Henri Dès
Henri Dès (born 14 December 1940 in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland as Henri Destraz) is a Swiss 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". On 15 March 2019 he joined striking school children in Lausanne protesting against climate change. Source: Article "Henri Dès" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Henri Dès, his retrospective interview as Himself
- 2020 · The Golden Age of Songs From Our Childhood as Self
- 2009 · En direct de l'univers as Self
- 1998 · Henri Dès - Le Père Noël était en avance as Self
- 1998 · Henri Dès - Olympia 98 as Henri Dès
- 1996 · Henri Dès - Concert 96 as Henri Dès
- 1995 · The Beautiful Stories of Pomme d'Api as Narateur (voice)
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self (Album of the Year for Children)
- 1977 · Fan School as Self
- 1968 · Gallantly as Self
- 1967 · Europarty as Self
- 1959 · Discorama as Self