Brel, Jacques

Brel, Jacques
born April 8, 1929, Brussels, Belg.
died Oct. 9, 1978, Bobigny, near Paris, France

Belgian singer and songwriter.

He began his career singing in French cafés. His songs, frequently sharply satirical and often implicitly religious, became hugely popular in Europe. He acted in and directed a number of films from 1967 to 1973. His U.S. reputation was made by the revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968).

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