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Claude Barzotti, real name: Francesco Barzotti (Châtelineau, July 23, 1953) is a Belgian singer. Although he was born in Belgium, he grew up mainly in Sicily (Villarosa) where he was raised by his grandfather. He was not a good student, only the music lessons interested him. His parents supported him in his interest in music and bought him his first guitar when he was eight years old. His parents emigrated from Belgium to Switzerland, then to Luxembourg and finally settled in Belgium, in Court-Saint-Étienne (Walloon Brabant). At that time, Claude is 18 and goes back to live with his parents. Claude later returned to Italy to start a music career. His big break came when he was discovered by Pierre and Michel Célie who let him record his first album. Claude had every confidence in them and let them decide for themselves about the studio, the lyrics, the songs, etc. ’Madame’ was a great success in 1981, selling more than 400,000 copies. The very first version of ’Madame’ Barzotti had already released in 1975. But he had his great success in the eighties. He became famous with his success song Le Rital in 1983 (no. 1 in France). He is especially famous in Canada. ’Madame’ reached the tipparade in the Netherlands in July 1983. This video was recorded for the tv program ’Zomerhits’ of July 30, 1983. Lyrics: Je vous regardais tendrement J’aurais bien voulu vous parler Mais le courage m’a manqué J’aurais voulu vous emmener Faire quelques pas à mes cotés Sans pour cela imaginer Imaginer un tas de choses Des choses que je n’oses vous dire madame Et pourtant, je pense à vous bien souvent Souvent je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Je suis heureux j’ai des idées Et peut-être à demain, vous me prendrez la main Souvent, je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Ne me dîtes pas de m’en aller Je pourrais en souffrir et peut-être en mourir J’ai au coeur une vieille solitude Viendrez-vous do nord ou do sud Pour devenir mon habitude Vous serez mon premier été Ma rose et ma source cachée Laissez-moi donc imaginer Imaginer un tas de choses Des choses que je n’oses vous dire Madame Et pourtant, je pense à vous bien souvent Souvent je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Je suis heureux j’ai des idées Et peut-être à demain, vous me prendrez la main Souvent, je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Ne me dîtes pas de m’en aller Je pourrais en souffrir et peut-être en mourir Souvent je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Je suis heureux j’ai des idées Et peut-être à demain, vous me prendrez la main Souvent, je pense à vous madame Souvent, je vous revois madame Ne me dîtes pas de m’en aller Je pourrais en souffrir et peut-être en mourir Songwriters: Anne-Marie Gaspard / Bernard Estardy / Claude Barzotti Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1983-01-09 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
