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=A Frogs' Brigade Editing Party=


=The Early Years, Part 1: the Chick Webb Orchestra=
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==Reference and recommended releases for the early period==
==What is this?==


'''People in a hurry''' who just want to '''taste the water''' can checkout:
* Motivation for this event: [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2006-September/013643.html in the mailing list]
* [5] [[Album:77797f0b-fc6a-4ffb-ada4-67f7ca7c60be|Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah]] (though rather short, it has the advantage to not only present Fitzgerald but also other important female singers)
* Future: will be moved back into [[French Artists|FrenchArtists]] whenever we think it's appropriate.
* Fame and glory: our tidying circus is now so famous that we're showing up on google search for some french artists!!! ([http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF8&q=Rock+Failair http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF8&q=Rock+Failair])
* Original myth of Φειδιππιδης:


'''Casual swing/smooth/early jazz listeners''' looking for a bit '''more flesh''' than two titles may try one of these (very decent) compilations:
''So, when all-french-releases-typos were dust, all cried, "To the irc chan!''
* [6] The Quintessence: New York 1936-1948 [[Album:92e1a6fc-7a3c-43c7-872b-a3bce29e2e3f|disc 1]] & [[Album:2b0f8fa1-a947-4749-900e-d77fe8181401|disc 2]]
* [7] Cabu Collection: Ella Fitzgerald [[Album:e7acc3b2-e908-45a2-b6b4-a492b236932b|disc 1]] & [[Album:28ff1c1f-35c3-45a7-b1ef-cadbf4bb65d3|disc2]]


These looking for a '''solid reference set''' covering the best of the period can pick up the remarkable ''GRP'' package:
''Run, Pheidippides, one edit more! the meed is thy due!''
* [8] Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings [[Album:cfe727e8-7b49-4414-b2c0-bb6555b1378b|disc 1]] [[Album:9e08d1ec-9af0-490a-baad-c9b59284333c|disc 2]] [[Album:5be92fa1-0257-461a-a493-08b596937c9f|disc 3]] [[Album:6b3264e7-1527-4fbc-aaca-455a2de34f66|disc 4]]


... the following being also a good choice, more appealing to people favoring chronological order:
''[[MusicBrainz]] is saved, thank Pan, go shout!" He flung down his shield''
* [4] The Early Years, Part 1: [[Album:c6738dc2-665e-47c2-97a3-7c16e437d961|disc 1]] & [[Album:ddfcc63b-48bb-47c9-8460-3f786b87311b|disc2]], & The Early Years, Part 2: [[Album:af9b21cb-d5d2-4d89-8541-f0710e3223ad|disc 1]] & [[Album:909bd03b-60f9-4aee-ac3f-33dbb25e03b8|disc 2]]


'''Completists:''' Most (if not all) of the originals Decca and Brunswick 78RPM are nowadays pretty hard/costy to find. You might stumble upon a bunch of 45 EP, either from Barclay, CID, Decca, Victor or Brunswick, released during the 50s: pretty much they just bundle together the most popular earlier 78RPM, hence present no specific interest. Beside the earliest edition of Billie, Ella, Lena (note the omitted ''Sarah''), the only other LP is the ''Souvenir Album'' (LP 10'' DL 5084), issued by Decca in 1950 as some sort of "Early years best of".
''Ran like fire once more: and the space 'twixt the fennel-field''


As for modern editions, you '''must''' dig (in complement of [4] which contains a handful of unreleased material) either of the following, covering the period (almost) exhaustively:
''And MB was stubble again, a field which a fire runs through,''
* [1] The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald [[Album:49d37181-8a67-4708-ad70-68c1d31087ba|1935-1937]] [[Album:cbe7ee48-8964-486c-be9f-21d57d83a29c|1937-1938]] [[Album:13d12530-7f53-4da6-9991-dd5ec1d79c55|1938-1939]] [[Album:af135a89-e20c-4eba-b263-24f875ae48a8|1939]] [[Album:402b803c-fc96-4ee3-ad2c-a932f6a6df3e|1939-1940]] [[Album:43d20e9d-0005-4c3c-b376-6e239096173d|1940-1941]]
* [2] the 10 discs boxset ''Everyone's Wrong but Me'' [[Album:f0061f58-b638-4d51-af30-b8ccfb79845b|disc 1: Love and Kisses]]


Additionally, you may want to dig the nice ''Proper'' ''Chick Webb'' boxset (the point of it being it contains all the 78RPM, and not only the Fitzgerald sides):
''Till in he broke: "Rejoice, we fixed-em-all!" Like wine through clay,''
* [3] [[Album:c2ec6c8f-d544-4b33-88b9-23945d73e1d6|Stomping at the Savoy (disc 2: Go Harlem)]] (note that if you already have the Fitzgerald ''Chronological'', you can instead dig the Webb's [[Album:a0f863d7-955f-48db-8abb-01bdadb5914c|''Chronological'']] that covers the missing cuts)


'''Other stuff featuring early cuts:''' Everything else pretty much is random bundles with random sound quality and random documentation that you should avoid (the reason these ''early'' bundles flourished so much during the 90s was that the 50 years expiracy limit for copyrights in Europe had been reached, making it possible for almost anybody to roll their own).
''Joy in his blood bursting his brainz, he died - the bliss!''


==Early 30s==
- dmpΠάνda


Grown-up in extreme poverty (like Holiday did), Fitzgerald, homeless that year, emerged in 1934 (17 years old) at the Apollo Theater (Harlem, New York), winning a contest with ''Judy'' (apparently not recorded). She then appeared in the Bradshaw formation, before Benny Carter pushed her toward Chick Webb.
==Help WANTED==


==1935==
* We badly need help to smack down the list of discids to investigate. You don't need to speak french for most of them!
** some of them require intensive researchs in language X (say: german)
** some of them require specific knowledge of "genre" Y (say: classical)
** some of them are simple homebrews, but most of them are a bit more tricky
** some of them may be simply ok...


Ella Fitzgerald recorded debut is as a Chick Webb protegee. She is featured on a handful of Decca and Brunswick sides alongside the orchestra (four titles - one of which being a retake of another - having been recorded in two sessions).
* We also need help hunting label/cat/EAN we still miss for some releases.


All material is available in [1], [2] & [3]. [4] misses the ''Decca'' retake of ''I'll Chase the Blues Away'' for some reason.
==Contributors...==


==1936==
The following non-french-native editors have spontaneously contributed edits:
* [[User:drsaunde|drsaunde]]
* [[User:Keschte|Keschte]]
* [[User:Zout|Zout]] (not really spontaneously :p - I asked for help with the overwelming list of discdids -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]])


1936 is more active for Ella: 6 sessions (most for Decca, one for Victor, one for Brunswick), 21 cuts (23?) (3 of them being alternate takes). It's also Ella's debut outside Chick Webb formation, first with Teddy Wilson, then Benny Goodman (respectively the Brunswick and the Victor session). Brunswick 7729 is of particular interest, the B side featuring the first rendition of ''I Cry for You'' by Billie Holiday, which, at that time, was an influence for Fitzgerald.
The following native editors have done work (add your name if I forgot you):
* [[User:MLL|MLL]]
* [[User:davitof|davitof]]
* [[User:Shlublu|Shlublu]]
* [[User:murdos|murdos]]


All in all: 2 of the alternate takes are unissued (matrix 61362-B & 61364-B). [4] misses 8 more cuts, but manages to provide the super-rare matrix 61361-B (Mr. Paganini alternate take), which both [1] & [2] miss (they have everything else that has been issued, though). [3] obviously contains only the Webb material.
The following persons happen to also work on french stuff:
* [[User:buz|buz]]
* [[lp_ge]]


==1937==
The following persons have contributed cheers:
* [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2006-September/013648.html "Too bad I'm not french. I could really use some MB juice." ~Kilu]
* [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/2006/2006-09/2006-09-04.html#T19-18-34-679583 nightgroove: aww gooo panda!]
* [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/2006/2006-09/2006-09-04.html#T19-18-45-122507 nightgroove suddenly wished he wa french]


8 sessions for Decca, 22 cuts, all with the Webb orchestra, Ella being more and more present on the group's releases.
Thanks to:
* [[juahe]] for contributing his time and windows/flash9 box to dig data from these horrible non-linux friendly websites
* [[User:inhouseuk|inhouseuk]] for contributing the raw-dump-artist-with-fr-release-report


[1] & [2] covers all but the super-rares (previously unissued) matrix 62067-B (You Showed Me The Way) and 62214-B (If You Ever Should Leave) which again [4] provides.
==FrogsDatabase==


==1938==
[[Frog Structure|FrogStructure]] is for discussing the plausible structure of a separate database to manage the contents of this page which is getting completely out of control.


This is finally the break-out, with a huge hit: matrix 63693-A ''A-Tisket A-Tasket'', soon to be followed by another one in early 1939.
==Notes==


7 sessions, again for Decca/Webb, 27 takes, all on [1] & [2] but 63705-B and 63710-B, once again on [4].
===Editing suggestions:===


==1939==
Common typos:
* oeil for œil
* coeur for cœur
* soeur for sœur
* moeurs for mœurs


Another major hit is performed (matrix 65039-A ''Undecided''), but the dramatic death of Chick Webb in June that year puts a temporary stop to Ella ascension.
Mangled collabs and feats:
* There are a lot of duos/trios/grouped artists names that are either incomplete or simply bogus (search the VA albums, especially taratata stuff)
* tracks titles containings "(avec " or "(en duo avec" are indeed "feats"


Recording the 3 last sessions of the year without Webb, Fitzgerald assumed the lead of the band - which she will then do until 1941, with a pretty much unaltered formula (big band, swing, pop, hits).
Investigate and report:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_groupes_punk Punk group list at wikipedia]
</ul>


6 sessions, the last being held in Chicago instead of New-York, all with Chick Webb formation, totaling 33 cuts. Everything on [1] & [2].
You may use the artist "Television Theme Songs" to "dump" in TV comp albums actually sorted under bogus artists.


==1940==
===Abbreviations used in the status list:===


The year started with two live performances at the Savoy (both unreleased), and two more a bit later at the Roseland Ballroom (also unissued). War echoes, along with the death of Webb impaired the studio recordings, with only 5 sessions and 18 cuts - though Fitzgerald managed to keep her popularity intact. Everything on [1] & [2].
* D = Discogs, W = Wikipedia, M = Myspace, O = Official website, F = Fan site, I = IMDB, MM = [[MusicMoz]]


==1941, Part 1: The End of the Webb Orchestra==
==Changelog==


3 sessions, 14 cuts, Decca. Everything on [1] & [2]. Fitzgerald decides to break-up the band and go solo during the summer.
-- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 00:30, 06 November 2006 (UTC)
* Working on Personne, Eicher and not being drowned by this list.
* Created the [[Frogs Tidying Marathon Dump|FrogsTidyingMarathonDump]], holding all remaining artists with french releases (possibly some already here)
* Discids have been reviewed for all artists down to and including the TODO list.
* All artists with at least 5 releases with ln set to french '''are listed''' in this page. Hooray!!!
* There are 6282 releases set to french. The top 5 french artists are:
** Various Artists (560)
** Édith Piaf (100)
** Jacques Brel (56)
** Georges Brassens (54)
** Barbara (43)


=The Early Years, Part 2: Decca Pop Hits=
* There are 5751 Multiple languages releases, and some of them certainly belong to us!


to be continued...
-- [[User:murdos|murdos]] 12:20, 04 January 2007 (UTC)
* Working on some Artists listed [[User:murdos|here]]
* Some artists have been reviewed and completed and are waiting for a final check : [[User:murdos|here]]


=Stompin' at Verve, Part 1: Norman Granz=
=List of artists=


Notes: First Lady of Song [[Album:c3905b0d-9316-46c9-9930-db0a219cf6bb|disc 1]] [[Album:068d74e6-4d3a-4de4-9e75-2737b4300c85|disc 2]] [[Album:7bdf68dc-f57e-44e9-a372-32985f13d1b9|disc 3]]
==List of artists reaching "Good quality"==


=Stompin' at Verve, Part 2=
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 at least a release event
** have been searched on Amazon
** have been searched on discogs
** have been searched on wikipedia.fr
** have at least a label name in annotation (means the release is not bogus/dubious), and ideally cat number + EAN
** no bogus discid


=The Errant Years (1967-1970)=
* 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, wikipedia, official site pages (sometimes imdb) have been searched/added (favor the fr wikipedia domain)
** no bogus NAT


1967 find Verve in difficulties. Creed Taylor would not be long before he left, and MGM management proved less than efficient.
* Radiate:
** all french artists from VA comp where this artist is present are present in this page (at least in the dump zone)
** all french artists having collaborated with this artist are present in this page


Notes: 4 for Capitol, 2 for Reprise, 1 live for MPS, 1 (dubious?) live for Jazz Band, (Live From The Cave Supper Club) TODO: the two reprise releases Pablo has at least one unreleased Ellington / Fitzgerald live. The Italian television RAI archives still hold some stuff.
* Maintain:
** you're subscribed to the artist and plan on watching the incoming flow
Note: some of the releases may not match *exactly* the requested quality criteria. Still, the presence of the artist here means some time has been spent *researching* the information, even if some specific data is still missing.


