Hugues Aufray

----Hugues Aufray (born Hugues Jean Marie Auffray [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_Aufray French Wikipedia] on August 18, 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French singer of Spanish ancestry; Aufray began his career singing in Spanish.

Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth. His most famous songs are "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and in Spanish, "Barco de Papel".

Aufray is well known for his French adaptations of Bob Dylan's songs.

His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus.

Discography

LPs

* "Céline/Le printemps revient"
* "Hugues Aufray chante Bob Dylan"
* "Vous ma lady/adieu"
* "Dou Wakadou/On est les rois/Les remords et les regrets/Bambou"
* "L'homme orchestre/Je croyais/Laisse-moi petite fille/Les yeux fermés"

CDs

* "Concert intégral"
* "A l'Olympia"
* "La Terre est si belle"
* "Little Troubadour"
* "Best of"
* "Le meilleur d'Hugues Aufray"
* "Aux vents solitaires"
* "Hugues Aufray chante Félix Leclerc"

DVDs

* "Hugues Aufray, plus live que jamais !"

References

External links

* [http://www.huguesaufray.com/ Official site] (in French)
* [http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6236.asp Biography of Hughes Aufray] , from Radio France Internationale (in English)