Author, composer, musician and performer, Guy Bonnet has twice taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1970 and 1983. Born in Avignon on May 12, 1942, he began his career as a performer in 1966 for the Riviera label, before writing and composing songs for Jacqueline Dulac, Isabelle Aubret, Noël Deschamps, Mireille Mathieu, Anne Vanderlove, Michèle Torr, Rika Zaraï, Dani, Sylvie Vartan, Marie Laforêt, Jean Guidoni and many others. After writing the song "La Source" for Isabelle Aubret in 1968, who represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest and came 3rd, Guy Bonnet himself performed his song "Marie-Blanche" in 1970, finishing the contest in 4th place. He continued to collaborate, recording two albums in 1974 and 1979, followed by a second appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 with the song "Vivre", which this time finished in 8th place. Subsequently, Guy Bonnet devoted much of his repertoire to performing songs in Langue d'Oc or Provençal, both his own compositions and others, for the albums Les Lettres de Mon Moulin based on Alphonse Daudet's tale in 1991 and Cante - Guy Bonnet Chante Charles Trenet en Langue d'Oc in 1995. In 1995, the rap group Massilia Sound System covered his song "Marseillais " on the album Commando Fada, while in 2017, British singer Jorja Smith sampled his composition "Elle et moi" (1981). Other albums include De Bruno à Théo (2007), En Simples Troubadours (live, 2015) and Symphonie Provençale (2018), with the Orchestre Avignon-Provence conducted by Éric Breton. Guy Bonnet died on the night of January 7-8, 2024, at the age of 81.
![Noël en Provence [La crèche de Provence]](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/c938a6c02a914179783954bee46a8f2b/120x120-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
