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Gérard Marie Anicet Labiny (17 April 1933 – 6 October 2009), known professionally as Gérard La Viny, was a French singer-songwriter and musician.[1][2]
Gérard La Viny | |
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| Born | 17 April 1933 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France |
| Died | 6 October 2009 Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | musician, singer-songwriter |
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Gérard La Viny was born Gérard Marie Anicet Labiny in Basse-Terre, a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe.[3]
He lost his father Roger Emile Labiny in June 1962, in the Air France Flight 117 crash. [4]
La Viny died in 2009 in Paris and rests at the Montmartre Cemetery.[5]
One of La Viny's songs, entitled Albert Bernard Bongo, c'est le président qu’il nous faut, is sung during Gabon's presidential elections. [6][7]
In 1960, he released a record containing, in French, four songs from the film Black Orpheus.[8]
Following the death of his father, in 1962, he recorded a biguine Volé Boeing-la in tribute to the victims of the crash. [9]
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