History:Frogs Tidying Marathon
A Frogs' Brigade Editing Party
What?
Motivation, 2006/09/04: in the mailing list
Future: will be moved back into FrenchArtists whenever we think it's appropriate.
"Contributors" I'm aware of
The following non-french-native editors have spontaneously contributed edits:
- drsaunde
- Keschte
- Zout (not really spontaneously :p - I asked for help with the overwelming list of discdids -- dmpanda)
The following native editors have done work (add your name if I forgot you):
The following persons have contributed cheers:
- "Too bad I'm not french. I could really use some MB juice." ~Kilu
- nightgroove: aww gooo panda!
- nightgroove suddenly wished he wa french
Notes
Transversal editing suggestion:
- oeil for œil
- coeur for cœur
- soeur for sœur
- moeurs for mœurs
- There are a lot of duos/trios/grouped artists names that are either incomplete or simply mangled (search the VA albums)
- tracks titles containings "(avec " or "(en duo avec" are indeed "feats"
Investigate and report:
Abbreviations:
- D = Discogs, W = Wikipedia, M = Myspace, O = Official website, F = Fan site, I = IMDB, MM = MusicMoz
Status of the work
Discids have been reviewed for all artists actually linked in that.
Have been searched exhaustively, up to (including) letter A of the TODO list:
- Discogs & Wikipedia (artist entries)
- Discogs & Wikipedia.fr (release entries), but Air, Adamo and Jacques Brel
- Aliases
- Collabs ARs have been set
- Artist dates
From letter B to E of the todo list (including):
- Discogs & Wikipedia (artist entries)
Aliases to verify:
- Les Ondes d'Ombres
Nats to verify:
- Air
- Frida Boccara
- Début de Soirée
Bogus artist awaiting to be sorted:
- Les enfants de la télé
- Television Theme Songs
- RECRE A2
- Techno Toons
Discids to investigate
May, or may not be homebrews:
One of the two is certainly bogus, but it's difficult to tell which:
- Mega 80, Volume...
- - - - -> Käfer-Hits <- - - - - german volunteer for a research job goes here
First id has four tracks offsetted by 30sec~1minute, I can't decide if it's legit or not (note: I know for sure the second id *is* legit):
Release with at least two very differents ids:
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/d6126168-60a9-4076-b4d1-5c2f66d7ab1c.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/ba858cf4-0ed0-455a-b3c8-56bd67142288.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/2dac129d-5126-4a4c-8de8-9efb86f0a798.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/7f36a689-2742-4203-8b15-999cf5a7bff6.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/ae0dc44f-4138-4802-97d1-2d55598ce7ff.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/8eac6fea-de37-4625-8d65-01f4eade4bf2.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/7c7c1e56-6795-45b1-bcf1-56ae2e9ab659.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/204ecdab-2cf4-4e9b-93f6-309b1dc15ef5.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/5c723d00-aeca-42ac-a488-8e0ee7a1ad34.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/98ff4ab2-fa10-4db3-84e2-d49c9f11bcc7.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/c21e17de-021f-40fb-8482-bd20740472fd.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/a1d8adad-8198-4140-9262-bb96e6957eb4.html
Strange stuff:
- One track is 1 minute shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/da7d8b59-0018-445f-b6d8-c7370148eb44.html
- Has all tracks (including last track!) with 2 seconds add: http://musicbrainz.org/release/bb4421ae-8951-479e-a5ca-9fd44dfa7b1e.html
- One track half a minute shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/884579f0-15bf-4f1b-8f21-34f40dfa64ed.html
- One track half a minute shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/3f955756-57aa-4683-b520-66628de78386.html
- One track half a minute shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/f79033fa-e86f-402d-80b0-2047ccfed408.html
- One track 15 seconds shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/067e0ae0-3707-4982-bb29-e8ce9f1d7244.html
- One track 30 seconds shorter: http://musicbrainz.org/release/6ac4355c-8c6e-4a05-b5e5-646fb82d7225.html
- One track 20 seconds... http://musicbrainz.org/release/41b0a392-086e-45b0-9323-db56ba682941.html
Strange also:
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/a29e7630-6b22-42e9-84b7-62903b9fa3b3.html => DXqusSt56njRNNpcjhHtprnmBkc- is possibly for another version of this album
