Eddy Mitchell

Eddy Mitchell

Eddy Mitchell in 2014.
Background information
Birth name Claude Moine
Also known as Schmoll
Born (1942-07-03) 3 July 1942
Paris, France
Genres Rock'n'roll, R&B, Country, Ballads, French songs
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Actor
Labels Barclay, Polydor

Claude Moine (born 3 July 1942), better known by his stage name Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville). The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Golf-Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.

Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page and drummer Bobby Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London. For his American recordings he employed session men such as Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Kenneth Buttrey, Reggie Young, David Briggs, Charlie McCoy and others.[1]

A great lover of American films, he hosted "La Dernière Séance", a TV show about American cinema from 1981 to 1998 on FR3 (later France 3). Its format was like an old-fashioned double-feature picture show, with two movies, cartoons, newseels and stage attractions.

He is the voice of Flappy in the French version of the 2005 film of The Magic Roundabout.

Discography

Albums

with Les 5 Rocks
with Les Chaussettes noires
Solo studio albums
Live albums
Eddy Mitchell (Sessions outside France)

Eddy Mitchell recorded many albums mainly in the United States, in the following locations:

Filmography

Bibliography

by Eddy Mitchell

References

  1. ↑ Happy Birthday, Eddy Mitchell, EM Productions, 1980, liner notes
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