Francoise Hardy
By Marcus Kagler
Francoise Hardy was one of the few female vocalists who actually wrote and performed her own material in an early 60’s musical landscape dominated by a worldwide boys club of songwriters. Not to slander the genius of the Gamble & Huff’s of the world but Hardy almost singlehandedly proved that girls could play in the boys sandbox, and though the native Parisian never made much of a splash on North American shores, Hardy proved to be a massive influence on multiple generations of future female songwriters from all over the world. Outside of music Hardy was known as jetsetting model, actress, and socialite within the Francophile world but her legacy begins and ends with the nine albums and countless singles she released... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Genre:
- World
- Birthdate:
- 01/17/1944