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/ba20c1fb-535c-4957-b14d-2032f5ae078b.html dunno what to think... one windows +2 sec leadout and one homebrew? :D
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=66598&show=times#discid 30 seconds variations on quite a few tracks
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=150685&show=times#discid 10 seconds difference on the leadout
- Somewhat dubious...: http://musicbrainz.org/release/2ca6f4a4-4c06-4718-b33b-708c55d1b210.html
- Could be a homebrew, but... http://musicbrainz.org/release/1a70f146-8e54-4aa3-802e-c5e838f427ea.html
Atrocious mess:
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/8ba9769a-0235-421b-9f28-0369096b852f.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=48476
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/ce1ef76e-495b-498c-933a-6a0d7c6a1afe.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/a1eb3b1d-a177-4f83-a925-ceb5d6b3c526.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/3d9cf827-360f-4299-900f-7d1c669e5f9e.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/02ffd563-9151-48d9-8712-636e9a26edd0.html
Positively awful, some work already done:
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/a0d138bc-2968-47c9-99e1-1b0e0d4736a0.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=24262
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/5e2e6fbb-a820-45ca-baa3-0ead96818947.html
Stuff...:
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/5c67cc8a-133b-42ee-a5dc-16defd8818da.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=112279&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=46314&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=136256&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=70568&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=115858&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=67453&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=55913&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=40742&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=36356&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=109598&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/056d0017-4075-40ff-a0e2-f0c2c8307f60.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=51968&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=83565&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=115743&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=27217&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=123983&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/9eff63a8-aaf3-488d-b537-0104d7ac12b8.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=18100&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=66598&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=33270&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=207877&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=21896&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=23881&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=195806&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=105307&show=times#discid
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/43d703fd-16c9-499b-bbb3-97e56eb908be.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=209136&show=times#discid
Missing label / cat data
- Channel V Thailand, Volume 1
- Comment je vis
- Sound Concierge #501: "Blanket"
- 10 ans de Saravah (disc 2)
- Amour foot
- Noël ensemble
- L'Intégrale 1970-1980, Volume 1
- Bobby Tutti Frutti
- Anthologie de la chanson française enregistrée 1969
- Sans trahir
- Punk Rawk Explosion 13
- The Atomic Café: French Cuts
- The Atomic Café: French Cuts
- Swinging Mademoiselle, Volume 1 (miss track times)
- Ultra Chicks, Volume 5: Chicks à Gogo!
- La Soirée des Enfoirés 96
- Tu es mon autre
- L'Essentiel rock français (disc 1) (and while you're at it, do disc 2 also :p)
- Un regard sur le rock français
- wiki:Album:81590bf2-e6dc-4dbb-8db7-4f949b192f8b Miss track times!!!
- wiki:Album:3f677255-c6c4-45fd-b33d-5ce27cce9cce Miss track times!!!
- wiki:Album:8dc999aa-83e5-4644-acb8-18325b07d904 Miss cat # and confirmed rel event
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/0bcc8fbb-9752-404c-925c-82062995f4f8.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/fed7fc43-3f3a-4e7e-b1ca-ba2fd656ad42.html
- http://musicbrainz.org/release/c9bbcb1c-21a7-4f87-863d-45d58bc68ee5.html Miss track times!!!
