The son of an Italian mother and a French father, Claude François was born in Ismaïlia, Egypt, where his father, Aimé François, was working as a shipping traffic controller on the Suez Canal. In 1951 the job took the family to the city of Port Tawfik on the Red Sea.
Claude François’ mother was very musical and had her son take piano and violin lessons. On his own, the boy learned to play the drums. As a result of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the family returned to live in Monaco
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Claude François
The son of an Italian mother and a French father, Claude François was born in Ismaïlia, Egypt, where his father, Aimé François, was working as a shipping traffic controller on the Suez Canal. In 1951 the job took the family to the city of Port Tawfik on the Red Sea.
Claude François’ mother was very musical and had her son take piano and violin lessons. On his own, the boy learned to play the drums. As a result of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the family returned to live in Monaco
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The new prodigal son
My latest composition, on the theme of the prodigal son. I was inspired by Jesus' parable in the book of Luke chap 15 vs 11-32.
A son asks his father for all his inheritance and goes off to squander it all on futile needs far from his family. He loses everything, but worst of all, he realizes that what he lacks most is his father's love, which he has forsaken for material possessions.
He struggles to return to his father, fearing he'll be thrown out, but his father welcomes him back with open arms and orders a feast in honor of his lost son's return...more
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Noël en famille (Family Christmas)
A song about the joy felt by children, as soon as December arrives, and that family reunion is approaching for the Christmas party.more
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