Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo took inspiration from Hardy’s song when naming her line Comme des Garçons. Elsa Martinelli, Francoise Hardy, Catherine Deneuve and Zizi Jeanmaire attend the Yves ...

In a sign of her ongoing legend, in 2023, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Hardy as No. 162 on a ranking of the greatest singers of all time. She was the only French performer on the list.

Born in Paris on Jan. 17, 1944, Hardy began her career in 1962 when she recorded her first single, “Tous les garçons et les filles,” at age 18. The song ... magazine’s list of the 200 ...

That’s where I discovered Presley, Brenda Lee, Cliff Richard. Every day I discovered a great new song.” Hardy and her musical peers came to define a style of French music known as yé-yé ...

With hit songs and ... title of Ms. Hardy’s 1968 hit “Comment Te Dire Adieu” (“How Can I Say Goodbye to You?”). She was the only French singer on Rolling Stone’s 2023 list of the ...

In 1962, after signing a deal with Disques Vogues, Hardy encouraged her label to promote one of her self-written songs, a wistful ... the credits of La question list one “Pinocchio” as ...

Pop, rock, country. That’s where I discovered Presley, Brenda Lee, Cliff Richard. Every day I discovered a great new song.” Hardy and her musical peers came to define a style of French music known as ...