Eddy Mitchell
French singer and actor · France · On the map · Musicians · Born 1942 · age 84
Claude Moine, known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires. He took the name Eddy from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine, and chose Mitchell as his last name simply because it sounds American.
Eddy Mitchell is read about 602 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Johnny Hallyday Also in Tales of Paris and Cherchez l'idole
Chantal Lauby Also in The Car Keys and Grand départ
Étienne Chatiliez Directed Tanguy and Happiness Is in the Field
Michel Boisrond Directed Tales of Paris and Cherchez l'idole
Pierre Papadiamandis Produced Héros and Big Band
Bertrand Tavernier Directed Coup de Torchon and Round Midnight
Miou-Miou Also in La Totale! (1991)
Didier Kaminka Wrote La Totale!, I Love You and The Jackpot!
Sabine Azéma Also in Tanguy and Wahou!
Alain Chabat Wrote La Cité de la peur (1994)
Claude Zidi Directed La Totale! (1991)
Thierry Lhermitte Also in La Totale! and The Car Keys
Daniel Gélin Also in La Cité de la peur and Cherchez l'idole
Charlotte de Turckheim Also in Attention ! Une femme peut en cacher une autre (1983)
Alice Pol Also in Tricky Old Dogs and Murder Party
Henri Attal Also in Tales of Paris and La Totale!
Patrick Bouchitey Also in Tanguy and L'Oncle Charles- Marc de Jonge Also in La Cité de la peur and Ronde de nuit
Sophie Marceau Also in Round Midnight and The Car Keys
Philippe Noiret Also in Coup de Torchon and Round Midnight
Pierre Richard Also in The Car Keys and Promotion canapé
Agnès Soral Also in Salaud, on t'aime and I Love You
Sagamore Stévenin Also in La Totale! and The Jackpot!
Jacques Poitrenaud Directed Tales of Paris (1962)
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The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Golf-Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.