Good quality
Criteria:
- All releases (including all VA releases):
- have spelling verified
- have good capitalization (with or without the debated "exceptions")
- have language and status verified and set
- have a release event
- have been searched on Amazon
- have been searched on discogs
- have at least a label name in annotation (means the release is not bogus/dubious), and ideally cat number + EAN
- no bogus discid
- Artist:
- artist name and sortname verified
- no bogus "ghost" for the artist in the db
- artist aliases have been verified
- artist birthdate/death date have been researched
- "collabs artists" has all his collab ARs set
- discogs and wikipedia pages have been searched/added (favor the fr wikipedia domain)
- no bogus NAT
- Radiate:
- all french artists from VA comp where this artist is present are present in this page
- all french artists having collaborated with this artist are present in this page
- Maintain:
- you're subscribed to the artist and plan on watching the incoming flow
Note: some of the releases may not match the requested quality criteria. Still, the presence of the artist here means some time has been spent *researching* the information, even if the label/cat information is still missing.
A
- 2 Be 3 (D Wfr) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Gérard Ansaloni (O) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Erik Arnaud (D) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
B
- Véronique Balmont (O) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Dominique Barouh (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Pierre Barouh & Anita Vallejo (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Anita Vallejo & Oscar Castro (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Daniel Mille (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Dominique Barouh (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Ignatus (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Jacques Datin (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Pierre Barouh & Roudoudou (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Daniel Beretta (D Wfr) (checked -- dmppanda 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
C
- Jean-Roger Caussimon (D Wfr) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Beware! Discogs page name is "bogus"
- Jeanne Cherhal & Jacques Higelin (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- CharlElie Couture & Fred Poulet (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- CharlElie Couture & Tom Novembre (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- CharlElie Couture & Elsa (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
D
- Danielle Darieux (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- Danielle Darieux & Axelle Red (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- Delphine (D) (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- There are several different Delphine, and we need to keep an eye on that to prevent messy misattribution
- Céline Dion & Maurane (checked -- dmppanda 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Lucie Dubé (checked -- dmppanda 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Jacques Dutronc & Alain Chamfort (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- Jacques Dutronc & Françoise Hardy (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- Jacques Dutronc & Khaled (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- need to find out the correct Khaled for this collab
- Jacques Dutronc & Axelle Red (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
E
F
- Lara Fabian & Maurane (checked -- dmppanda 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
G
- Gasteropodes Killers (checked -- dmppanda 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Obscure. Is it "Gasteropodes" or "Gastéropodes"? Punk stuff...
- Garage Lopez (checked -- dmppanda 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates (obscure punk stuff)
- Eric Guilleton (checked -- dmppanda 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Is it "Eric" or "Éric"?
H
- Izia Higelin (checked -- dmppanda 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Jacques Higelin & Izia Higelin (checked -- dmppanda 15:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Jacques Higelin & Areski Belkacem (checked -- dmppanda 15:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
I
J
- J'aurais voulu (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
K
- Karbala 413 (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Françoise Kucheida (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
L
- Allain Leprest (Wfr F2) (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Stéphane Lherault (checked -- dmppanda 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Pierre Louki (Wfr O F) (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
M
- Maudits Systèmes (checked -- dmppanda 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
- Maurane & Jean-Jacques Goldman & Marc Lavoine & Pierre Palmade (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
N
- Neurotic Explosion (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
- Miss artist dates
O
P
Q
R
S
T
- Arnold Turboust & Etienne Daho (checked -- dmppanda 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Decent
Criteria:
- no spelling errors
- good capitalization (with or without the debated "exceptions")
- all releases have language/script set
(note that some artists actually in this category are actually better than "decent", but we still need to verify that)
A
B
- Pierre Barouh (D Wfr F I)
- Beausoleil (D Wen F)
- Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine
- Messieurs Richard de Bordeaux et Daniel Beretta
- Jacques Brel (D Wfr Wen I O F2)
C
D
- Dominique A (D Wen Wfr O)
- Jacques Dutronc (D Wen Wfr O)
E
F
G
- Danyel Gérard (D Wfr)
H
- Jacques Higelin (D Wen Wfr F)
- Les Hurleurs (D2)
- Miss artist dates
I
J
K
L
- Ludwig Von 88 (D Wfr O)
M
- Massilia Sound System (D Wfr O)
- Miss artist dates
- Maurane (D Wfr O F)
- Maurane & Muriel Robin
- David McNeil (Wfr O)
- Métal Urbain (D M Wfr O)
- Daniel Mille
- Miss artist dates
- Eddy Mitchell (D Wfr F O)
N
- Noir Désir (D Wfr F O)
- Tom Novembre (Wfr)
O
- Oberkampf (Wfr)
- Miss artist dates
P
- Fred Poulet (D)
- Miss artist dates
- Alfred Panou & Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Pumuckl (DO)
- Miss artist dates
- Punch Chaos
- Miss artist dates
- Psy 4 de la Rime (D Wfr F O)
Q
R
- R.A.S.
