Mireille MATHIEU
November 21, 1965. A young girl appears on television screens. It will not take one year to the young singer to have his name known all over the entire de France. The rest of the world will follow and we can talk, for once without any exaggeration, fairy tale. Born in the noble city of the Popes, Avignon in this, Mireille will be born and grow up with her little brothers and sisters thirteen. Monique, Christiane, Marie-France, Rejane, Regis and Guy (twins), Roger, Jean-Pierre Remy, Simone, Philippe, and finally Beatrice Vincent. His father Roger is a stonemason and his big dream was to become a singer, because he had a pleasant tenor voice. The family lived in a wooden shack that leaked when it rained and the wind through doors and windows. What give you the blues, it was so sad!When Mireille was fifteen years, they moved into a new apartment of five rooms, lux Supreme, a bathroom. "It was the happiest day of my life," says Mireille, "and, for the first time I took a bath! It was a great feeling. "Every morning, Madame Mathieu went to market and carefully calculated her choices. Every franc account and Roger Mathieu wins per week than 200F that allocates his father, owner of a modest family business. In all, he does not fit, the Mathieu about 1. 800F with 190F to be subtracted for the monthly rent. There are times when his mother, Marcelle Mathieu feels migraine shake his temples when she made her statements, on everything when it comes to buying a dress for one, underwear for another, soulieurs for all. In his capacity as the eldest, Mireille quickly took its share of responsibility. In each room perfect order reigns, everything is meticulously clean "At home, we would have eaten off the floors" says Mireille with admiration. Mathieu Roger, this is an excellent worker who does not mind the work. The holidays? Leisure? These are words whose family Mathieu unaware of the meaning. "I was four when I sang in public for the first time. It was during midnight mass. "By dint of hearing the great names of the song on the radio and television, she thinks she would like to be the palce of these men, these women. She wanted to sing before an audience other than her family or her classmates. Edith Piaf is his idol, his model. Already, at school, during sewing classes, her friends would ask her "La vie en rose". By accepting Mireille as a student, Laure Collière, professor of singing, did not conceal that she chose a profession where there are more known than elected. "You know," she said, "to be a singer, you have to be strong physically and mentally. You might rather, ultimately, to find you on straw rather than on the cushions of a Rolls. ""That I doubt," Mireille replied, "but nothing ventured nothing gained, right?"Johnny Stark, artist manager, sees in it an incredible talent but by signing it warned: "Remember that you're a beginner. Put yourself in the head, once and for all, I'm gonna work like a horse, do not let me get away with anything, I will be ruthless. Think, there is still time to say no. If you want to listen, work, and especially not to go too fast in the way of succees, I will make you a great person, very great, a real star. "He also knows that whatever happens, she would hang on, because she's a fighter who thinks singing is first and foremost. Mireille Johnny placed in the hands of conductor Paul Mauriat who teaches her not to "yell" as Stark said. And then there are rehearsals, photo shoots, interviews that Stark does not fail to attend, music lessons, singing, dancing, French, English and also keeping. Stark also said that the extraordinary success of Mireille, the incredible speed with which it has reached the heights of fame are not due to a miracle. She loves the work for work. "During peak periods, intensive and numerous recordings, and this happened in the U.S., for example, Mireille only slept four hours a night, even, of course, to catch up later. But its currency, the religious person she is, is: "My work and my God". Finally, one Saturday, March 15, he taped the "Ed Sullivan Show", the variety show's most popular United States - 50 million viewers. From the following Sunday, after the broadcast of the program, success is no longer any doubt. The America, struck by the voice of the maid of Avignon, has the name Mireille Mathieu. Then this is Las Vegas, Hollywood. A whirlwind of interviews, phone calls, invitationsIn New York, where she is one of the headliners of the "Merv Griffin Show," Mireille "is a misfortune". She always sings about love. "There's that song I can say I love you", she admits. It externalizes the romance, common to all the girls, who is in her as in all. "My songs always love. That's how I like them ". Mireille Mathieu sang before all ages, in all countries and is much loved by simple people that world leaders. It has also been received by all the sovereigns and heads of state. She has toured the world. "Where she feels best, finally, it was on the scene," he once told Johnny Stark, who added: "There she is single and has peace". "In the life of a singer," she says, "there is not only the triumphs and reminders. There are days where you have to leave when we did not want. It should also smile when your heart is not due to pain he must remain silent. There is also the fatigue that you forget because the red curtain still has to rise ". "Regardless of having a desperate heart when to sing the joy. No matter how you're scared when the lights go on ". Such is Mireille, a singing heart, a heart that weeps. but above all a heart that loves. Google machine translation: Mireille MATHIEU's original bio |
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| Mireille MATHIEU Arr : Laurent DELBECQ Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : French light music |
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