1980?
===A===


=Pablo, Part 1: Back to Granz (1970-1983)=
* [[Artist:1f1e114b-ccf4-4da9-886e-140cd93f4b1c|2 Be 3]] (D Wfr) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:c5197fa6-4f9e-40e8-93f1-793e5c4c20d4|Gérard Ansaloni]] (O) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


* TODO (Pablo): Santa Monica LP release
* [[Artist:758ddb38-5641-4ae6-988b-8358e2fa92db|Erik Arnaud]] (D) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* TODO (Pablo): JATP Japan live
** Miss artist dates


At the end of the errant years with Capitol/Reprise/Atlantic, Fitzgerald started recording again (live performances at first) for Norman Granz (under his new label Pablo). By 1972, the huge success of Jazz at The Santa Monica settled the deal and helped launching both Granz' label and Fitzgerald late career. Recording with Basie, Pass and Peterson, the tone was back to jazz - after the somewhat questionable previous pop attempts. A number of collaborations were settled during this period, under which you will find the relevant releases:
* [[Artist:c23296ff-8760-42c3-8ee5-ec0467bcad70|Ausweis]] (D M) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [ Fitzgerald & Basie Orchestra]
* [ Fitzgerald & Pass]
* [ Fitzgerald & Prévin]


This period will produce six official live releases, and eleven studio albums (not counting a reissue of Atlantic material bundled with additional cuts). Completists should note there exists a 1971 live from "Jazz Band", and an important number of unissued (unrecorded?) live shows, along with an appearance in a TV serie, and a featuring (voice overdubbing) on a Quincy Jones album (Back on the Block).
===B===


While this period of Fitzgerald work has some really great moment (being back to jazz), she's also on the decline, and on her later 80s efforts she is usually quite below her former self.
* [[Artist:fd839b1f-18f7-4573-af06-5286dae71760|Véronique Balmont]] (O) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


==Listeners guide==
* [[Artist:ebe0f657-3308-41d3-bad9-ffaa2622479f|Dominique Barouh]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


'''Completists''' This is easy: buy everything from Pablo (late cd reissues so you are sure to catch the couple of previously unissued tracks), dig the Jazz Band obscure boot ([[Album:ba4c6470-8343-487f-a2b1-d1418bdfcca3|Live From Tilburg]]), the late (Legacy) cd reissue of the [[Album:90828992-49fb-4d21-b6dc-4fc50c7173fe|Newport Festival]] and you're almost done with what's available (the Atlantic release is reissued on Pablo with two more cuts from another session). Note that you need The Montreux Collection to catch a few more live cuts. Everything else you'll have to find unreleased tapes for.
* [[Artist:318b3618-22a1-4a30-b66b-d82fb3cecd61|Pierre Barouh & Anita Vallejo]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:c61ae3a5-4334-49e8-934e-814cc110056f|Pierre Barouh & Anita Vallejo & Oscar Castro]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:ff12cd8e-5923-4b7d-83eb-01b6ca9c0b85|Pierre Barouh & Daniel Mille]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:8373ba17-023b-43d6-b65d-992ffc96f310|Pierre Barouh & Dominique Barouh]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:81a01473-9fb2-43cb-82b5-ed4f69b9c512|Pierre Barouh & Ignatus]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:654cb3ca-e35e-4e7a-a5cb-38e22d807a14|Pierre Barouh & Jacques Datin]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:8f29b83e-82d9-4765-b1ea-e3ea767f63c1|Pierre Barouh & Roudoudou]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:95ea0f39-c272-4445-a4f6-2712bd9c3029|Daniel Beretta]] (D Wfr) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:f9011707-223d-45e8-8cb3-5cfe71b14add|Toko Blaze]] (O) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:40, 05 November 2006 (UTC))


==Detailed discography==
===C===


===1970===
* [[Artist:4b223d3a-711a-493a-a335-fe341027d543|Jean-Roger Caussimon]] (D Wfr) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Beware! Discogs page name is "bogus"


Touring in Europe. 13 unissued live dates. [[Album:576a2119-4c45-4c85-9903-3e89de6ab024|Ella In Budapest]] is taped by Granz, but will not be released until 1999.
* [[Artist:2c2ac211-c6bf-41a2-b400-002b4e3a3e58|Jeanne Cherhal & Jacques Higelin]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:54ed66e8-e6eb-427b-9c96-85e64d7d8174|CharlElie Couture & Fred Poulet]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:1d08c4ee-3572-4806-b47b-2b3a7a083858|CharlElie Couture & Tom Novembre]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:48af6883-010b-41f2-a0d6-3fabaab8208b|CharlElie Couture & Elsa]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:e105ef01-a99a-4780-957e-f20e908859dc|The Clones]] (D) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 17:10, 04 November 2006 (UTC))
** Reported to be known as Clones, Les Clones, The Clones. Not to be confused with unrelated US punk band of the same name.


===D===
===1971===


6 unissued live date, some in the US, others in Europe. The dubious [[Album:ba4c6470-8343-487f-a2b1-d1418bdfcca3|Live From Tilburg]] was apparently issued during the 90s. [[Album:e103e15f-74a5-417c-befb-da70f9987be2|Ella à Nice]] (released only in 1983)
* [[Artist:6100325c-c1b3-4406-b52b-e91d8926ce44|Danielle Darieux]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:34ef4f55-34a1-4a52-830e-289d1e3f2ef1|Danielle Darieux & Axelle Red]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:c6b62559-1822-4f99-acc0-c940558e710c|Sophie Daumier]]
* [[Artist:ac748ead-611c-4397-8212-7442b7dc8d86|Delphine]] (D) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|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


===1972===
* [[Artist:5d5be94c-c8a6-416a-b038-23fd09e8f65e|Céline Dion & Maurane]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:e50ae679-e9a3-47a7-b12c-c899656b7c46|Lucie Dubé]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72 (note: missing the original vinyl entry) [[Album:708b0563-b86b-43a5-92ae-acfddef2a66e|Ella Loves Cole]] from Atlantic (reissued into [[Album:8bf6a1a2-eedf-4071-b407-305514ae3038|Dream Dancing]] from Pablo in 1978) 2 unissued live dates.
* [[Artist:88b4b9b0-8454-4f26-b6a8-3259e3e1a8b9|Jacques Dutronc & Alain Chamfort]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:da6ba567-9320-48dd-86ee-a20c238a4c75|Jacques Dutronc & Françoise Hardy]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:a4ab2798-b007-46ba-9fa4-92326d0baee0|Jacques Dutronc & Khaled]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:7d60e0a3-e436-4c91-83fc-8436f57a3947|Jacques Dutronc & Axelle Red]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))


===E===
===1973===


One live on Columbia (Newport Jazz Festival - Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973). One studio Pablo/Pass ([[Album:b2c4fe23-595c-4155-98cf-5e97756138c1|Take Love Easy]]) 4 unissued live dates.
* [[Artist:f375d757-75c1-4825-8a88-44c8aa65e0b5|Eiffel]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:1fe74267-494e-43c7-8ffb-86f3cf933700|El Bimbo]]
** Miss dates and generally infos about this one tune "artist"


===F===
===1974===


One live (Ella In London). One studio release (Fine and Mellow, Ella Jams, released later on in 1978) About 30 live dates (all unreleased).
* [[Artist:c8112ada-f66a-4cbc-ac7f-bfc44fa845cb|Lara Fabian & Maurane]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))


===G===
===1975===


Three releases: Sophisticated Lady (released in 2001) Ella and Oscar (released 1976) Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 5 unissued live dates.
* [[Artist:df84a4ca-8560-46c9-b01a-283407cf00e0|Gasteropodes Killers]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates
** Obscure. Is it "Gasteropodes" or "Gastéropodes"? Punk stuff...


===1976===
* [[Artist:14c4975c-7939-461d-9647-aa0e096b4213|Garage Lopez]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates (obscure punk stuff)


One studio release (Fitzgerald & Pass...Again). 6 unissued live dates.
* [[Artist:84a27f14-3047-4d60-b38c-677fb8cb0290|Eric Guilleton]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates
** Is it "Eric" or "Éric"?


===H===
===1977===


A Pablo live release (Montreux '77) 4 unissued live dates.
* [[Artist:35fc26ba-586f-487c-a4a5-5b4f395b760c|Izia Higelin]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Miss artist dates
</ul>
* [[Artist:6dc6447e-2bd6-4fb3-be01-12972f3e4e40|Jacques Higelin & Izia Higelin]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:26326139-e78b-4b7f-b17e-401e160e0042|Jacques Higelin & Areski Belkacem]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 15:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC))


===I===
===1978===


Two studio releases: Lady Time and Dream Dancing (reissues Ella Loves Cole plus two cuts) 10 unissued live dates.
===J===


===1979===
* [[Artist:0c933bdd-ec53-40d3-a787-32236bffadb3|J'aurais voulu]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


Records:
===K===
* Live: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=336703 A Perfect Match]
* Live (same): [[Album:bf415cf3-fc8f-4726-aa1d-3673d4d7892c|Digital III at Montreux]]. Note there are still two unreleased cuts from that live.
* Studio: [[Album:b586c161-3f3d-413e-b313-7efe145257c1|A Classy Pair]]. Note there apparently exists a rare jp edition with two additional cuts from A Perfect Match.


Unissued:
* [[Artist:4ba73787-2bda-4c57-98e8-9fc38d0c122d|Karbala 413]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* Live: 4 February 1979 Vancouver
** Miss artist dates
* Live: April 20 to May 6 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
* Live: 9 June 1979 Concord Pavillon, Concord, CA
* Live: 15 July 1979 Just Call Me Maestro
* Live: 6 September 1979 Radio City Music Hall, New York
* Show: 12 November 1979 Chicago PBS Studios, Chicago


===1980===
* [[Artist:b1f6915b-e013-4b4e-8a97-60bf5ae00c0a|Françoise Kucheida]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


Unissued:
===L===
* Live: 19 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 26 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 28 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 1 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 4 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 5 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 2 May 1980 Imperial Room - Royal York Hotel, Toronto
* Live: 3 May 1980 Imperial Room - Royal York Hotel, Toronto
* Live: 31 May 1980 Tower Theatre, Huston
* Live: 1 June 1980 Tower Theatre, Huston
* Live: 21 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: 22 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: 23 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: 24 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: 25 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: 26 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
* Live: Unknown august date, 1980 La Bussola Domani, Viareggio, Italy
* Live: 7 August 1980 Sanremo (IT)
* Live: 8 August 1980 Il Covo Club, Santa Margherita Ligure (IT)
* Live: 9 August 1980 Teatro Comunale, Viareggio (IT)
* Live: 10 August 1980 Il Muretto Club, Venezia (IT)
* Live: (possibly erroneous) 11 August 1980 Cà del Liscio Club, Ravenna (IT)
* Live: 11 August 1980 Jesolo (IT)
* Live: 14 August 1980 Ravenna (IT)
* Live: 19 October 1980 Bruxelles
* Live: 23 October 1980 Chirchester Jazz Festival, Chirchester (GB)
* Live: 23 October 1980 Newcastle
* Live: October 24, 25, 26 or 27 1980 Cork Jazz Festival, Cork (GB)
* Live: 26 October 1980 Dusseldorf
* Live: 30 October 1980 Ludwigshafen (Germany)


===1981===
* [[Artist:f28da686-961f-4c28-8b30-82fc84a242d3|Allain Leprest]] (Wfr F2) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* [[Artist:7e460920-8c64-457a-b4ec-954dfba8c0cc|Stéphane Lherault]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC))
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Miss artist dates
</ul>
* [[Artist:13424f3a-c4b4-4d87-a0b9-71588ed398cd|Pierre Louki]] (Wfr O F) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))


Appeared in a movie (tv serie?) on 16 March 1981 "A Day in the Life"
===M===


Unissued:
* [[Artist:6614fd16-03fc-4c11-ba0b-db74df566b80|Maudits Systèmes]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
* Live: Unknown date, 1981 Wien
** Miss artist dates
* Live: 17 March 1981 Unknown City, Germany
* Live: 23 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 24 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 25 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel , New Orleans
* Live: 28 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
* Live: 29 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel , New Orleans
* Live: 17 July 1981 Casino Hall, Montreux (CH)
* Live: 22 July 1981 Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les Pins
* Live: 26 July 1981 Edinbourgh
* Live: 4 September 1981 Chicago Jazz Festival
* Live: 11 September 1981 Irvine Bowl, Laguna Beach (CA)


===1982===
* [[Artist:d61cac2f-6e0c-42ab-8514-ba8ed15f6c79|Maurane & Jean-Jacques Goldman & Marc Lavoine & Pierre Palmade]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))


Records:
===N===
* Studio: [[Album:e27f8c8d-faa8-43e2-b6de-6123019fdf8e|The Best Is Yet To Come]]. Note the late cd edition had a different track order.


===1983===
* [[Artist:695584b2-0cb6-430a-8d6c-05cf5d07af4c|Neurotic Explosion]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
** Miss artist dates


Records:
===O===
* Studio: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=336772 Nice Work if You Can Get It]
* Studio: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=218265 Easy Living]
* Studio: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=336816 Speak Love]
* Live: Return To Happiness - Jazz At The Philarmonic Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983. Note there exist one unissued track.
* Live: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=336814 Sophisticated Lady] (two cuts from the same session as above, along an earlier date). Note there exists a rare alternate edition with a slightly different track cutting. This was released after her death.


