Rosy Armen (Armenian: Ռոզի Արմեն), born on May 1, is a French singer of Armenian descent.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Maxi singles 2.2 Albums 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Rosy Armen was born in Paris, France on May 1, the same day as the May Day worker's holiday. She has been singing since the age of 4, when she would lead the youth orchestra of her school until she eventually started singing solo songs. Despite her parents disapproval of a career in singing, she continued on with her passion and eventually, found herself singing next to established French music stars such as Gilbert Bécaud, Charles Aznavour, and Johnny Hallyday.

This success made her a well-known figure not only in France, but also all over Europe, the Soviet Union, United States and the Middle East where there were many Armenian communities and through her participation in Persia's Persepolis festivities.

Her repertoire includes music from Aram Khachaturian, Michel Legrand, Boris Pasternak and Yevgeny Yevtushenko who gave her poems to sing.

At the height of her career, French television covered her concerts abroad through the efforts of Michel Lancelot et Roger Benamou. In France, she gave conerts in best music theaters including l’Olympia. She also sang at the Carnegie Hall in New York, at the Music Center of Los Angeles, at Théâtre des Arts in Montréal, and Lujniki Palais des Sports in Moscow.

She partnered with Julio Iglesias and was at equal ease in singing in a number of languages including English, German, Spanish and Italian as well as her big repertoires in French and Armenian.

After the 1988 earthquake in Armenia, Charles Aznavour invited her to record alongside him and other singers the song "Pour Toi, Arménie", a song that remained in 1st place for 10 weeks in a row in the French Top 50. In 1990, she did a tour in Armenia in order to help the people recovering from the earthquake and to show France's support to Armenians.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Maxi singles

• Moi qui t'aimais (Vogue, 1961)
• Né pour moi (Vogue, 1961)
• Cuando calienta el sol (Vogue, 1962)
• Tu croiras (Vogue, 1962)
• La dernière étoile (Vogue, 1963)
• Prenez garde (Vogue, 1963)
• Yes mi siroun (Vogue, 1964)
• Si j'étais sûre (Polydor, 1964)
• La grande Russie (CBS, 1965)
• Bons baisers de Russie (CBS, 1965)
• Le jeu des amoureux (CBS, 1966)
• Dele divané (Top 4, 1966)
• L'âme slave (Top 4, 1966)
• Le ciel, la Terre et l'amour (Top 4, 1966)
• Le première fois (CBS, 1966)
• Ailleurs qu'à Paris (Melodia, 1967)

[edit] Albums

• Rosy Armen (Vogue, 1963)
• Rosy Armen (Melodia, 1967)
• Si on se ressemble (Columbia, 1968)
• Gwendolyne (Columbia, 1971)
• Yerevan (Iberia, 1972)
• Rosy Armen (Ambar, 1972)
• Biboul (Arka, 1981)
• Aranjuez (Arka, 1982)
• Hier et demain (PSI International, 1986)
• Armenia (1992)
• Le top de l'Arménie (PSI International, 1996)
• Mi sirde ounem (Atlantis Records, 2001)

[edit] External links

• Official site

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