Jacques Romain Georges Brel was born on 8 April 1929 in Schaerbeek, Brussels, to Élisabeth Lambertine "Lisette" (née Van Adorp) and Romain Brel. [4] He came from a family of Flemish …

Jacques Brel (born April 8, 1929, Schaerbeeck, Belgium—died October 9, 1978, Bobigny, near Paris, France) was a Belgian singer and songwriter whose literate, passionate songs made …

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Brel became one of the noted singers at the "music haunts" of the Left Bank. Starting in 1956 he toured Europe and North Africa; in 1959 he starred at the Bobino theater in Paris.

Legendary French songwriter whose theatrical, emotionally powerful songs gained an international audience.

After a childhood full of boredom and normality, Brel started to work in his father's cardboard factory. But he wanted a different kind of life. He had been writing songs all his life and in the …

Oct 9, 2023 · Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer, songwriter, and actor and one of the most influential chanson singers and songwriters of the 20th century.

Feb 8, 2025 · Born in Brussels in 1929, Brel was a charismatic, humorous student that, despite his academic struggles, showed a substantial talent for storytelling, already starting to write …

Jacques Brel (1929-1978) was a Belgian singer, actor and icon of modern chanson. He wrote “wry, tortured songs…not to be sung but to be performed…with pained and profound emotion.”

Despite having a relatively limited international presence, Brel's legacy remains strong, particularly highlighted by the success of the Off-Broadway musical "Jacques Brel Is Alive and …