- Miss artist dates
- Rome Buyce Night (D Wfr M O F)
S
- Sid & Les Vicieux
- Miss artist dates
- Les Silvers d'argent
- Miss artist dates
- Les Sales Majestés (Wfr F2)
- Véronique Sanson (D Wfr F O)
- Aram Sédèfian
- Miss artist dates
- Stereolab & Brigitte Fontaine
- Les Sheriff (D Wfr O)
- Miss artist dates
T
- Jack Treese (D)
- Miss artist dates
- Tamèrantong & Ludwig Von 88
- Trotskids (D)
- Miss artist dates
U
V
- Les Vampires
- Miss artist dates
- Via Roma
- Miss artist dates
- Vatican (D)
- Miss artist dates
W
- Warum Joe (D Wfr O)
X
Y
Z
- Zebda (D Wfr O)
- Zabriskie Point (D Wfr F)
- Miss artist dates
TODO/TO-CHECK
A
- Adamo (D Wfr F O I)
- Air (D Wfr Wen F O MM)
- Pierre Akendengué (D Wfr)
- Pierre Akendengué & Hugues de Courson
- Alizée (D Wfr F O2 I)
- Graeme Allwright (Wfr) (often misspelled as Allright)
- Keren Ann (D Wfr F O)
- Richard Anthony (D Wfr O)
- Art Mengo (D Wfr F2 O)
- Au Bonheur des Dames (Wfr)
- Hugues Aufray (D Wfr O)
- Isabelle Aubret (D Wfr F O)
- Charles Aznavour (D Wfr I F2 O)
B
- Pierre Bachelet
- Chimène Badi
- Bïa
- Daniel Balavoine
- La Bande à Basile
- Barbara
- Didier Barbelivien
- Brigitte Bardot
- Phil Barney
- Alain Barrière
- Claude Barzotti
- Alain Bashung
- Bill Baxter
- Julos Beaucarne
- Gilbert Bécaud
- Areski Belkacem
- Plastic Bertrand
- Bibie
- Les Bidochons
- Georges Bizet
- Gérard Blanc
- Gérard Blanchard
- Blues Trottoir
- Frida Boccara
- Isabelle Boulay
- Bourvil
- Mike Brant
- Georges Brassens
- Dany Brillant
- Patrick Bruel
- Bertrand Burgalat
C
- Francis Cabrel
- Carlos
- Elyane Célis (Élyane or Elyane?)
- Robert Charlebois
- CharlElie Couture
- Étienne Charry
- Charts
- Maurice Chevalier
- Christophe
- Reda Claire
- André Claveau
- Philippe Clay
- Julien Clerc
- Clotaire K
- Richard Cocciante
- Annie Cordy
- Corneille
- Hervé Cristiani (often misspelled as Christiani)
- Nicole Croisille
D
- Daniel Darc
- Dalida
- Joe Dassin
- Dave
- Claude Debussy
- Début de Soirée
- François Deguelt
- Lucienne Delyle
- Bill Deraime
- Desireless
- Marlene Dietrich
- Dingler Cookie (or Cookie Dingler?)
