Lio

Lio , of its true name Wanda Ribeiro de Vasconcelos , is a French-speaking singer born the June 17th 1962 with Mangualde (Portugal). In 1968, it emigrates with its family towards the Belgium. It is the sister of Helena Noguerra.

In 1980, then coed with the Royal athenaeum Isabelle Gatti de Gamond in Brussels, it draws her name from scene of a character of Barbarella (a cartoon of Jean-Claude Forest), in reference to this little girl carrying everywhere where it goes her images to it, necessary to its survival.

The first albums of Lio make the good share with pop acidulous and synthetic. Among great successes of the beginnings, one finds Amoureux recluses (a Hit in Germany, Italy and with the Netherlands), translated tube of the Stinky Toys, Lonely Lovers ; but it is Jay Alanski and Jacques Duval which, with the writing of its first 45 turns Banana Split , will offer the key of success to him, for a title which will be sold on the whole with more than 2 million specimens. Under cover of a childish music to the first access, Lio then cultivates the ambiguity of its character of Nymphette. This ambiguity is with its roof as of Banana Split and its words have a double erotic direction .

The album Pop model , left in 1986, in particular the titles the brown ones does not take into account for plums , Fallait not to begin and I break all that I touch , allows him to join again with the public and great success. In May 1987, it occurs with the Olympia, accompanied by the group Corazon Rebelde.

In 2001, it creates " Lio sings Prévert" with the Path of the Markets, then with the theater of Ménilmontant in a setting in scene of Caroline Loeb with Mathieu Gonet with the piano and Alex Leitao with the accordion.

Its tube Banana Split is again a hit in 2004 thanks to its recovery by Sandra Lou. Since, the career of Lio continues between resumption of French songs, creation and cinema.

It in addition recorded a duet with the member of the group of rap French including all taxes Teki Latex entitled the Mornings of Paris , left in February 2007.

Since March 2007, it makes the round RFM Party 80 in all the Zenith of France, produced by Olivier Kaefer (P.A.C.S.) and Hugues Gentelet (Side Scene Productions). This round will make a halt, on May 17th, 2008, with the Stade de France with Saint-Denis.

In September 2007, it integrates the jury of the emission Nouvelle Star into the sides of the singer Sinclair, the musical journalist Philippe Maneuver and of the pianist, type-setter-arranger André Manoukian.

Discography

  • 33 turns and CD:

    • 1980 : Lio
    • 1982 : Continuation sixtine
    • 1983: Love always
    • 1986: Pop model
    • 1988: Edge edge
    • 1991: Of the flowers for a chameleon
    • 1996: Wandatta
    • 2000 : Sings Prévert
    • 2003: Heart of ruby
    • 2005: Republication in Digipack Deluxe remasterized of the 7 albums (1980 to 1996) (with titles no-claims bonus)
    • 2005: Pop Songs (Best Off 1)
    • 2005: the Ballades (Best Off 2)
    • 2005: Pop Boxes - 25 Years In Pop (Box 7 CDs remasterized with titles no-claims bonus + 1 DVD of the Clips)
    • 2006: Known as with the Prince charming
    • 2007: mornings of Paris

Cinema

Its first role will be offered to him by Chantal Akerman, in 1983, in the film the Eighties . They are found in 1986 for Golden eighties .

Thereafter, of Marie Trintignant to Jacques Dutronc, while passing by Jean Dujardin or Michel Blanc, it will turn with many known or recognized actors, enabling him “to show this more serious side which is in me”. She will be directed by Claude Lelouch, Jeanne Labrune, Catherine Breillat or Diane Kurys, realizers who - known as-it - include/understand this serious side.

Sides of Mathilde Seigner, Jean Dujardin and Miou-Miou, she plays the part of a woman breaking her married life, in the film Mariages! , of Valerie Guignabodet, in 2004.

In 2005, Lio played in the film Invisible the , of Thierry Jousse.

Films, telefilms or musical comedy - as in 7 girls for 7 boys , inspired by the film seven women of Bore-Russet-red of Stanley Donen, in 1954 -, it touches with all, and contrary to his song, it would be said well that it “does not break all very”.

Catalog of films

Theater

Its experiment of the theater is short, and it is with the part the Baby , of Marc Goldberg and Marie Darrieussecq, which it begins in 2003.

Biography

It is in this work that in a very explicit way the episode of the Baiser Japanese is described implying Serge Gainsbourg. This anecdote was then plagiarized in the work Sexus Politicus in which Gainsbourg is replaced by… Michel Charasse.

See too

External bonds

  • the official site of Lio

  • integral Discography with accompanying notes
  • the official site of the RFM Parties 80

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