F.R. David

喜愛過80歐洲舞曲的老西洋歌迷對于F.R.David，一定不陌生。法國音樂奇才F.R.David，1947年出生在法屬突尼斯，是70年代末80年代初期最耀眼的歐洲電子音樂創(chuàng)作人兼歌手。他的很多作品都是以單字做為歌名，諸如Girl、Words、Music、Stay等等。都是80年代最膾炙人口，耳熟能詳?shù)牧餍袠访?。他的這首不朽佳作——“Words”（千言萬語）1982征服了歐洲、日本等10幾個國家的排行冠軍電子舞曲，1983年更是榮登英國金榜冠軍，全球銷售量突破800萬張。20年后的2004年又再度成為偶像劇《流星花園》的主題曲，再次風靡全球。F.R.David的嗓音舒緩輕柔，略帶憂傷，充滿了法國濃郁的浪漫氣息。從第一次聽到這首“Words”，就深深的喜歡上了他的作品，如今許多年過去了，現(xiàn)在重聽，依然是回味無窮。
 
Paris-based singer/composer F.R. David (born Elli Robert Fitoussi on January 1, 1947 in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia) is often regarded as a one-hit wonder since he failed to repeat the success of his 1982 monster hit &Words& that topped the charts in a dozen European countries and even peaked at number two in Great Britain. He began his career in the early '70s as a guitarist for Vangelis and later, he was the lead vocalist in the French rock band Les Variations. After the dissolution of the band, he spent five years in the United States working as a studio musician for the Doobie Brothers, the O'Jays and Toto, among others. There he also recorded the album King of Hearts (as Robert Fitoussi.) Upon his return to Europe, F.R. David became an influential figure in Eurobeat, a style in dance music that dominated the continent in the 1980s. German producer/songwriter Dieter Bohlen (of Modern Talking fame) often cited F.R. David's hit &Pick Up the Phone& as a source of inspiration. In 1986 F.R. David recorded the album Sahara Night on CBS, characterized by a mixture of different music styles, followed by Reflections in 1987. The 1994 release I'll Try to Love Again marked the songwriter's return to his rock roots. After that, F.R. David's work included the album I'm Not In Love, produced at New York-based Hit Factory in 1997, classical music recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a collection of his greatest hits.