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Eddy Mitchell

French singer, songwriter and actor Claude Moine, better known as Eddy Mitchell, was born on July 3, 1942 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. His first musical shock came when he saw Bill Haley and His Comets perform at the Olympia in 1958, and he soon achieved success as the lead singer of France's first real rock'n'roll band, Les Chaussettes Noires. He was only 20 in 1962 when he launched his solo career, following in the footsteps of his friend Johnny Hallyday. His first solo album, Voici Eddy... C'était le Soldat Mitchell, broke with the raw sound of Les Chaussettes Noires, f...