Unissued:
===P===
* Live: Unknown date, 1983
* Live: 16 April 1983 Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
* Live: 14 July 1983 Circo Massimo, Roma
* Live: July 15 or 17 1983, Jazz Festival, Wien (AU)
* Live: 16 July 1983 Jazz Festival, Wiesen (AU)
* Live: 16 July 1983 Wiesen Jazz Festival, Wiesen (AU)
* Live: 24 July 1983 Kool Jazz Festival, New York


=Pablo, Part 2: The Final Years (1984-1993)=
* [[Artist:13f00a28-8fc1-425e-9452-18b4f465c4d2|Yann Perreau]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 03:00, 04 November 2006 (UTC))


===Q===
===1984===


Unissued:
===R===
* Live: Unknown date, 1984 International Jazz Festival, Berne
* Live: 1 January 1984 Teatro Manzoni, Milan
* Live: 14 May 1984 Palais Des Congrés, Paris
* Live: 15 May 1984 Musikhalle, Hamburg
* Live: 1 August 1984 Wolf Trap park, Washington D.C.


===S===
===1985===


Unissued:
===T===
* Live: 23 March 1985 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
* Live: 30 March 1985 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael (CA)
* Live: 8 June 1985 Paul Masson Winery, Saratoga (CA)
* Live: 9 June 1985 Paul Masson Winery, Saratoga (CA)
* Live: 21 June 1985 Kool Jazz Festival, New York
* Live: Unknown day and month, 1985 Pronto Raffaella Show, Rome
* Live: 12 July 1985 Tuipaviljoen - The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague (Holland)
* Live: 29 October 1985 The Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
* Live: 30 October 1985 The Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco


===1986===
* [[Artist:229c2128-a64f-4234-a192-add9a1d2a854|Arnold Turboust & Etienne Daho]] (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC))


Unissued:
===U===
* Live: 26 April 1986, Hult Center , Eugene (Oregon)
* Live: Unknown day and month, 1986, Pronto Raffaella Show, Rome
* Live: Unknown date, 1986, Grand Hotel Billia, Saint Vincent (AO), Italy


===V===
===1988===


Unissued:
===W===
* Live: 25 June 1988, JVC Jazz Festival - Carnegie Hall, New York


===1989===
* [[Artist:857fea53-7c39-410c-b016-80f731eb81d4|Steve Waring]]
* [[Artist:4a0f81a8-0e00-4049-a305-33470ea8fc52|Barney Wilen]]


Records:
===X===
* Participation (voice overdubbing) on a pair of cuts in a [[Artist:5803c81e-739a-4057-9a5c-cf84e55db630|Quincy Jones]] concept album: [[Album:b221ea36-df40-4872-bb8f-46ad705b2ae9|Back on the Block]]
* Last studio album: [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=73264 All That Jazz] which exists in two versions (the later containing two additional cuts)


Unissued:
===Y===
* Live: 3 August 1989, San Francisco
* Live: 6 October 1989, The Moulin Rouge Gala - Moulin Rouge , Paris
* Live: 13 November 1989, Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration, Hollywood
* Live: 25 January 1989, Beverly Hills Hotel , Beverly Hills


===Z===
===1990===


Unissued:
* [[Artist:8a3855de-44d3-4d02-bc43-69148d87cf6a|Rika Zaraï]] (D Wfr) (checked -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 05:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC))
* Live: Unknown date, 1990, San Jose (CA)
* TV Show: 3 February 1990, BBC Studios - The Michael Aspel Show, London
* Live: 22 August 1990, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood


===1992===
==List of artists in a decent state==


Unissued:
Criteria:
* Live: 15 July 1992, The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood
* Releases:
* Live: 2 August 1992, Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos (CA)
** no spelling errors
** good capitalization (with or without the debated "exceptions")
** all have language/script set
** have been searched on discogs
** have been searched on wikipedia.fr


----
* Artists:
** discogs, wikipedia, official site pages (sometimes imdb) have been searched/added (favor the fr wikipedia domain)
** artist aliases have been verified
** artist birthdate/death date have been researched
** Collabs ARs have been set


(note that some artists actually in this category are better than "decent", but we still need to verify that)


===A===
=Notes=


'''Completists:''' in 2007 was released [[Album:55392548-2e4b-4418-aba5-ece97169a1b4|Love Letters from Ella]], which apparently contains unreleased material overdubbed by an orchestra. It's unknown from which session/period these cuts were sourced (undoubtedly 1970-1990), and if they were really unreleased. There apparently also exists two unreleased studio efforts from 26 April 1980, Carpenters: Music, Music, Music! and September 17-19, 1980 & March 18-20, 1981, Group IV Studios, Hollywood, probably being in [[Label:0dd8c586-acc3-46f8-bd97-db1d3ce089fc|Concord]] hands
===B===


This data has been compiled from various sources informations including paper documentation, and is not the object of any restrictive license. All text content and comments are original.
* [[Artist:2db8f066-d4c8-4eb3-91b3-7129c15c1596|Pierre Barouh]] (D Wfr F I)
* [[Artist:143d190c-11e8-4ecd-adf7-a68a3ccdaab1|Beausoleil]] (D Wen F)
* [[Artist:b278ade7-dca2-426b-93a5-d5e6a285f067|Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine]]
* [[Artist:6487dacc-2f7a-4187-a3e4-2f0deb21a52e|Messieurs Richard de Bordeaux et Daniel Beretta]]
* [[Artist:91eda19b-1437-42cd-b7af-69df24b7f275|Jacques Brel]] (D Wfr Wen I O F2)

===C===

===D===

* [[Artist:8ae5648d-d9b7-4083-b538-17f71672990f|Dominique A]] (D Wen Wfr O)
* [[Artist:a65f4f19-9f4c-4a44-906f-87aa4ceee900|Jacques Dutronc]] (D Wen Wfr O)

===E===

===F===

* [[Artist:de7a6a8a-8183-45fe-99a9-83a3fef53fe4|Brigitte Fontaine & Jacques Higelin]]

===G===

* [[Artist:cabdc397-1baf-4164-a0c9-3269961a7bb5|Danyel Gérard]] (D Wfr)

===H===

* [[Artist:f75e42a2-e1f8-4873-ae07-f925dbc095ba|Jacques Higelin]] (D Wen Wfr F)
* [[Artist:71d3a279-b4dc-478b-828f-1c420a46b127|Les Hurleurs]] (D2)
** Miss artist dates

===I===

===J===

===K===

===L===

* [[Artist:27d2b5e9-9aed-4e7e-88fb-72dd060a44c3|Ludwig Von 88]] (D Wfr O)

===M===

* [[Artist:4aa1d914-1a37-4076-8311-50484464da71|Massilia Sound System]] (D Wfr O)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:f08c24b5-3374-42b2-a255-f27345cbd002|Maurane]] (D Wfr O F)
* [[Artist:779de930-6fb7-4e03-8869-189c5f7c3a67|Maurane & Muriel Robin]]
* [[Artist:6ef70816-5cd3-4515-a0c5-91a3357305fe|David McNeil]] (Wfr O)
* [[Artist:ea214250-3fe3-4b10-9904-bf3814715720|Métal Urbain]] (D M Wfr O)
* [[Artist:74e4744e-a18e-40f8-8e1c-d2f6d0d84644|Daniel Mille]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:5cd668b6-0d20-4d1f-a84b-8bbb0fc51148|Eddy Mitchell]] (D Wfr F O)

===N===

* [[Artist:e6358374-5eea-4205-be22-382ed6df493c|Noir Désir]] (D Wfr F O)
* [[Artist:d1e0444e-49b3-4a5b-a848-11ce7a49cfba|Tom Novembre]] (Wfr)

===O===

* [[Artist:21eb11ce-aab2-403e-a8f0-1063481da879|Oberkampf]] (Wfr)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:49d5137c-aabe-4487-9931-794b8ea8dc83|Les Ondes d'Ombres]]

===P===

* [[Artist:4d91c7f0-fd94-4064-b654-185d1b76da63|Fred Poulet]] (D)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:a00ca84e-3120-4a33-9adb-ee2bce601c78|Alfred Panou & Art Ensemble of Chicago]]
* [[Artist:db7c67f0-fd08-471f-9340-f93366047737|Pumuckl]] (DO)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:5dcdfbf0-d071-4bef-805b-fc191f21d903|Punch Chaos]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:6be76035-ed0f-4cba-9e7d-a37002814d6a|Psy 4 de la Rime]] (D Wfr F O)

===Q===

===R===

* [[Artist:8bd0ba2e-0b3e-4632-905e-e5b2cfcfaa8b|R.A.S.]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:681dcc54-fa96-4a7d-b902-024237e13f72|Rome Buyce Night]] (D Wfr M O F)

===S===

* [[Artist:c50af640-bd82-4cef-bcb1-12db4ef3fe24|Sid & Les Vicieux]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:23d96756-9183-4723-b676-9830aa33680a|Les Silvers d'argent]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:44a25d56-b5a4-4031-bf95-cdb2f4b9c2a0|Les Sales Majestés]] (Wfr F2)
* [[Artist:f1dc86d6-9f45-4736-8884-7fcafbccd876|Véronique Sanson]] (D Wfr F O)
* [[Artist:91f25759-f105-4890-b4e3-3bbbc12ffce2|Aram Sédèfian]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:57eb1ba3-d1c0-4dab-a0c8-681336f20299|Stereolab & Brigitte Fontaine]]
* [[Artist:8c3b6f61-aa42-47b8-98a5-b70165691caf|Les Sheriff]] (D Wfr O)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:87ce4ff2-2901-4b8a-86f4-837f8ee0704a|Alain Souchon & Eddy Mitchell]]
* [[Artist:20038e59-d9ff-4f05-a43b-ef0823c69d18|Stéréogrammes]] (M O)

===T===

* [[Artist:8aeac0d9-220d-4118-a781-42dd0b2ce4e1|Jack Treese]] (D)
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:3ddb2fcf-cf66-41c0-b058-43d93e2da30e|Tamèrantong & Ludwig Von 88]]
* [[Artist:ac15f8df-6f06-490e-8a33-58b478d72707|Trotskids]] (D)
** Miss artist dates

===U===

===V===

* [[Artist:ab8be154-5388-4dc5-939d-4e04b1d9cf49|Les Vampires]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:00497dfb-f03d-4d46-8ea1-3b9197a4d340|Via Roma]]
** Miss artist dates

* [[Artist:466d9579-c700-493a-9c15-c935b3c81fa2|Vatican]] (D)
** Miss artist dates

===W===

* [[Artist:511f9ced-532b-4bda-8749-e68ffbe1ab8e|Warum Joe]] (D Wfr O)

===X===

===Y===

===Z===

* [[Artist:8eebc0a9-653e-4b12-bfb6-471a95f8cf73|Zebda]] (D Wfr O)
* [[Artist:9670563c-7f68-4b19-9f04-951275828044|Zabriskie Point]] (D Wfr F)
** Miss artist dates

==List of artists to check==

* Letter A:
** have been searched on discogs (but Air, Adamo and Jacques Brel)
** discogs and wikipedia pages have been searched/added (favor the fr wikipedia domain)
** artist aliases have been verified
** artist birthdate/death date have been researched
** artist name and sortname verified
** Collabs ARs have been set

* From letter B to N of the todo list (included):
** Discogs, Wikipedia, official page, sometimes imdb have been searched for artists entries

===A===

* [[Artist:d3132eab-36d1-476e-a736-cb6dbb08a4a2|Adamo]] (D Wfr F O I)
* [[Artist:cb67438a-7f50-4f2b-a6f1-2bb2729fd538|Air]] (D Wfr Wen F O MM)
* [[Artist:a9db5ff3-1561-4e1f-aa83-8eb04f7275eb|Pierre Akendengué]] (D Wfr)
* [[Artist:4489a7b0-cb7c-4175-b3a1-6e1d0f20faae|Pierre Akendengué & Hugues de Courson]]
* [[Artist:a344d1d3-bc5e-4a59-95f1-814999d009ac|Alizée]] (D Wfr F O2 I)
* [[Artist:1d614b26-145a-4c57-a1c0-752dfe87e39d|Graeme Allwright]] (Wfr) (often misspelled as Allright)
* [[Artist:8bb436cd-8fbf-48c6-9fc8-a172c27e24ba|Keren Ann]] (D Wfr F O)
* [[Artist:dc5531f9-e25d-4397-bb03-133f5f1d5ad9|Richard Anthony]] (D Wfr O)
* [[Artist:29e73dcb-5dc6-43b5-9af5-3570187688eb|Art Mengo]] (D Wfr F2 O)
* [[Artist:57c278e9-1fd7-4381-a5af-fea5dc0b4320|Au Bonheur des Dames]] (Wfr)
* [[Artist:9ec13aa9-43e9-4a86-95be-d2b5c188dd20|Hugues Aufray]] (D Wfr O)
* [[Artist:c52365f9-32ce-4036-8090-ef4b14b3b426|Isabelle Aubret]] (D Wfr F O)
* [[Artist:5f264b87-d5f6-487d-aa3e-ae4c5f0c6fc9|Charles Aznavour]] (D Wfr I F2 O)

