1. Sylvie Vartan is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding ye-ye artists.
19 Facts About Sylvie Vartan
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Sylvie Vartan was born in Iskrets, Sofia Province, in the then Kingdom of Bulgaria.
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Sylvie Vartan's father, Georges Vartanian, was born in France to a Bulgarian mother named Slavka and an Armenian father.
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Sylvie Vartan worked as an attache at the French embassy in Sofia.
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Young Sylvie Vartan had to work hard to keep up at school and blend in with her schoolmates.
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Sylvie Vartan opened for Vince Taylor at Paris Olympia for her second concert.
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Sylvie Vartan's next hit was "Tous mes copains", issued on EP in 1962.
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Sylvie Vartan had her first adult part in a movie with the small part of a singer in the film Un clair de lune a Maubeuge.
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Sylvie Vartan rounded out the year with four TV specials and becoming the darling of the teen magazine Salut les Copains.
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On 16 January 1964, Sylvie Vartan performed with The Beatles, and opened their show at Olympia.
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On 11 April 1968, Sylvie Vartan suffered injuries in a traffic accident but was back on tour in August.
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For nine Saturday nights in winter of 1969, Sylvie Vartan starred in the Doppia coppia variety nights of RAI, performing her hits "Irresistiblement" and "Le jour qui vient" in Italian.
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Sylvie Vartan's appearances were popular in Italy and France; she donned a different costume for each song, including plenty of short skirts and Barbarella boots.
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Sylvie Vartan sold millions of records on the RCA label, which made her its most prolific artist after Elvis Presley.
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In 1990, Sylvie Vartan gave a concert at Sofia's Palace of Culture, opening and closing with a Bulgarian song.
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In 1996 Sylvie Vartan recorded a successful album featuring "Je n'aime encore que toi" written by Quebecer Luc Plamondon.
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In fall 2004 Sylvie Vartan started recording and giving concerts of jazz ballads in francophone countries and Japan.
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In 1962, during her second concert in Paris Olympia Hall, Sylvie Vartan met pop-rock singer Johnny Hallyday; they were married in Offenburg on 12 April 1965.
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Sylvie Vartan later married record producer Tony Scotti, and they have adopted a young Bulgarian girl, Darina.