- Céline Dion
- Dionysos
- Sacha Distel
- Dorothée
- Yves Duteil
- Henri Dutilleux
E
F
- Lara Fabian
- Fabulous Trobadors
- Rock Failair
- Mylène Farmer
- Gabriel Fauré
- François Feldman (verify "Francoise Feldman")
- Fernandel
- Jean Ferrat
- Léo Ferré
- Nino Ferrer
- Thomas Fersen
- Patrick Fiori
- Liane Foly
- Brigitte Fontaine
- Les Forbans
- Maxime Le Forestier
- France d'Amour
- Claude François
- Jean-Pierre François
- Élodie Frégé & Michal
- Les Frères Jacques
- Michel Fugain
G
- Serge Gainsbourg
- France Gall
- Gold (verify that stuff)
- Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Richard Gotainer
- Félix Gray (Felix? Félix?)
- Juliette Gréco
- Georges Guétary (check collabs with mispelled "Guetary")
- Daniel Guichard
H
I
- Julio Iglesias
- Enrique Iglesias (verify both the father/son for mixed stuff in VA comp)
- Il était une fois
- Images
- Indochine
J
- Jean-Pascal
- Jenifer (verify Jennifer)
- C. Jerome
- Jojo le Grand (check that! Is it Le Grand Jojo?)
- Michel Jonasz
- Jorane
- Patrick Juvet
K
- Patricia Kaas
- Pascal Kanza Lokua
- Beware!
- Lokua Kanza
- Loukua Kanza
L
- Lââm
- Jean-Jacques Lafon
- Marie Laforêt
- Jean-Luc Lahaye
- Francis Lalanne
- Serge Lama
- Simone Langlois
- Carole Laure
- Larusso (verify other Larusso?)
- Philippe Lavil
- Bernard Lavilliers
- Daniel Lavoie
- Marc Lavoine
- Rose Laurens
- Renée Lebas
- Félix Leclerc (check collabs with "Felix")
- Françis Lemarque
- Gérard Lenorman
- Herbert Leonard
- Nolwenn Leroy (different from Nolwen)
- Leslie
- Daniel Levi
- Lilicub
- Lio
- Lorie
- Louise Attaque
M
- Enrico Macias
- Manau
- Guy Mardel
- Lina Margy
- Luis Mariano
- Jeanne Mas
- Mireille Mathieu
- Olivier Messiaen
- Jean-François Michael
- Mick Micheyl
- Mickey 3D
- Bernard Minet
- Miossec
- Gilbert Montagné
- Yves Montand
- Jeanne Moreau
- Morpion'z Circus
- Mouloudji
- Nana Mouskouri (check the collabs)
- Georges Moustaki
- Les Musclés (who has the guts to check that stuff? :D)
- Marie Myriam
N
- Niagara (check the other Niagara)
- Nicoletta (related to Nicoletta Strambelli?)
- Yannick Noah
- Franck Noël
- Magali Noël
- Noir Silence
- Nolwen
- Notre Dame De Paris
- Claude Nougaro
O
P
- Pacifique
- Florant Pagny
- Gérard Palaprat
- Parker Luna (or Luna Parker?)
- Partenaire Particulier
- Thierry Pastor
- Sabine Paturel
- Paul Personne
- Nicolas Peyrac
- Edith Piaf
- Peter & Sloane
- Julie Piétri
- Georgette Plana
- Michel Polnareff
- Pow Wow (Pow woW?)
- Priscilla
R
- Raft
- Maurice Ravel
- Axelle Red
- Serge Reggiani
- Régine
- Renaud
- Line Renaud
- Nicole Rieu
- Tino Rossi
- Kate Ryan
S
- Jean Sablon
- Saïan Supa Crew
- Erik Satie
- Catherine Sauvage
- Natasha St-Pier
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Henri Salvador
- Sapho
- Claude M. Schönberg
- Hélène Ségara
- Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini
- Séverine
- Sheila
- William Sheller
- Mort Shuman
- Yves Simon
- Soldat Louis
- Alain Souchon
- Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy
- Alain Souchon & Dick Annegarn
- Star Academy
- Beware!