===B===

* [[Artist:2b5d72ca-6b59-439f-a752-418f106f337e|Pierre Bachelet]]
* [[Artist:42fdc569-3d95-4a2d-9e8c-55d3d7275a68|Chimène Badi]]
* [[Artist:a473a358-154d-464b-9391-b4bac69126e3|Bïa]]
* [[Artist:2caf1462-9be7-4603-8090-3c511e846fa5|Daniel Balavoine]]
* [[Artist:eaa96e6d-6746-4fb2-8a81-56f0d6a7b7c6|La Bande à Basile]]
* [[Artist:cf8ffbfe-02ba-4b91-a608-9783d91f709a|Barbara]]
* [[Artist:a69a0536-5df7-4815-905c-5457e889e9b2|Didier Barbelivien]]
* [[Artist:efbdded5-ab91-4bb7-ba57-f36d7413eb70|Brigitte Bardot]]
* [[Artist:d6a38384-02bd-4db8-8da6-e3ea22147be2|Phil Barney]]
* [[Artist:a442b886-8a91-40bb-a370-91bb5d8ce537|Alain Barrière]]
* [[Artist:f557f007-99a4-45c4-b7a8-1b7b2b2a5b0b|Claude Barzotti]]
* [[Artist:d31e78a3-4fd8-4b10-9c49-0ee8d4dfd61e|Alain Bashung]]
* [[Artist:4dbad5d9-0d49-4961-9b0d-81f741656408|Bill Baxter]]
* [[Artist:d2db2cdd-d3bb-4cab-a2e7-32826992469f|Julos Beaucarne]]
* [[Artist:e9a4b76a-cf82-46f5-a166-e93473624189|Gilbert Bécaud]]
* [[Artist:66163b1d-82f2-4d70-addf-cea89a1ec717|Areski Belkacem]]
* [[Artist:39cf1c51-8e6a-4d7a-a1f5-9ea212e66699|Plastic Bertrand]]
* [[Artist:0f5c9ef1-b845-48fe-8766-b4457c6c32e7|Bibie]]
* [[Artist:2da1703c-c278-4487-9da5-a5ad799ffbb7|Les Bidochons]]
* [[Artist:9bd20e6a-b41d-4983-a5b6-c0ff849fa235|Georges Bizet]]
* [[Artist:82d82f3e-8f91-4d83-857e-8c1d99733e9e|Gérard Blanc]]
* [[Artist:694873a5-c880-4a57-aea3-a3e469116035|Gérard Blanchard]]
* [[Artist:69cf1ecd-a76f-4d26-8ce5-83690f220f81|Blues Trottoir]]
* [[Artist:7760c10e-5640-46eb-9eec-c9d2186f829d|Frida Boccara]]
* [[Artist:9b1d72ff-f4da-4773-8659-afba133cecb0|Isabelle Boulay]]
* [[Artist:ee827cc0-08b6-4b4b-bd8f-d15616347bf4|Bourvil]]
* [[Artist:cc02cf2c-4d1b-419f-ae12-92e559a62518|Mike Brant]]
* [[Artist:b58165ba-ac55-49a1-8855-caf16c68f5f2|Georges Brassens]]
* [[Artist:f54452c0-5af9-47a2-ac07-ac46ce45cbe2|Dany Brillant]]
* [[Artist:bbd476fe-2987-4e5a-a278-ce5d5f3a6b9c|Patrick Bruel]]
* [[Artist:49d52484-7cdc-433c-b344-159f0166e757|Bertrand Burgalat]]

===C===

* [[Artist:9476ee3c-ede2-46e8-ae24-ce2db54b5df3|Francis Cabrel]]
* [[Artist:93bcafd9-e8b9-41c1-9553-01825070e60e|Carlos]]
* [[Artist:3f73b592-a4d0-4a10-9acc-cb151e489981|Elyane Célis]] (��lyane or Elyane?)
* [[Artist:dd8dc11d-7702-43aa-b9bf-6b29f19bd211|Robert Charlebois]]
* [[Artist:45bfdd68-830c-47a6-9085-906acfce0309|CharlElie Couture]]
* [[Artist:a2e62403-a6aa-4933-8240-2b3fc4f32de1|Étienne Charry]]
* [[Artist:e5581809-5ae5-46be-af34-2c6105c943a4|Charts]]
* [[Artist:e0371cd0-a5f8-420e-be17-bd980adc7393|Maurice Chevalier]]
* [[Artist:5cef1748-13f1-4155-b9f6-71cd4212b960|Christophe]]
* [[Artist:ff052a8b-bbc8-4907-9fbd-a0ebcd73bbf6|Reda Claire]]
* [[Artist:0c0dee47-ff53-4423-99e3-79c55e27ab60|André Claveau]]
* [[Artist:34f62730-6033-43f9-80bf-1cb322ab7b62|Philippe Clay]]
* [[Artist:8b74c6be-1f8d-4893-8526-1be4a3686f7a|Julien Clerc]]
* [[Artist:3c06e518-61ec-439e-82a2-923967882a67|Clotaire K]]
* [[Artist:593bb5a8-a093-431b-b78e-4d6213460980|Richard Cocciante]]
* [[Artist:40cc2c66-28c5-4552-b174-2daeee7da1a5|Annie Cordy]]
* [[Artist:eb1ebbe0-8f26-4a05-b535-8eb12ea711f7|Corneille]]
* [[Artist:a41d15d1-ccb5-479b-9b15-fd4050ed93c3|Hervé Cristiani]] (often misspelled as Christiani)
* [[Artist:9e6176a3-c2a3-46cf-91d2-813ce5037128|Nicole Croisille]]

===D===

* [[Artist:e5173fff-a188-40a2-99ca-67fc4cdd5a68|Daniel Darc]]
* [[Artist:1598ccda-b164-4bff-9821-f9ff5a8587a8|Dalida]]
* [[Artist:475b7312-4fcb-49a4-8bcc-cf3a679b255a|Joe Dassin]]
* [[Artist:c7740223-c657-4b0a-a0a4-b8349169e760|Dave]]
* [[Artist:be50643c-0377-4968-b48c-47e06b2e2a3b|Claude Debussy]]
* [[Artist:e6953224-2e63-47fd-9334-5d38ce39fa28|Début de Soirée]]
* [[Artist:6336e34f-4836-4f5e-8d71-10a8da0f64ea|François Deguelt]]
* [[Artist:82e0bc9c-2cf4-403d-939c-1d8c00767170|Lucienne Delyle]]
* [[Artist:21efa42e-6f1e-4fa6-8b76-3ec97f5997fa|Bill Deraime]]
* [[Artist:b9a23705-56e8-4fb6-9543-7f43ab62eac7|Desireless]]
* [[Artist:191cba6a-b83f-49ca-883c-02b20c7a9dd5|Marlene Dietrich]]
* [[Artist:84086ec5-ae34-4c56-8e67-11a7854a4c59|Cookie Dingler]]
* [[Artist:847e8a0c-cc20-4213-9e16-975515c2a926|Céline Dion]]
* [[Artist:7d248ccb-588a-414e-ab3e-be6dd8b71f81|Dionysos]]
* [[Artist:ed1798ac-118a-4c3e-97d3-47aa1fa0a76a|Sacha Distel]]
* [[Artist:702828ac-05ed-4e90-bd3f-712bbfd47dc1|Dorothée]]
* [[Artist:b8fb054b-86c9-4c6b-8bb1-d1b088c46e2c|Yves Duteil]]
* [[Artist:ee79471f-3ae5-426e-a469-d9f2aa312986|Henri Dutilleux]]

===E===

===F===

* [[Artist:7a1daf7f-b972-4808-bc03-2e1e3a79dce0|Lara Fabian]]
* [[Artist:73cefb4f-faed-4056-8d51-345bbf02c9eb|Fabulous Trobadors]]
* [[Artist:b07da799-f46b-454f-ac95-b56f6883edb2|Rock Failair]]
* [[Artist:18b23026-ed29-445a-9bb4-4e86598ab5a9|Mylène Farmer]]
* [[Artist:fa19a8b6-e7f4-40d4-af15-7a7c41ac7d8f|Gabriel Fauré]]
* [[Artist:73d90324-e913-4aad-860b-870ada53336f|François Feldman]] (verify "Francoise Feldman")
* [[Artist:0bce7eda-e55b-4176-aa1f-b8d2ca447a17|Fernandel]]
* [[Artist:3d29f1d0-fcf2-4346-9e67-c4eedc05d203|Jean Ferrat]]
* [[Artist:15b1cbac-060a-4136-9e07-4622c52c0f60|Léo Ferré]]
* [[Artist:5b95ae1e-5129-46c5-a043-522e6c9f7871|Nino Ferrer]]
* [[Artist:083a443a-dcba-4d48-aa62-fda1f130002f|Thomas Fersen]]
* [[Artist:972be159-c1e8-42db-85c7-ef6fd9b04b92|Patrick Fiori]]
* [[Artist:0664cde4-6801-498a-af43-28fc08a998d4|Liane Foly]]
* [[Artist:3e356f2a-3501-4e68-8eff-f77d582c066a|Brigitte Fontaine]]
* [[Artist:4998da0d-4887-452e-ae08-c0edd4bc0be8|Les Forbans]]
* [[Artist:2927facc-d327-4bd4-a7d6-4a4363ddd904|Maxime Le Forestier]]
* [[Artist:550b5eea-4202-4037-9fae-66fc7ae77340|France d'Amour]]
* [[Artist:1cfbf85c-dc74-42d6-915e-77033afd0204|Claude François]]
* [[Artist:539c941a-3a78-497a-a98f-e84fd82c2bf5|Jean-Pierre François]]
* [[Artist:8a9012d3-5dcf-4ed0-aa1e-df3bb57bca12|Élodie Frégé & Michal]]
* [[Artist:9c089410-65ee-41cb-89d2-34c81ebfecb5|Les Frères Jacques]]
* [[Artist:622a275f-659f-4dc6-9964-0d33c34a786e|Michel Fugain]]

===G===

* [[Artist:b21ef19b-c6aa-4775-90d3-3cc3e067ce6d|Serge Gainsbourg]]
* [[Artist:385966f0-b912-4755-bad6-4780ebf3f4cd|France Gall]]
* [[Artist:0cbc1139-a2c3-41bf-8664-2b03b346a80c|Gold]] (verify that stuff)
* [[Artist:0b3819e6-3fa1-4a50-a84c-f2a62643185d|Jean-Jacques Goldman]]
* [[Artist:144e8ff0-ff3e-44a2-8684-834f3c07ffa3|Richard Gotainer]]
* [[Artist:ab5b070a-e148-4344-b3b5-fd77784c41a6|Félix Gray]] (Felix? Félix?)
* [[Artist:bb839dd4-94be-4732-b014-135a64c340a6|Juliette Gréco]]
* [[Artist:52d3ef48-a1e5-44d8-b365-bc916d596845|Georges Guétary]] (check collabs with mispelled "Guetary")
* [[Artist:89464436-3a17-4039-8279-d1d21e979e73|Daniel Guichard]]

===H===

* [[Artist:323ed974-8bf6-4f54-9525-b774a659f805|Johnny Hallyday]]
* [[Artist:d2a79d20-1304-47fd-a998-b4fe1ec78373|Françoise Hardy]]
* [[Artist:425c778c-88ba-4bca-bb1e-d170b77d0047|Thierry Hazard]]

===I===

* [[Artist:3be4099e-f180-4038-af84-ae18a09eab02|Julio Iglesias]]
* [[Artist:35f866dc-c061-48ba-8157-cf2e0eac4857|Enrique Iglesias]] (verify both the father/son for mixed stuff in VA comp)
* [[Artist:55378862-c8a4-4640-bbe7-2f43ed644943|Il était une fois]]
* [[Artist:7ceb7a1f-22fe-4ec6-9cb5-285b104f9cb5|Images]]
* [[Artist:076caf66-1bb1-4486-8f46-910c83441eab|Indochine]]

===J===

* [[Artist:b3e5d7ac-ae78-4441-afee-c494c98cd0b8|Jean-Pascal]]
* [[Artist:853dbc3e-8e00-4a1c-a2c4-8153eaa96e85|Jenifer]] (verify Jennifer)
* [[Artist:5525a89a-1530-4f72-b5b3-4de076ebdb21|C. Jerome]]
* [[Artist:2dd3f3ff-9f00-4de9-9687-d25421216c2b|Jojo le Grand]] (check that! Is it Le Grand Jojo?)
* [[Artist:7fafc950-653e-468f-9bce-9ddefe913ec6|Michel Jonasz]]
* [[Artist:cfead26a-e32f-4778-b790-18d2f533999f|Jorane]]
* [[Artist:30df1299-811b-4333-9f40-463bc13e9d36|Patrick Juvet]]

===K===

* [[Artist:217794c8-c7e8-4e9b-b5d0-6aeac98e0e08|Patricia Kaas]]
* [[Artist:d7cadfa9-9639-41a9-afd2-a38060d250bc|Lokua Kanza]]
* [[Artist:47dc7440-7613-4b36-b5f5-39789e75c150|Katerine]]
* [[Artist:986ba4ad-09a6-43f9-9947-204d2ce6570d|Claire Keim]]
* [[Artist:b4a479aa-4384-4acf-88b0-dee9188faeb5|Khaled]]

