He has enjoyed success in the 1960s. The singer Gilles Dreu passed away on the morning of January 7 at his home in Vals-les-Bains (Ardèche), producer Pierre-Nicolas Cléré announced to AFP on behalf of the family. Also an actor, he was aged 90. Made famous for his tube Larkthe artist had made public a cancer in 2020. However, despite this terrible ordeal, he did not give up, leaving the same year a sixteenth and final studio album. Titled The Friends Counterthis CD was composed of previously unreleased songs recorded with other artistsoften friends, like Fabienne Thibault, Stone, Gérard Lenorman, Didier Barbelivien or even Serge Lama.
Moreover, upon the announcement of his death, the 81-year-old artist was very touched. So, he took to his Instagram and X accounts to share his emotion with his subscribers. In his post, the interpreter of I’m sick a published a photo of his friend on stage. In comments, Frédéric’s dad wrote these few words: “To my friend Gilles Dreux, who died at 90 and to his yoyo of love“. Then, as a tribute, he wrote some lyrics from his cult song Lark.
As a reminder, Gilles Dreux was born under the name Jean-Paul Chapuisat on July 31, 1934. He chose his pseudonym inspired by his hometown, Dreux.in the Centre-Val de Loire. Throughout his career, he recorded over 200 songs but none will experience such success as Larka hit adapted from an Argentinian song.
Serge Lama: what has become of the artist since his withdrawal from public life?
It was in September 2022 that he made the decision. At 79, Serge Lama ended his 60-year career. “There comes a point where things stop. You have to know that we are getting older, that my body makes me suffer a lot, that I have a lot of problems inherent to the passage of time and so here it is, there is a moment, you have to know how to stop rather than being stopped. I decided it was over. This is my last album” he declared on RTL. From, rare are his appearances and his speaking engagements. Luana Santonino’s companion has decided to move away from the media tumult and does not do things by halves. So, you now have to rely on your friends to hope to have news from Bordeaux.
-This is good, this January 7, Jean-Félix Lalanne was the guest of Jordan de Luxe. On this occasion, the artist and brother of Francis Lalanne confided: “Every time he texts me, Serge, it’s a poem. He is an incredible being. Talent, we don’t need to talk about it.” Then he added: “I don’t have no recent news, but what I really know is that he is a man of incredible quality“. A well-deserved retirement for the man who released so many hits that others are now grabbing.
