Alain Morisod

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Alain Morisod
Morisod in 1996, by Erling Mandelmann
Morisod in 1996, by Erling Mandelmann
Background information
Birth nameAlain Morisod
Also known as
  • Alain Patrick
  • Alain More
Born (1949-06-23) 23 June 1949 (age 74)
Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
  • conductor
  • television producer
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1967–present
Labels
Websitewww.morisod.com

Alain Morisod (born 23 June 1949) is a Swiss musician and television producer, known for forming Sweet People who had a UK number 4 hit in 1980 with "Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And the Birds Were Singing)".[1]

Early life

Morisod grew up with an older brother, Maurice, born 3 April 1946. He did also have another brother, Jean-Claude, born 23 October 1947, but he died only 4 days after being born.

Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva, from 1968 to 1970. He then went on to study at the Conservatoire de Musique and the Conservatoire Populaire, both in Geneva.[3]

Music career

From 1967, Morisod was a piano

seagull cries and the noise of waves, was also released at the request of radio station RTL, as it sounded more 'new age'.[6]

In 1977, Morisod formed Sweet People to participate in the

Vivre" by Carole Vinci, which Morisod had also composed.[10][11][12] In February 1978, "Le Lac de Côme" was released and was a number 1 in Canada and the album of the same name was certified platinum.[3][13] The song had originally been released as the B-side to "Crystal Tears" the previous year, but to his astonishment, Morisod got a call from Quebecois producer Gerry Plamondon [fr], to say that the song could work in Canada and so it was then released there.[14]

After its success, Morisod's brother, Maurice, came up with the idea of removing the piano part from the song and adding in

birdsong. This became "Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient", which was quickly included on their album Percé.[15] The song was released in the UK in 1980 with the parenthesised "And the Birds Were Singing", where it peaked at number 4 in the charts.[16][1] It was also a Top Ten hit in Flanders and the Netherlands and a Top 40 hit in Germany.[17] The song charted again in the UK in 1987, reaching number 73.[1] Sweet People achieved further success with "Adieu et Bonne Chance", which reached number 25 in France in 1985.[18]

For the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, Morisod composed the Swiss entry "

Amour on t'aime", sung by Arlette Zola, and also provided backing vocals as part of Sweet People.[19]

Morisod has lived in Canada since around 1980

CRIA, including Le petit garcon au piano, Nos plus belles melodies, Noël sans toi, Prend le temps and Madawaska in the 1980s and many more in the 1990s.[21][22][23][24]

Other work

In 1979, he took over the Casino-Théâtre Revue in Geneva and managed to revive its success.[25] He had previously accompanied Ferdinand Raynaud on piano there in 1971.[26] The Casino-Théâtre was then closed in 1987 due to renovation work and once reopened in 1990, management was entrusted to Pierre Naftule.[25]

From 1980 to 1985, Morisod was a producer on the television network Télévision Suisse Romande where Christian Morin presented and from 1998 to 2019, he had his own variety show Les coups de cœur d'Alain Morisod, alongside presenters Jean-Marc Richard and Lolita Morena.[3][27]

From 1986 to 1991, he was the president of the

football club Urania Genève Sport, and managed in 2 years to be promoted from the 2. Liga to the Nationalliga B.[28]

After being engaged for 31 years, Morisod married fellow Sweet People singer Mady Rudaz in 2001.[3]

For the 2003, 2004 and 2006 Eurovision Song Contests, Morisod was the co-commentator with Jean-Marc Richard for the French-language Swiss television station RTS.

In 2011, he was the ambassador for the 24th telethon in Switzerland (Téléthon Action Suisse) for French-speaking Switzerland, alongside journalist Malick Touré-Reinhard.[29]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

As Alain Patrick / Alain Morisod and His Orchestra

  • Concerto pour un été (1971)
  • Nocturne pour un amour (1973)
  • Adagio Romantique (1973)
  • Concerto d'amour / Nabucco (1974)
  • Alain Patrick (1976)
  • Les plus beaux noëls de notre enfance (1976)
  • Hommage à... (1977)
  • Mélodie pour deux trompettes (1977)
  • Fetes des Vignerons "mélodies eternelles" (1977)
  • Mélodies pour rèver (1978)
  • Par un matin d'amour (1980)

As Alan More and His Orchestra

  • Vol. 2 (1974)

As Alain Morisod

  • Il était une fois... (1980)
  • Les plus belles mélodies de Romandie (1984)
  • Sur mon piano (1996) – QUE #17[30]
  • Mélodies pour toujours (1997) – QUE #13, CAN #99[31]
  • Swiss People (1998) – QUE #36
  • Les plus belles musiques de films (2002) – QUE #6
  • Pianissimo (2007) – QUE #39