===L===

* [[Artist:e41e38c3-61a6-40c4-9c95-74f38df57a99|Lââm]]
* [[Artist:0cf371ee-a536-49a2-bd5f-9179dc687410|Jean-Jacques Lafon]]
* [[Artist:24e2bb07-b2b9-4376-860d-352851ef13f4|Marie Laforêt]]
* [[Artist:8a33a92f-38b7-41ff-8d50-62ac34b30991|Jean-Luc Lahaye]]
* [[Artist:6de79338-11ee-4d3a-ada2-b065f30c7495|Francis Lalanne]]
* [[Artist:1b44ad31-811f-4c6f-b821-f96133fab1ca|Serge Lama]]
* [[Artist:233cdfeb-cc9d-4fb3-8806-53b5b711731a|Simone Langlois]]
* [[Artist:98067d0e-e21a-4b9c-aa8b-6f83a5d99bf9|Carole Laure]]
* [[Artist:ce402926-ad80-4555-a24b-fca1dc84911a|Larusso]] (verify other Larusso?)
* [[Artist:3e040341-d8a7-42a5-9149-439e5296bf26|Philippe Lavil]]
* [[Artist:8bef9bae-a250-4c4e-8e5e-b2f81607db2a|Bernard Lavilliers]]
* [[Artist:63fb2e79-3bf8-4f3d-9743-619591b57281|Daniel Lavoie]]
* [[Artist:6a8dba8c-b52f-405a-8737-eca91d4d82fa|Marc Lavoine]]
* [[Artist:cef825a8-c831-4f25-adec-7229a3fcd28f|Rose Laurens]]
* [[Artist:3a0fe2da-79d6-456a-84d6-64a88bee45ec|Renée Lebas]]
* [[Artist:1fcb9a2b-b872-4d52-aad2-afa59b9a8c6b|Félix Leclerc]] (check collabs with "Felix")
* [[Artist:c37edc9c-5a76-4022-bc5c-a473e7ebc4bd|Françis Lemarque]]
* [[Artist:3ea63f3f-c9fc-4a10-bc71-7aa4c77cfa13|Gérard Lenorman]]
* [[Artist:9a3f14fd-214c-4091-9aea-6efafbd3a0b9|Herbert Leonard]]
* [[Artist:3575a514-ef96-41a0-adc2-c5ed5827d8e7|Nolwenn Leroy]] (different from [[Artist:d165e962-6398-4e35-937a-ac80f230defc|Nolwen]])
* [[Artist:d8b5e5ff-3bbc-4a1b-a52c-bf6af0c6a7da|Leslie]]
* [[Artist:5dd81c1c-406d-46fa-aabf-261ed3e9c2aa|Daniel Levi]]
* [[Artist:ef601be0-93bf-4362-9885-3e109c3981e2|Lilicub]]
* [[Artist:2793d3b1-9210-44b7-93fe-4c4005064e76|Lio]]
* [[Artist:33bb237a-b6aa-40bf-8122-ce91625f0f01|Lorie]]
* [[Artist:04d25080-32e2-49a2-b638-c9ca4f3e12bd|Louise Attaque]]

===M===

* [[Artist:4d2f9f61-5164-4038-8585-6e0c8aa2948c|Enrico Macias]]
* [[Artist:b4f41f07-4927-4787-b688-4f1b170e09e6|Manau]]
* [[Artist:37631c7b-7cbd-4446-b6fe-c8accc9d5ccf|Guy Mardel]]
* [[Artist:04eb25a1-3a43-4c99-93fd-ce6e87fe3427|Lina Margy]]
* [[Artist:0680f2d8-2c3d-43e6-92c6-5f2666362720|Luis Mariano]]
* [[Artist:2d10e23c-a05b-4d72-915b-d471b57743b1|Jeanne Mas]]
* [[Artist:0c321fba-7d1d-4d48-b99a-1e4811970d26|Mireille Mathieu]]
* [[Artist:c6e5c5f4-984e-432a-87b8-b6afa288bca1|Olivier Messiaen]]
* [[Artist:4f1b1773-daf7-4b2b-8840-fdefc754df6a|Jean-François Michael]]
* [[Artist:b5d6ed16-6a30-478c-a740-7233efb13c97|Mick Micheyl]]
* [[Artist:bac316b8-e971-403d-a5e4-f81fa6a4efbb|Mickey 3D]]
* [[Artist:5b29ed40-7ff1-4e3f-8556-9cd85d4706ad|Bernard Minet]]
* [[Artist:b44299ef-1399-48a4-832d-899b49c1455d|Miossec]]
* [[Artist:7ca575dd-30ec-4d1a-8742-93a2c47044ba|Gilbert Montagné]]
* [[Artist:edd6a7c3-d174-4e5b-9134-0f0cc6e2b0a5|Yves Montand]]
* [[Artist:26b42bdb-2521-4fe3-bf5f-3a1b5b710837|Jeanne Moreau]]
* [[Artist:9cc7521d-a5a7-43db-87a5-46a5a6667697|Morpion'z Circus]]
* [[Artist:b5d8303f-849a-4a14-8e69-30264767aae2|Mouloudji]]
* [[Artist:09b8609a-ca39-4f34-a2f6-5b81afc2c32d|Nana Mouskouri]] (check the collabs)
* [[Artist:6e6dc19f-cfa9-45e8-aaad-ab1d92c60a80|Georges Moustaki]]
* [[Artist:2300742c-13e3-4254-8546-88a3ab59754a|Les Musclés]] (who has the guts to check that stuff? :D)
* [[Artist:bdc4b467-dfb6-4bf0-9ffd-fc85a38a1f5c|Marie Myriam]]

===N===

* [[Artist:63265bdb-9c92-4517-94be-615773e76413|Niagara]] (check the other Niagara)
* [[Artist:9ad21242-91bb-402b-a9a2-4a67011b8aef|Nicoletta]] (related to Nicoletta Strambelli?)
* [[Artist:fe87035a-eef5-4cde-9961-747f0492c5d7|Yannick Noah]]
* [[Artist:72f72f75-3a85-414e-8f09-49bc46b6a863|Franck Noël]]
* [[Artist:929c6c86-f70e-406f-8df7-f26df5ac729d|Magali Noël]]
* [[Artist:aea550b6-20e7-40e3-98db-a7c749c8027e|Noir Silence]]
* [[Artist:d165e962-6398-4e35-937a-ac80f230defc|Nolwen]]
* [[Artist:5e259626-da1d-4e9c-aaf2-b648a8c8292a|Notre Dame De Paris]]
* [[Artist:729d5d04-a4d7-4540-905e-0afec8e9f004|Claude Nougaro]]

===O===

* [[Artist:2db6e9c3-5aa1-4876-9ec6-8f18c75d5210|Pascal Obispo]]

===P===

* [[Artist:11680a33-4f86-4210-abf4-6735cd6cc9d0|Pacifique]]
* [[Artist:b5a9e7a0-04fe-42ae-965a-4c857ab22978|Florant Pagny]]
* [[Artist:4b04cf5a-67c5-43fa-9c96-801ebfe7429d|Gérard Palaprat]]
* [[Artist:aeaea7b2-2b7e-4a9f-a7dc-c01f67ae3606|Parker Luna]] (or Luna Parker?)
* [[Artist:67def5d0-a504-46f6-86e1-9223efa0cfea|Partenaire Particulier]]
* [[Artist:ba879461-e8ce-44a1-ba8c-9c2a9f00e243|Thierry Pastor]]
* [[Artist:13418080-98bf-435d-87ef-21c6891017d6|Sabine Paturel]]
* [[Artist:e5863c1e-6f11-4178-829e-caf1cc1298c1|Paul Personne]]
* [[Artist:3572e7e4-e292-4af7-99f9-863ebbecec53|Nicolas Peyrac]]
* [[Artist:4f8ef4a3-40fa-46b5-8773-97686a8424f4|Edith Piaf]]
* [[Artist:d24196ac-8504-424f-84d1-64e3a4434254|Peter & Sloane]]
* [[Artist:3c576ad9-c882-4303-a8a6-9150ce7eaf8d|Julie Piétri]]
* [[Artist:bc90d6e5-688a-472a-8ac1-e894c563be03|Georgette Plana]]
* [[Artist:90330a83-5547-491e-b83c-d10858e6073f|Michel Polnareff]]
* [[Artist:78717a42-d8a7-4459-98e0-f5bbc72fd12c|Pow Wow]] (Pow woW?)
* [[Artist:bfb15dc3-d38f-4837-9aa5-d252502f65ed|Priscilla]]

===R===

* [[Artist:60a0b5e9-7615-4310-881c-972925753192|Raft]]
* [[Artist:6fdd3b3e-1ea6-4da9-8d6f-8f8de01c133a|Maurice Ravel]]
* [[Artist:2334787c-a3d6-4dd2-a9ef-9c02b35e7485|Axelle Red]]
* [[Artist:9153b056-330e-4368-ae78-a30df88417f8|Serge Reggiani]]
* [[Artist:db0b35f6-a8ed-4a72-bee1-644833d05bd5|Régine]]
* [[Artist:de1edf40-2b3d-4ddd-873c-e4f59585ba92|Renaud]]
* [[Artist:8910064e-1810-42dc-90ba-bdab48cd9326|Line Renaud]]
* [[Artist:d37a16cb-42ba-432c-84ac-217e4f56060b|Nicole Rieu]]
* [[Artist:ddae9cc8-caf5-4e9a-9606-62a065fbc92b|Tino Rossi]]
* [[Artist:89d746b8-7d18-4baf-8cee-659b07771568|Kate Ryan]]

===S===

* [[Artist:f3a6367f-ee45-43ce-856a-eccd8c538468|Jean Sablon]]
* [[Artist:0b8d3a99-c66f-4b6c-898c-31c30f28a196|Saïan Supa Crew]]
* [[Artist:e1d521ea-5b97-4981-987c-ba988b2a87d7|Erik Satie]]
* [[Artist:9abbc45a-48c6-4738-baff-00bfdfb0c626|Catherine Sauvage]]
* [[Artist:75433c64-f96a-4454-9b62-2005fe59acbc|Natasha St-Pier]]
* [[Artist:4137c070-15b2-4d00-a9f0-3517d02a9ba8|Camille Saint-Saëns]]
* [[Artist:05812a7d-deff-4cd1-9087-08de9ff77581|Henri Salvador]]
* [[Artist:6bb0f4e7-97e5-4cb3-8480-0ea87f71e912|Sapho]]
* [[Artist:e605aaba-e920-456a-9c8a-0836c46d4764|Claude M. Schönberg]]
* [[Artist:1ab8df10-1094-4dd2-8102-4eda62c672b8|Hélène Ségara]]
* [[Artist:698b0a8c-f967-42d1-90e0-cd882394bca1|Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini]]
* [[Artist:944a08ef-9bb1-4dc4-b362-5053954f02b9|Séverine]]
* [[Artist:4188bdf2-7c26-45b4-9b4e-c2cb9d26e38d|Sheila]]
* [[Artist:ecd76a79-59a4-4f29-8ddd-302b14100d1e|William Sheller]]
* [[Artist:1226cb0d-03d3-4021-801a-a74408575abf|Mort Shuman]]
* [[Artist:bea7a7ab-781e-459b-9272-7095505310e6|Yves Simon]]
* [[Artist:eba64970-5426-4b73-94ff-5e7452471e9c|Soldat Louis]]
* [[Artist:69737ebe-836c-40dc-a938-7e85688426ff|Alain Souchon]]
* [[Artist:381a867c-6637-47d4-a3ea-12356097698d|Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy]]
* [[Artist:1be1f429-765e-4e4d-b6d9-3367af2c33ab|Alain Souchon & Dick Annegarn]]
* [[Artist:c1ac4503-6257-4734-884b-497e5cccfb92|Star Academy]]
** Beware!
** [[Artist:8858d019-c346-4cdc-bc3a-062012972a31|Star Academy 3]]
** [[Artist:e2e3b63f-6d1c-4fbe-b7b6-99aa095008c4|Star Academy 4]]

* [[Artist:14d3d266-58c6-415d-a3ba-02aeb28006c5|Didier Super]]

===T===

* [[Artist:a4e34a43-d8de-48eb-9ec6-349b62756590|Téléphone]]
* [[Artist:412035e4-a609-4c23-9d88-464eef9757f3|Diane Tell]]
* [[Artist:739162d3-8f9d-4710-8fe1-a73e59690506|Têtes Raides]]
* [[Artist:b6fe9d9b-d740-4ad1-83fb-f74e4c5cd6fb|Fabienne Thibeault]]
* [[Artist:f4426848-82e6-4c5f-a149-4ef871501c93|Fabienne Thibeault & Jean-Pierre Débarrat]]
* [[Artist:cf97f8c4-f287-4c0c-a07e-6ca2fdd8e8c2|Charles Trenet]]
* [[Artist:4a0280b8-a5b5-4e69-856a-f7a02ff48173|Tue Loup]]

===V===

* [[Artist:d862f632-4cac-4eb8-9cfb-8d6bd8ebb3dc|François Valéry]]
* [[Artist:c35cfa38-bd30-4722-aa66-35da70d57dd4|Laroche Valmont]]
* [[Artist:ff82ff36-5d5a-41ce-b305-0ccdef9c4cdc|Sylvie Vartan]]
* [[Artist:246d8d12-dd71-4b2d-9958-ac2379435221|Ray Ventura]]
* [[Artist:a97f2653-a4c5-4ecd-a818-7bd7dcf527d4|Ray Ventura et ses collégiens]]
* [[Artist:831094a1-8295-459d-bc64-ed25e6cc1192|Boris Vian]]
* [[Artist:c790ba4b-31ef-4669-a367-ba8794697e12|Hervé Vilard]]
* [[Artist:0dea7760-339a-482d-a692-fc1c414d110d|Roch Voisine]]

===W===

* [[Artist:c4163ff6-1616-409e-ad70-614b6b8119b6|Ophélie Winter]]

===Z===

=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
* Pablo Villafranca

===Are not french artists===

... though they ended up in this list for some reason we might need to guess before removing them definitely
* [[Artist:80fe34d0-6b4f-4ccd-81c3-281ab37f0451|Angélique Kidjo]]
* [[Artist:c1ccc784-9f18-4369-96b1-38106419b5ad|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!

