Claude Barzotti

Claude Barzotti was one of the most popular French singers of the 1980s. Born in Belgium and raised in several different countries -- including Italy, where he spent the bulk of his childhood living with his grandfather -- Barzotti found stability in music. He took music theory classes at school, learned the classical guitar, and recorded his first album, Vous Mes Amis, at the age of 17. Several years later, he signed a record deal with Vogue Belgique, the Belgian branch of the popular French label Disques Vogue and spent the rest of the '70s releasing albums that went largely...