With Sweet People

  • Lake Como (Le lac de Côme) (1977) – QUE #1
  • Percé (1979) – QUE #1
  • Belinda... Belle de nuit (1980) – QUE #1
  • Sweet People (1980)
  • Le p'tit garcon au piano (1980) – QUE #1
  • C'était une belle journée (1981) – QUE #5
  • A Wonderful Day (1981)
  • Libertad au revoir (1982) – QUE #1
  • Je t'attendrai my love (1983) – QUE #1
  • Swiss concerto (1983)
  • Noël sans toi (1983) – QUE #1
  • Daydream (1983)
  • Une chanson italienne (1984) – QUE #1
  • Prends le Temps (1984) – QUE #1
  • Voilà pourquoi on chante des chansons / Vivre (1985) – QUE #5
  • Et j'ai le mal de toi (1986) – QUE #5
  • Madawaska (1987) – QUE #5
  • Photographies (1988) – QUE #7
  • Les violons d'Acadie (1989) – QUE #3
  • C'est Noël (1989) – QUE #39
  • Silver bird / Un jour, on se reverra (1991) – QUE #1
  • Couleur mélancolie (1992) – QUE #7
  • Toujours là! (1993) – QUE #3
  • ...Natures (1995) – QUE #9
  • Ecoute encore (1999) – QUE #12
  • L'amour ne meurt jamais (2000) – QUE #8
  • Un vrai Noël / Le Noël des oiseaux (2001) – QUE #14
  • Passionnément... (2002) – QUE #11
  • Comme si demain n'existait pas (2003) – QUE #36
  • Pour tous ceux qui vont s'aimer (2004) – QUE #16
  • Coleur country (2005) – QUE #22
  • À chacun son étoile (2007) – QUE #25
  • On chante toujours pour quelqu'un (2009)
  • Buona sera (2009) – QUE #11, SWI #89[32]
  • Marin (2009) – QUE #22
  • Jour de chance (2010) – SWI #78
  • Super sympa (2011)
  • Quand on s'aime (2012)
  • Fiesta! (2012) – QUE #28
  • Si c'était à refaire... (2012) – QUE #36
  • La dernière séance (2014) – CAN #20,[33] SWI #90
  • Qu'est-ce qu'on a dansé sur cette chanson... (2015)[34] – SWI #91
  • La route m'a donné rendez-vous (2017) – CAN #40[35]
  • Noël (2017) – CAN #57[36]
  • Ainsi soit-il (2019) – CAN #43[37]

Compilation albums

As Alain Morisod and His Orchestra

  • Mes plus grands succès (1979)

With Sweet People

  • Summer Dream (1981)
  • Nos plus belles melodies (1982) – QUE #3
  • 10 ans de succès (1983)
  • 15 grands succès – Mélodies instrumentales (1985) – QUE #13
  • 10 grand succès – Mélodies chantées (1985) – QUE #9
  • Dix ans de succès – Volume 1 (1987) – QUE #1
  • Dix ans de succès – Volume 2 (1987) – QUE #1
  • 20 mélodies pour rêver (1991) – QUE #7
  • 20 titres or (1992) – QUE #7
  • 20 mélodies pour rêver – Volume 2 (1993) – QUE #11
  • 20 titres or – Volume 2 (1992) – QUE #9
  • Les grandes chansons / Le sentier de neige (1996) – QUE #3, CAN #17[38]
  • 20 ans déjà (1997) – QUE #5
  • Les plus grands succès du bel âge (2000) – QUE #14
  • La légende (2000) – QUE #22
  • La compil' (2005) – QUE #13
  • Anthologie – 30 ans de succès (2008) – QUE #17
  • 40 ans – 40 succès (2010)
  • Vos chansons d'or (2013) – QUE #64

Charting singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
BE (FLA)
[39] 		BE (WA)
[8] 		BRA
FRA
[40]
 GER
[41] 		QUE
[42] 		NL
[43]
UK
[1]
1971 "Concerto pour un été" – 46 1 – – – – –
1978 "Le Lac de Côme" – – – – – 1 – –
"Élodie" – – – – – 12 – –
1979 "Et les oiseaux chantaient" (released in Europe in 1980) 5 – – – 26 9 4 4
"Percé" – – – – – 3 – –
"Barcarolle" – – – – – 36 – –
1980 "Belinda" – – – – – 18 – –
"Crépuscule" – – – – – 19 – –
"Le petit garçon au piano" – – – – – 7 – –
1981 "La plage abandonnée" – – – – – 21 – –
"Neige (81)" – – – – – 8 – –
1982 "Au revoir" – – – – – 2 – –
"Libertad" – – – – – 46 – –
1983 "Je t'attendrai my love" – – – – – 1 – –
"Noël sans toi" – – – – – 8 – –
1984 "Une chanson italienne" – – – – – 2 – –
"La belle vie" – – – – – 14 – –
"Adieu et bonne chance" – – – 25 – 3 – –
1985 "Prends le temps" – – – – – 3 – –
"Hasta mañana mon amour" – – – – – 10 – –
"Voilà pourquoi on chante des chansons" – – – – – 34 – –
"Tant qu'il nous restera des chansons" – – – – – 10 – –
1986 "L'arbre et l'enfant" – – – – – 10 – –
"River blue" – – – – – 8 – –
"Et j'ai le mal de toi" – – – – – 20 – –
1987 "Et les oiseaux chantaient" (re-release) – – – – – – – 73
"Ce n'est qu'un rêve" – – – – – 4 – –
1988 "Je pense à toi" – – – – – 5 – –
"À demain nous deux" – – – – – 25 – –
1989 "Les violons d'Acadie" – – – – – 27 – –
1991 "Un jour on se reverra" – – – – – 37 – –
"Salut Jo" – – – – – 41 – –
1993 "Couleur mélancolie" – – – – – 36 – –
1994 "Toujours là" – – – – – 47 – –
1996 "Amoureux" – – – – – 46 – –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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