===Unclear and/or mixed with homonym===

* [[Artist:86db3071-6bfa-4265-836a-1edbac93eaee|Bulldozer]]
** Is apparently an italian (?) metal band. *But* has a track on a VA french punk anthology, which doesn't really fit in with the profile.
** Thanks to editor [[User:AnAlach|AnAlach]], some clarification I recieved by PM (translation by me):
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">"Lucrate Milk DVD (punk group from the 80s), mentions Bulldozer - apparently active late 70s. They have a discography at [http://euthanasie.propagande.org/discographie/Zgroupe-B/Bulldozer.htm Propagande dot org] which has informations about the VA comp Punk en France. One of their release has been reissued in 2006 by Mantra (FGL Productions) (see it at [http://www.fglmusic.com/artiste?id=183 FGLMusic dot com])."
</ul>

=Work in progress=

==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.
* [[Artist:a52819cf-adc0-4dc5-a0ec-26ac3e9bd7f2|13ème Section]] French punk
* [[Artist:f4d3b172-c64f-43ed-9ced-8145cc3583af|1984]] French punk, beware of multiple artists of same name
* [[Artist:4c489847-80c2-4e4b-a363-db3bb530d5c1|Frank Alamo]]
* [[Artist:a6bedf13-0791-4518-af23-2105edf0058a|Micky Amline]]
* [[Artist:281dd23d-8c2d-4944-8180-1fb8c049f136|Helene April]]
* [[Artist:9d737b5b-0283-4fcc-b260-a0886720a98b|Jo Alan]]
* [[Artist:ad8df21c-8d06-409c-9b3c-17a7b03ec218|Antoine]]
* [[Artist:07763f8d-96e8-41f6-94ef-40d24d1566d4|Les Apaches]] French punk
* [[Artist:18a58ba3-59b6-4a91-89e9-eb26ef6197cd|Asphalt Jungle]] French punk
* [[Artist:f8e2ddaf-f556-4e1f-8ab2-f111bc6410ee|Jean-Louis Aubert]]
* [[Artist:03a82b66-d021-4754-aca2-399d51ee6199|Arno]]
* [[Artist:05fa8d96-0254-4981-915f-c51b966bda80|Bad Lieutnants]] French punk
* [[Artist:2027504d-1ec0-4a64-ad95-fb7cadb72286|Minouche Barelli]]
* [[Artist:bc6e8b43-f279-47a2-b135-3d622f255be6|Baron Rouge]] - French punk, not the same artist as [[Artist:8400af21-b3bb-4196-8800-eda8a4266006|Le Baron Rouge]]
* [[Artist:3a1e0d7b-405d-4b50-81bc-44668b335fe2|Ria Bartok]]
* [[Artist:a377fe54-d3d6-4b00-a010-01bd27113a92|BB Doc]] French punk
* [[Artist:345706a4-46a0-4e38-88d7-7e8bcdba281a|Guy Bedos & Sophie Daumier]]
* [[Artist:6576874e-a4c7-4407-8bd3-3cf8a891179b|Bijou]] French punk
* [[Artist:9fda77e4-8235-4f5d-a05c-3657bb550971|Beth (check also B.E.T.H.)]]
* [[Artist:f0c58dc1-8262-410e-a38b-e4f92e14759a|Benjamin Biolay]]
* [[Artist:2bc384a9-c551-459d-9074-7c7c2d664c95|Ronnie Bird]]
* [[Artist:e4f92153-dd32-4c81-98bd-e0ad9a1b9672|Jane Birkin]]
* [[Artist:0ab1cff8-09c8-4009-b53c-ce7e1a73c1a5|Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg]]
* Blessed Virgins - French punk
* Bloody Fuckers - French punk
* [[Artist:bbf0f85e-6a84-468f-a6b8-e10f280e3c68|Richard de Bordeaux]]
* [[Artist:13170c96-4092-4bca-ba41-8c294bc457c0|Françoiz Breut]]
* [[Artist:edcee656-f280-4b01-997f-532d8078efbb|François Breut & Bastien Lallemant]]
* [[Artist:44dbbeb3-f4d5-4909-8204-5e8df31dd21b|Mercédes Audras & Françoiz Breut]]
* [[Artist:2790d578-b48a-462d-bb65-30265f9c8dbd|Dominique A. & Françoiz Breut]]
* The Brigades - French punk
* [[Artist:c6cde93b-7295-4558-b545-4b59a4cd11cc|Brigitte Bop]] French punk
* [[Artist:5a1f899d-f7fc-4d18-9a89-cdca7bedefdf|Bulldozer]] French punk
* Butcher - French punk
* [[Artist:1714401d-30f3-4066-9514-585de43f8b2b|Eddie Constantine]]
* [[Artist:0880dd38-4fb5-4cf7-b21d-130bee927e23|Les Chats Sauvages]]
* [[Artist:5cad62bb-d08e-4ed7-9b22-7c2026587fc4|Cali]]
* [[Artist:481fdf68-e556-4aa2-96ed-815296537596|Cox]]
* [[Artist:a7548bfb-86a3-4f77-9d03-a1b7ba70a992|Philippe Chatel]]
* [[Artist:5d908002-b164-4dce-9930-f740b165b7fe|Alain Chamfort]]
* [[Artist:88b4b9b0-8454-4f26-b6a8-3259e3e1a8b9|Jacques Dutronc & Alain Chamfort]]
* [[Artist:0ac4c20f-e12e-47c2-89cf-d29558b60b40|Pascal Comelade]]
* [[Artist:75077d4f-9050-423f-9c4d-3eb8238ea325|Pascal Comelade & Christophe Miossec]]
* [[Artist:fbc10916-50c1-428a-b4db-cb757015c6b0|Eric Charden]]
* [[Artist:e5e687f2-4047-4be9-b2e2-7e415da97cd4|Eric Charden et Didier Barbelivien]]
* [[Artist:8a00cc44-9b35-48ed-86c5-de65233fe580|Mary Christine]]
* [[Artist:9a126435-6a1d-45f5-b2c1-c72ed40ac2f8|Clothilde]]
* [[Artist:77fc557e-194b-47ae-822c-fc4e2217efde|Patricia Carli]]
* Oscar Castro (verify "Neves" and possibly create, add to its collabs)
* [[Artist:5525a89a-1530-4f72-b5b3-4de076ebdb21|C. Jérôme]]
* [[Artist:84321342-a8b0-4f59-aedb-55c230e20099|Les Cadavres]] French punk
* Les Cafards - French punk
* [[Artist:d0d6b2e1-3512-4a0b-9072-584d7ad24201|Les Calamités]] French punk
* [[Artist:5f501f9f-6c34-4c1b-a47e-f7d05ce2c9ec|Camera Silens]] French punk
* [[Artist:edeeb6b9-fc6f-45f3-92ce-0b28982ab93e|Charge 69]] French punk
* Les Civils - French punk
* [[Artist:11afee0a-4112-4a80-99e0-098b7c583c3f|Les Clowns Electriques]] French punk
* [[Artist:d3af456c-d5af-4174-81f9-bba1266d6240|Les Collabos]] French punk
* [[Artist:fc7aea54-31d7-4ba3-8dd9-6789d01d98ab|Complètement]] French punk
* Cosmic Wurst - French punk
* CTAKAHOØ SS - French punk, became became Stakhanov SS
* [[Artist:91e52eb4-c6fd-4110-b537-536fbb4f3eb5|Danielle Darieux & Pierre Mingand]]
* [[Artist:29b4ba11-6696-4af9-81e2-514449a98ff8|Dolly]]
* [[Artist:1e0de31c-4957-4649-9aa3-7b0f1d9d2c84|Étienne Daho]]
* [[Artist:6b490e4d-866b-4726-bc34-0f168265e99e|Delizia]]
* [[Artist:96497074-ae28-4346-93d6-1fd9f8355d2f|Dani]]
* [[Artist:4668e0cf-80c3-4e9e-a937-e3c5f1e9efb4|Michel Delpech]]
* [[Artist:34101668-3a6e-4fb7-8a8e-8f6130cb9127|Stephan Eicher]]
* [[Artist:81b43705-0a10-4293-9317-85074800a277|Eileen]]
* [[Artist:1fe74267-494e-43c7-8ffb-86f3cf933700|El Bimbo]]
* [[Artist:49ee837a-a3bf-4851-8b58-f02c09e1304a|Les Fleurs de Pavot]]
* [[Artist:c8cedc74-35c1-40d6-af2c-4114f0437478|Fizzle]]
* [[Artist:758becd5-577e-4164-acaa-79d0ba5f07db|FFF]]
* [[Artist:487d58a5-2bc1-4aa2-bb3e-1aad8cf4d703|Freak Out]]
* [[Artist:e88933fa-c884-4fd9-87b1-df82155dae1f|Fredericks - Goldman - Jones]]
* [[Artist:76f88542-fd2f-47a1-9be0-5d55df793aab|Garou]]
* [[Artist:c7355ff1-65a0-4dee-a84f-8bb4a52efc6a|De Giafferi]]
* [[Artist:f4d0fa57-3c9a-4758-a7bc-4b0350738a71|Suzanne Gabriello]]
* [[Artist:2df61465-ba36-4be0-80de-bd2b9134fa52|Monique Gaube]]
* [[Artist:82a3ab61-1ac1-43b1-ab2f-beee1b551c09|Gilles et Dominique]]
* [[Artist:2bb19d42-8f7a-4100-bee9-e321a33c3572|Géraldine]]
* [[Artist:490154dd-82b7-4204-aa1e-2faac30bc45d|Gregory]]
* [[Artist:a5fac44a-64d9-44dd-bf75-490c720eb623|Esther Galil]]
* [[Artist:ab3b3f3b-a2e8-42f8-9ba9-02805e649a63|Nancy Holloway]]
* [[Artist:1f0f167a-9ff7-4a0f-ac1a-5b36d44738dc|Gillian Hills]]
* [[Artist:a8e1b097-bb9a-489f-8874-d8e5d8725286|Jocy]]
* [[Artist:e9f12140-ceff-4736-890b-bee5ef187307|Jiji]]
* [[Artist:b4a479aa-4384-4acf-88b0-dee9188faeb5|Khaled (check!!!! huge mess ahead)]]
* [[Artist:c5d581b7-3b8b-414b-92ae-8f8ed6198901|Kyo]]
* [[Artist:68455b13-bcde-4a49-ab86-69a008c3ad6c|Kinito]]
* [[Artist:d92e5e90-2266-4835-bccc-e94c7790e1b4|Claudine Longet]]
* Valérie Lagrange
** [[Artist:7c57a7d9-9827-4066-b442-d1857fe3c4bc|wiki:Artist:7c57a7d9-9827-4066-b442-d1857fe3c4bc]]
** and/or
** [[Artist:b14f02d7-effd-4d3d-b1eb-f3f437263ecb|wiki:Artist:b14f02d7-effd-4d3d-b1eb-f3f437263ecb]]

* [[Artist:d9e18ada-5ac7-408e-85d3-56492ca01010|Charlotte Leslie]]
* [[Artist:7582f0a9-7b79-412d-99ba-6fc23a59767f|Katty Line]]
* [[Artist:9a3f14fd-214c-4091-9aea-6efafbd3a0b9|Herbert Léonard]]
* [[Artist:cd2990c4-a460-48b6-886b-5d4159d0e332|Lucky Blondo]]
* -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
* Les Poppys
* Raphaël & Jean-Lous Aubert
* Les Rita Mitsouko
* La Ruda Salska
* Rita
* Dick Rivers
* Sullivan
* Stella
* Natacha Snitkine
* Valerie Sarn
* Silmarils
* Starshooter
* Swanndust
* Stone
* Stone et Charden
* Alan Stivell
* Les Surfs
* Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine
* Yann Tiersen
* Arnold Turboust
* Trio Sourire
* Jacqueline Taïeb
* Aston Villa
* Les VRP
* Rocky Volcano
* David Alexandre Winter
* Dominique Walter
* Les Yper-Sound
* Zazie
* Julie Zenatti

==Needs to be investigated==

===Discids===

May, or may not be homebrews (don't know what to think):
* [[Album:44c18a26-b052-4b86-a182-30b41eb9e900|Le bruit et l'odeur]]
* [[Album:2ca6f4a4-4c06-4718-b33b-708c55d1b210|The Best of Me: A Collection of David Foster's Greatest Works]] all tracks +~1-2 seconds

One of the two is certainly bogus, but it's difficult to tell which:
* [[Album:056d0017-4075-40ff-a0e2-f0c2c8307f60|Mega 80, Volume...]]
* '''''- - - German researcher goes here - - - ->''''' [[Album:ae1614d0-cd85-4a5d-9a49-808b60bcf4cd|Käfer-Hits]]
* '''''- - - Classical specialist goes here - - - ->''''' [[Album:5c723d00-aeca-42ac-a488-8e0ee7a1ad34|Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 / Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw)]]
* '''''- - - Classical specialist goes here - - - ->''''' [[Album:98ff4ab2-fa10-4db3-84e2-d49c9f11bcc7|Fauré: Requiem / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine (Lisa Beckley, Nicholas Gedge, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly)]]
* '''''- - - Classical specialist goes here - - - ->''''' [[Album:b91fb647-a1ba-46e6-bc9c-0e1381ba821a|Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet]] a bunch of tracks offseted by 10~40 seconds. Looks to me like one of the id is for another interpretation of the same classical program

