Desjardins, Paule
La Belle Amour
Paule Desjardins is a French chanson singer, born in Calais. In 1956, she released her first record, "Sentimental Strip-Tease." That same year, she participated in the Grand Prix de la Chanson de Deauville with the song "Toi, c'est vrai." In 1957, she released further records, including "Il est là" and "Dalilah," and finally, in July 1957, her first chart success, "La Chanson de Lima," which remained in the Top 20 for six months. She represented France at the second Eurovision Song Contest on March 3, 1957, in Frankfurt, achieving second place with her song "La belle amour." In 1958, she had another hit with "Ça ne sert à rien," from the film "Inspector Maigret Sets a Trap." ... With the French version of Paul Anka's hit "Diana," she had one last major success. Two more singles and an album followed, though without significant success. Between 1956 and 1962, Paule Desjardins released approximately ten singles and one album on various labels. In the early 1960s, she ended her burgeoning career for love and married a factory owner from Millau