Henri Dès

Composer

1940 –

27

Who is Henri Dès?

Henri Dès is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.

In 1969 he won the Sopot International Song Festival.

He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Retour'. It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song 'C'est pour la vie'.

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Born
Dec 14, 1940
Renens
Also known as
  • Henri Des
  • Henri Destraz

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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