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):
* [[Album:f2720fc5-b57f-4639-a6e8-a1e50dcfd51b|The Virgin Suicides]]

Strange stuff, part 1: A few tracks offsetted:
* [[Album:da7d8b59-0018-445f-b6d8-c7370148eb44|L'Essentiel (disc 1)]] track #8 with 1 minute offset
* [[Album:884579f0-15bf-4f1b-8f21-34f40dfa64ed|Les copains d'abord (disc 1)]] track #5 is 20' shorter in one of the three ids, and the two other ids are in the range of +2secs on each track
* [[Album:f79033fa-e86f-402d-80b0-2047ccfed408|Trainspotting #2]] the two ids have the *exact* same offset map, then #12 starts 2 sector later, and is 30 seconds longer
* [[Album:e242203e-fa5f-401e-ade9-ff12907ccd93|Let's Talk About Love]] ten seconds offset on #10

Probably ok, but needs confirmation:
* [[Album:3f955756-57aa-4683-b520-66628de78386|Les copains d'abord (disc 2)]] 12 seconds offset on one track
* [[Album:067e0ae0-3707-4982-bb29-e8ce9f1d7244|Hors-saison]] track #3 is 15 seconds offseted
* [[Album:6ac4355c-8c6e-4a05-b5e5-646fb82d7225|In Classical Mood, Volume 3: Tranquility]] track #4 is 30 seconds offseted
* [[Album:41b0a392-086e-45b0-9323-db56ba682941|Bravo Hits 30 (disc 1)]] track #15 offseted by 30 seconds
* [[Album:d48b0ced-f0b9-4686-90d9-0da0f1ca33e9|Telarc Sampler, Volume 1]] 10 seconds difference on the leadout

Awaiting merge before further verification of the ids:
* [[Album:9eff63a8-aaf3-488d-b537-0104d7ac12b8|Daphnis et Chloé]]

Waiting for the dust to come down...:
* [[Album:020d2b0b-9df0-4c89-8dc8-8db739146edf|Falling Into You]]

Needs serious motivation to sort it out:
* [[Album:ce1ef76e-495b-498c-933a-6a0d7c6a1afe|A New Day Has Come]]
* [[Album:a1eb3b1d-a177-4f83-a925-ceb5d6b3c526|A New Day Has Come]]

Same (some work already done):
* [[Album:a0d138bc-2968-47c9-99e1-1b0e0d4736a0|All the Way... A Decade of Song]]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=24262 All the Way... A Decade of Song]
* [[Album:5e2e6fbb-a820-45ca-baa3-0ead96818947|All the Way... A Decade of Song]]

Other pending discids stuff...:
* [[Album:5c67cc8a-133b-42ee-a5dc-16defd8818da|wiki:Album:5c67cc8a-133b-42ee-a5dc-16defd8818da]]
* [[Album:43d703fd-16c9-499b-bbb3-97e56eb908be|wiki:Album:43d703fd-16c9-499b-bbb3-97e56eb908be]]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=18100&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=18100&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=21896&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=23881&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=27217&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=27217&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=36356&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=36356&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=40742&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=40742&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=46314&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=46314&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=55913&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=55913&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=51968&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=51968&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=67453&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=67453&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=70568&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=70568&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=83565&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=83565&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=105307&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=105307&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=109598&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=109598&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=112279&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=112279&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=115743&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=115743&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=123983&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=123983&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=136256&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=136256&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=195806&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=195806&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=207877&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=207877&show=times#discid]
* [http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=209136&show=times#discid http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/details.html?releaseid=209136&show=times#discid]

===Missing label / cat data===

* [[Album:d0798f19-5ff3-48c2-a3e0-fe939353c16c|Channel V Thailand, Volume 1]] Utterly obscure. VA comp by a tv channel from Thailand...
* [[Album:2e474a1b-a367-4218-83fc-4999c6210bac|Sound Concierge #501: "Blanket"]] Japanese artist (dj?).
* [[Album:e4cbb6ee-d236-440e-8b36-bde04253f571|10 ans de Saravah (disc 2)]] Rare Saravah stuff obscurely re-edited in CD during the 80s. You probably will have to dig this one in a library.
* [[Album:f9cd925a-0518-4783-b936-acaa7851512b|L'Intégrale 1970-1980, Volume 1]] See annotation for more doubts
* [[Album:28127d04-a40f-4e4f-89fd-63ca38bcfd9d|Anthologie de la chanson française enregistrée 1969]] See annot
* [[Album:140b8190-b94b-4729-9bad-abdb9bb73515|Sans trahir]] Should be diggable
* [[Album:6d9f92f5-11b0-437e-a372-b07b4b232348|Punk Rawk Explosion 13]] Punk stuff
* [[Album:cc8a1aa8-d249-483e-a273-81a216f03ed5|The Atomic Café: French Cuts]]
* [[Album:46c0f9a7-0b34-4a4b-bad9-04bc2e2c0fa0|The Atomic Café: French Cuts]]
* [[Album:7fc81118-0a4e-4565-a7f0-aefae3099ddb|Swinging Mademoiselle, Volume 1]] Only avalaible as rare 12"LP AFAIK
* [[Album:564927ef-5b65-4890-aa50-c74c7f728e9d|Ultra Chicks, Volume 5: Chicks à Gogo!]]
* [[Album:856239b4-ba0c-4d5c-a452-5af7d2f0bccd|Un regard sur le rock français]]
* [[Album:81590bf2-e6dc-4dbb-8db7-4f949b192f8b|Les Voix en or, Volume 7 (disc 1)]] Miss track times!!!
* [[Album:3f677255-c6c4-45fd-b33d-5ce27cce9cce|Les Voix en or, Volume 7 (disc 2)]] Miss track times!!!
* [[Album:8dc999aa-83e5-4644-acb8-18325b07d904|Lullabies From Paris]] Miss cat # and confirmed rel event
* [[Album:0bcc8fbb-9752-404c-925c-82062995f4f8|L'Essentiel Dutronc (disc 1)]]
* [[Album:fed7fc43-3f3a-4e7e-b1ca-ba2fd656ad42|L'Essentiel Dutronc (disc 2)]]

==Straight from inhouse report==

Confirmed missing (french artists not in above list).

The following list contains every artist with at least 5 fr releases (the remainder - less than 5 fr releases - is in [[Frogs Tidying Marathon Dump|FrogsTidyingMarathonDump]]) :
{| border="1"
|-
| id || #fr-rel || name
|-
| 3270 || 31 || Tri Yann
|-
| 36839 || 28 || Ange
|-
| 42951 || 22 || Les Enfoirés
|-
| 40559 || 18 || Assassin
|-
| 106894 || 17 || Henri Dès
|-
| 11749 || 16 || Boby Lapointe
|-
| 41159 || 16 || Pierre Desproges
|-
| 83874 || 16 || IAM
|-
| 35323 || 15 || Jean-Louis Murat
|-
| 2327 || 15 || Johann Sebastian Bach
|-
| 60474 || 15 || Michel Sardou
|-
| 112301 || 14 || Plume Latraverse
|-
| 112014 || 14 || Marcel et Son Orchestre
|-
| 140757 || 14 || Les Wampas
|-
| 286498 || 13 || Killers
|-
| 111553 || 12 || Ginette Reno
|-
| 12159 || 12 || Coluche
|-
| 122032 || 12 || Bérurier Noir
|-
| 112999 || 12 || Misanthrope
|-
| 307766 || 11 || ZAO
|-
| 324925 || 11 || Frederic Mey
|-
| 10275 || 10 || MC Solaar
|-
| 3467 || 10 || Petula Clark
|-
| 92254 || 10 || Kyo
|-
| 289921 || 10 || Pierre Dac et Francis Blanche
|-
| 41927 || 10 || Lofofora
|-
| 89139 || 10 || Mano Solo
|-
| 129782 || 9 || Les Ogres de Barback
|-
| 171840 || 9 || Gérard Manset
|-
| 22127 || 9 || TRUST
|-
| 4293 || 9 || Michel Legrand
|-
| 113054 || 9 || Éric Lapointe
|-
| 11044 || 9 || André Gagnon
|-
| 289909 || 8 || Louis Chedid
|-
| 12414 || 8 || Laurent Voulzy
|-
| 81137 || 8 || La Ruda Salska
|-
| 203410 || 8 || Martine St.Clair
|-
| 46613 || 8 || Les Cowboys Fringants
|-
| 96494 || 8 || Pierre Bensusan
|-
| 53507 || 8 || Jean-Philippe Rameau
|-
| 72836 || 8 || 113
|-
| 217046 || 8 || Pierre Eliane
|-
| 70997 || 8 || Kaolin
|-
| 70966 || 8 || La Bottine Souriante
|-
| 10366 || 8 || Sinclair
|-
| 3332 || 8 || Django Reinhardt
|-
| 187885 || 7 || Les Charlots
|-
| 141662 || 7 || Les Wriggles
|-
| 44429 || 7 || Jules Massenet
|-
| 314144 || 7 || Vital Signs
|-
| 188764 || 7 || Belenos
|-
| 292565 || 7 || Sucre Pop
|-
| 122552 || 7 || Manigance
|-
| 235782 || 7 || RoBERT
|-
| 40943 || 7 || Akhenaton
|-
| 152461 || 7 || AqME
|-
| 9783 || 7 || Magma
|-
| 115766 || 7 || Calogero
|-
| 114412 || 7 || Sttellla
|-
| 175486 || 7 || Dernière Volonté
|-
| 328397 || 7 || Vox Terrae
|-
| 32256 || 7 || Gérald De Palmas
|-
| 196573 || 7 || Malicorne
|-
| 72067 || 6 || ltno
|-
| 83 || 6 || Frédéric Chopin
|-
| 122653 || 6 || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|-
| 46947 || 6 || Hector Berlioz
|-
| 73570 || 6 || Tryo
|-
| 53551 || 6 || Gwendal
|-
| 32213 || 6 || Autour de Lucie
|-
| 42813 || 6 || Univers Zéro
|-
| 132862 || 6 || Ghislain Poirier
|-
| 2564 || 6 || Damien Saez
|-
| 23093 || 6 || Elsa
|-
| 310978 || 6 || L'Affaire Louis' Trio
|-
| 75481 || 6 || Vromb
|-
| 49504 || 6 || Bénabar
|-
| 81512 || 6 || Marc-Antoine Charpentier
|-
| 23002 || 6 || Art Zoyd
|-
| 106981 || 6 || François de Roubaix
|-
| 194336 || 6 || Amanda Woodward
|-
| 263803 || 6 || David TMX
|-
| 139295 || 6 || Vincent Malone
|-
| 71234 || 6 || Vive la fête
|-
| 148632 || 6 || Pierre Rapsat
|-
| 295996 || 6 || Les Goristes
|-
| 45364 || 5 || Sanseverino
|-
| 171540 || 5 || Enhancer
|-
| 37455 || 5 || Michel Berger
|-
| 61551 || 5 || Les Innocents
|-
| 106091 || 5 || Miriodor
|-
| 33101 || 5 || Raphaël
|-
| 71996 || 5 || Guesch Patti
|-
| 42948 || 5 || Bruno Coulais
|-
| 256779 || 5 || Molodoï
|-
| 154670 || 5 || Jo, Sumi
|-
| 159778 || 5 || Alain Morisod & Sweet People
|-
| 12438 || 5 || Franz Schubert
|-
| 234804 || 5 || Ilona Mitrecey
|-
| 21703 || 5 || Harmonium
|-
| 258562 || 5 || In Memoriam
|-
| 57647 || 5 || Sortilège
|-
| 240621 || 5 || Atoll
|-
| 134560 || 5 || Les Malpolis
|-
| 30462 || 5 || Francis Poulenc
|-
| 1954 || 5 || Miles Davis
|-
| 38542 || 5 || Léo Delibes
|-
| 4523 || 5 || Sidney Bechet
|-
| 141434 || 5 || Ulan Bator
|-
| 55652 || 5 || Diane Dufresne
|-
| 58812 || 5 || La Tordue
|-
| 11285 || 5 || Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|-
| 288564 || 5 || PKRK
|-
| 114472 || 5 || Les Escrocs
|-
| 118474 || 5 || Camille
|-
| 281069 || 5 || Tripod
|-
| 165784 || 5 || Joyeux Urbains
|-
| 1021 || 5 || Ludwig van Beethoven
|-
| 102489 || 5 || Guem
|}

Possibly bogus, confirmed missing:
{| border="1"
|-
| id || #fr-rel || name
|-
| 64986 || 8 || Assimil
|-
| 202544 || 8 || Collection d'Arnell~Andréa
|-
| 34230 || 8 || BBC
|}


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Revision as of 22:42, 16 December 2007

Temporary place holder for work in progress data that just doesn't fit into annotation. Just ignore this for now.

