Claude Lombard

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Claude Lombard
Background information
Born(1945-02-25)25 February 1945
OriginBrussels, Belgium
Died20 September 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 76)
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1968–2021

Claude Lombard (25 February 1945 – 20 September 2021[1]) was a Belgian singer, best known internationally for her participation in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest.

Early career

Lombard studied at INSAS, a college of film, theatre and television studies in Brussels. She learned to play piano and guitar, and began composing music.

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1968, Lombard's song "

Quand tu reviendras" ("When You Come Back") was chosen by jury voting from ten songs as the Belgian representative in the 13th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in London.[2] "Quand tu reviendras" finished in joint seventh place (with Monaco and Yugoslavia) of 17 entries.[3]

Lombard returned to Eurovision in 1973, albeit as a backing singer, for that year's Belgian entry "

Nicole & Hugo. Although this finished in last place in the voting, the song, and particularly the performance, has since assumed iconic status in the Eurovision fan community.[4]

Later career

Lombard moved to France in the 1970s. She co-wrote a successful musical called Attention – fragile, and had gone on to enjoy a successful career as a musical

Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari theme song in 1988, entitled Les quatre filles du docteur March.[5]

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Preceded by
Ik heb zorgen
"
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
1968
Succeeded by
Jennifer Jennings
"