Biography
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Born
14 December 1940 (age 83)
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Born In
Renens, Vaud, Switzerland
Henri Dès (born in 1940 in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland as Henri Destraz) is a French language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries.
In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.
In 1969 he won the Sopot International Song Festival.
He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Retour'. It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song 'C'est pour la vie'.
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