The Early Years, Part 1: the Chick Webb Orchestra

Reference and recommended releases for the early period

People in a hurry who just want to taste the water can checkout:

  • [5] Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah (though rather short, it has the advantage to not only present Fitzgerald but also other important female singers)

Casual swing/smooth/early jazz listeners looking for a bit more flesh than two titles may try one of these (very decent) compilations:

These looking for a solid reference set covering the best of the period can pick up the remarkable GRP package:

... the following being also a good choice, more appealing to people favoring chronological order:

Completists: Most (if not all) of the originals Decca and Brunswick 78RPM are nowadays pretty hard/costy to find. You might stumble upon a bunch of 45 EP, either from Barclay, CID, Decca, Victor or Brunswick, released during the 50s: pretty much they just bundle together the most popular earlier 78RPM, hence present no specific interest. Beside the earliest edition of Billie, Ella, Lena (note the omitted Sarah), the only other LP is the Souvenir Album (LP 10 DL 5084), issued by Decca in 1950 as some sort of "Early years best of".

As for modern editions, you must dig (in complement of [4] which contains a handful of unreleased material) either of the following, covering the period (almost) exhaustively:

Additionally, you may want to dig the nice Proper Chick Webb boxset (the point of it being it contains all the 78RPM, and not only the Fitzgerald sides):

Other stuff featuring early cuts: Everything else pretty much is random bundles with random sound quality and random documentation that you should avoid (the reason these early bundles flourished so much during the 90s was that the 50 years expiracy limit for copyrights in Europe had been reached, making it possible for almost anybody to roll their own).

Early 30s

Grown-up in extreme poverty (like Holiday did), Fitzgerald, homeless that year, emerged in 1934 (17 years old) at the Apollo Theater (Harlem, New York), winning a contest with Judy (apparently not recorded). She then appeared in the Bradshaw formation, before Benny Carter pushed her toward Chick Webb.

1935

Ella Fitzgerald recorded debut is as a Chick Webb protegee. She is featured on a handful of Decca and Brunswick sides alongside the orchestra (four titles - one of which being a retake of another - having been recorded in two sessions).

All material is available in [1], [2] & [3]. [4] misses the Decca retake of I'll Chase the Blues Away for some reason.

1936

1936 is more active for Ella: 6 sessions (most for Decca, one for Victor, one for Brunswick), 21 cuts (23?) (3 of them being alternate takes). It's also Ella's debut outside Chick Webb formation, first with Teddy Wilson, then Benny Goodman (respectively the Brunswick and the Victor session). Brunswick 7729 is of particular interest, the B side featuring the first rendition of I Cry for You by Billie Holiday, which, at that time, was an influence for Fitzgerald.

All in all: 2 of the alternate takes are unissued (matrix 61362-B & 61364-B). [4] misses 8 more cuts, but manages to provide the super-rare matrix 61361-B (Mr. Paganini alternate take), which both [1] & [2] miss (they have everything else that has been issued, though). [3] obviously contains only the Webb material.

1937

8 sessions for Decca, 22 cuts, all with the Webb orchestra, Ella being more and more present on the group's releases.

[1] & [2] covers all but the super-rares (previously unissued) matrix 62067-B (You Showed Me The Way) and 62214-B (If You Ever Should Leave) which again [4] provides.

1938

This is finally the break-out, with a huge hit: matrix 63693-A A-Tisket A-Tasket, soon to be followed by another one in early 1939.

7 sessions, again for Decca/Webb, 27 takes, all on [1] & [2] but 63705-B and 63710-B, once again on [4].

1939

Another major hit is performed (matrix 65039-A Undecided), but the dramatic death of Chick Webb in June that year puts a temporary stop to Ella ascension.

Recording the 3 last sessions of the year without Webb, Fitzgerald assumed the lead of the band - which she will then do until 1941, with a pretty much unaltered formula (big band, swing, pop, hits).

6 sessions, the last being held in Chicago instead of New-York, all with Chick Webb formation, totaling 33 cuts. Everything on [1] & [2].

1940

The year started with two live performances at the Savoy (both unreleased), and two more a bit later at the Roseland Ballroom (also unissued). War echoes, along with the death of Webb impaired the studio recordings, with only 5 sessions and 18 cuts - though Fitzgerald managed to keep her popularity intact. Everything on [1] & [2].

1941, Part 1: The End of the Webb Orchestra

3 sessions, 14 cuts, Decca. Everything on [1] & [2]. Fitzgerald decides to break-up the band and go solo during the summer.

The Early Years, Part 2: Decca Pop Hits

to be continued...

Stompin' at Verve, Part 1: Norman Granz

Notes: First Lady of Song disc 1 disc 2 disc 3

Stompin' at Verve, Part 2

The Errant Years (1967-1970)

1967 find Verve in difficulties. Creed Taylor would not be long before he left, and MGM management proved less than efficient.

Notes: 4 for Capitol, 2 for Reprise, 1 live for MPS, 1 (dubious?) live for Jazz Band, (Live From The Cave Supper Club) TODO: the two reprise releases Pablo has at least one unreleased Ellington / Fitzgerald live. The Italian television RAI archives still hold some stuff.

1980?

Pablo, Part 1: Back to Granz (1970-1983)

  • TODO (Pablo): Santa Monica LP release
  • TODO (Pablo): JATP Japan live

At the end of the errant years with Capitol/Reprise/Atlantic, Fitzgerald started recording again (live performances at first) for Norman Granz (under his new label Pablo). By 1972, the huge success of Jazz at The Santa Monica settled the deal and helped launching both Granz' label and Fitzgerald late career. Recording with Basie, Pass and Peterson, the tone was back to jazz - after the somewhat questionable previous pop attempts. A number of collaborations were settled during this period, under which you will find the relevant releases:

  • [ Fitzgerald & Basie Orchestra]
  • [ Fitzgerald & Pass]
  • [ Fitzgerald & Prévin]

This period will produce six official live releases, and eleven studio albums (not counting a reissue of Atlantic material bundled with additional cuts). Completists should note there exists a 1971 live from "Jazz Band", and an important number of unissued (unrecorded?) live shows, along with an appearance in a TV serie, and a featuring (voice overdubbing) on a Quincy Jones album (Back on the Block).

While this period of Fitzgerald work has some really great moment (being back to jazz), she's also on the decline, and on her later 80s efforts she is usually quite below her former self.

Listeners guide

Completists This is easy: buy everything from Pablo (late cd reissues so you are sure to catch the couple of previously unissued tracks), dig the Jazz Band obscure boot (Live From Tilburg), the late (Legacy) cd reissue of the Newport Festival and you're almost done with what's available (the Atlantic release is reissued on Pablo with two more cuts from another session). Note that you need The Montreux Collection to catch a few more live cuts. Everything else you'll have to find unreleased tapes for.

Detailed discography

1970

Touring in Europe. 13 unissued live dates. Ella In Budapest is taped by Granz, but will not be released until 1999.

1971

6 unissued live date, some in the US, others in Europe. The dubious Live From Tilburg was apparently issued during the 90s. Ella à Nice (released only in 1983)

1972

Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72 (note: missing the original vinyl entry) Ella Loves Cole from Atlantic (reissued into Dream Dancing from Pablo in 1978) 2 unissued live dates.

1973

One live on Columbia (Newport Jazz Festival - Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973). One studio Pablo/Pass (Take Love Easy) 4 unissued live dates.

1974

One live (Ella In London). One studio release (Fine and Mellow, Ella Jams, released later on in 1978) About 30 live dates (all unreleased).

1975

Three releases: Sophisticated Lady (released in 2001) Ella and Oscar (released 1976) Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 5 unissued live dates.

1976

One studio release (Fitzgerald & Pass...Again). 6 unissued live dates.

1977

A Pablo live release (Montreux '77) 4 unissued live dates.

1978

Two studio releases: Lady Time and Dream Dancing (reissues Ella Loves Cole plus two cuts) 10 unissued live dates.

1979

Records:

Unissued:

  • Live: 4 February 1979 Vancouver
  • Live: April 20 to May 6 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
  • Live: 9 June 1979 Concord Pavillon, Concord, CA
  • Live: 15 July 1979 Just Call Me Maestro
  • Live: 6 September 1979 Radio City Music Hall, New York
  • Show: 12 November 1979 Chicago PBS Studios, Chicago

1980

Unissued:

  • Live: 19 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 26 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 28 February 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 1 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 4 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 5 March 1980 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 2 May 1980 Imperial Room - Royal York Hotel, Toronto
  • Live: 3 May 1980 Imperial Room - Royal York Hotel, Toronto
  • Live: 31 May 1980 Tower Theatre, Huston
  • Live: 1 June 1980 Tower Theatre, Huston
  • Live: 21 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: 22 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: 23 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: 24 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: 25 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: 26 July 1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane , London
  • Live: Unknown august date, 1980 La Bussola Domani, Viareggio, Italy
  • Live: 7 August 1980 Sanremo (IT)
  • Live: 8 August 1980 Il Covo Club, Santa Margherita Ligure (IT)
  • Live: 9 August 1980 Teatro Comunale, Viareggio (IT)
  • Live: 10 August 1980 Il Muretto Club, Venezia (IT)
  • Live: (possibly erroneous) 11 August 1980 Cà del Liscio Club, Ravenna (IT)
  • Live: 11 August 1980 Jesolo (IT)
  • Live: 14 August 1980 Ravenna (IT)
  • Live: 19 October 1980 Bruxelles
  • Live: 23 October 1980 Chirchester Jazz Festival, Chirchester (GB)
  • Live: 23 October 1980 Newcastle
  • Live: October 24, 25, 26 or 27 1980 Cork Jazz Festival, Cork (GB)
  • Live: 26 October 1980 Dusseldorf
  • Live: 30 October 1980 Ludwigshafen (Germany)

1981

Appeared in a movie (tv serie?) on 16 March 1981 "A Day in the Life"

Unissued:

  • Live: Unknown date, 1981 Wien
  • Live: 17 March 1981 Unknown City, Germany
  • Live: 23 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 24 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 25 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel , New Orleans
  • Live: 28 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans
  • Live: 29 April 1981 The Blue Room - Fairmont Hotel , New Orleans
  • Live: 17 July 1981 Casino Hall, Montreux (CH)
  • Live: 22 July 1981 Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les Pins
  • Live: 26 July 1981 Edinbourgh
  • Live: 4 September 1981 Chicago Jazz Festival
  • Live: 11 September 1981 Irvine Bowl, Laguna Beach (CA)

1982

Records:

1983

Records:

  • Studio: Nice Work if You Can Get It
  • Studio: Easy Living
  • Studio: Speak Love
  • Live: Return To Happiness - Jazz At The Philarmonic Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983. Note there exist one unissued track.
  • Live: Sophisticated Lady (two cuts from the same session as above, along an earlier date). Note there exists a rare alternate edition with a slightly different track cutting. This was released after her death.

Unissued:

  • Live: Unknown date, 1983
  • Live: 16 April 1983 Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
  • Live: 14 July 1983 Circo Massimo, Roma
  • Live: July 15 or 17 1983, Jazz Festival, Wien (AU)
  • Live: 16 July 1983 Jazz Festival, Wiesen (AU)
  • Live: 16 July 1983 Wiesen Jazz Festival, Wiesen (AU)
  • Live: 24 July 1983 Kool Jazz Festival, New York

Pablo, Part 2: The Final Years (1984-1993)

1984

Unissued:

  • Live: Unknown date, 1984 International Jazz Festival, Berne
  • Live: 1 January 1984 Teatro Manzoni, Milan
  • Live: 14 May 1984 Palais Des Congrés, Paris
  • Live: 15 May 1984 Musikhalle, Hamburg
  • Live: 1 August 1984 Wolf Trap park, Washington D.C.

1985

Unissued:

  • Live: 23 March 1985 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
  • Live: 30 March 1985 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael (CA)
  • Live: 8 June 1985 Paul Masson Winery, Saratoga (CA)
  • Live: 9 June 1985 Paul Masson Winery, Saratoga (CA)
  • Live: 21 June 1985 Kool Jazz Festival, New York
  • Live: Unknown day and month, 1985 Pronto Raffaella Show, Rome
  • Live: 12 July 1985 Tuipaviljoen - The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague (Holland)
  • Live: 29 October 1985 The Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
  • Live: 30 October 1985 The Venetian Room - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco

1986

Unissued:

  • Live: 26 April 1986, Hult Center , Eugene (Oregon)
  • Live: Unknown day and month, 1986, Pronto Raffaella Show, Rome
  • Live: Unknown date, 1986, Grand Hotel Billia, Saint Vincent (AO), Italy

1988

Unissued:

  • Live: 25 June 1988, JVC Jazz Festival - Carnegie Hall, New York

1989

Records:

Unissued:

  • Live: 3 August 1989, San Francisco
  • Live: 6 October 1989, The Moulin Rouge Gala - Moulin Rouge , Paris
  • Live: 13 November 1989, Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration, Hollywood
  • Live: 25 January 1989, Beverly Hills Hotel , Beverly Hills

1990

Unissued:

  • Live: Unknown date, 1990, San Jose (CA)
  • TV Show: 3 February 1990, BBC Studios - The Michael Aspel Show, London
  • Live: 22 August 1990, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood

1992

Unissued:

  • Live: 15 July 1992, The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood
  • Live: 2 August 1992, Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos (CA)


Notes

Completists: in 2007 was released Love Letters from Ella, which apparently contains unreleased material overdubbed by an orchestra. It's unknown from which session/period these cuts were sourced (undoubtedly 1970-1990), and if they were really unreleased. There apparently also exists two unreleased studio efforts from 26 April 1980, Carpenters: Music, Music, Music! and September 17-19, 1980 & March 18-20, 1981, Group IV Studios, Hollywood, probably being in Concord hands

This data has been compiled from various sources informations including paper documentation, and is not the object of any restrictive license. All text content and comments are original.

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