
Movie Gallantly Self 1968-04-20
Series Europarty Self 1967-06-04
Series Discorama Self 1959-02-04