- Star Academy 3
- Star Academy 4
T
- Téléphone
- Diane Tell
- Têtes Raides
- Fabienne Thibeault
- Fabienne Thibeault & Jean-Pierre Débarrat
- Charles Trenet
- Tue Loup
V
- François Valéry
- Laroche Valmont
- Sylvie Vartan
- Ray Ventura
- Ray Ventura et ses collégiens
- Boris Vian
- Hervé Vilard
- Pablo Villafranca (Not in MB!)
- Roch Voisine
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Discussion
Apparently missing
Or are they in, mispelled?
- Didier Sutrac
- Vivien Savage
- Dario Moréno
- Fréderic Lermer
- Jacques Lantier
- Hélène
- Corynne Chabry
- Jérôme Elisabeth
- Lény Escudero
- René Joly
Are not french artists
... though they ended up in this list for some reason we might need to guess before removing them definitely
- Tina Arena ended up in french artists because she sometimes sings in french, which is the definition of this list. To remove her (as Joan Baez and others...), we must decide if this list is about artists who have at least some titles in french, or about artists who sing mostly in french
- a (really quick) look at her releases gives me the feeling she sang very few french songs (but this need to be verified). Now, I'm suggesting the following criteria: "Is to be included in the main list an artist with at least one release with language set to french. Artists with no such release, but with a few french tracks should be included in a secondary list we could possibly maintain below".
- I would draw the limit elsewhere... or add another category. Christopher Young did a release in french, and I am sure there must be other esoteric examples!
- a (really quick) look at her releases gives me the feeling she sang very few french songs (but this need to be verified). Now, I'm suggesting the following criteria: "Is to be included in the main list an artist with at least one release with language set to french. Artists with no such release, but with a few french tracks should be included in a secondary list we could possibly maintain below".
Unclear and/or mixed with homonym
Coming in ASAP
This is a dump zone used to "dump" artist names encountered while "radiating" from cleaned-up artist. Wether they fit in or not is yet to search and decide.
- Frank Alamo
- Micky Amline
- Helene April
- Jo Alan
- Antoine
- Jean-Louis Aubert
- Arno
- Bijou
- Beth (check also B.E.T.H.)
- Jane Birkin
- Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
- Françoiz Breut
- Benjamin Biolay
- Minouche Barelli
- Ronnie Bird
- Ria Bartok
- Liz Brady
- Richard de Bordeaux
- Cali
- Cox
- Philippe Chatel
- Alain Chamfort
- Pascal Comelade
- Eric Charden
- Mary Christine
- Clothilde
- Patricia Carli
- Oscar Castro (verify and possibly create, add to its collabs)
- Danielle Darieux & Pierre Mingand
- Dolly
- Étienne Daho
- Delizia
- Dani
- Stephan Eicher
- Eileen
- FFF
- Freak Out
- Fredericks - Goldman - Jones
- Garou
- De Giafferi
- Suzanne Gabriello
- Monique Gaube
- Nancy Holloway
- Gillian Hills
- Jocy
- Jiji
- Khaled (which one?)
- Kyo
- Kinito
- Claudine Longet
- Valerie Lagrange
- Charlotte Leslie
- -M- (Matthieu Chédid)
- Matmatah
- Mano Negra
- Mass Hysteria
- Monty
- Manon
- Ariane Moffatt
- Lorraine Myra
- Jina Miko
- Les Muppets
- Michele & Les Wouaps
- Les Négresses Vertes
- Niagara
- Prohom
- Paris Combo
- Pigalle
- Parabellum
- Jean Jacques Perrey
- Raphaël & Jean-Lous Aubert
- Les Rita Mitsouko
- La Ruda Salska
- Rita
- Sullivan
- Stella
- Natacha Snitkine
- Valerie Sarn
- Silmarils
- Starshooter
- Swanndust
- Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine
- Yann Tiersen
- Arnold Turboust
- Trio Sourire
- Jacqueline Taïeb
- Aston Villa
- Les VRP
- David Alexandre Winter
- Dominique Walter
- Zazie
- Julie Zenatti