Merry French curly Julien Clerc broke in the mid seventies by the swooning This Melody in Netherlands. Other hits from that era: Si On Chantait and Ce n'est Rien. Clercs effigy hung a poster on the wall of many a girl's room, but Clerc broke away from the image of teen star. Ten years later, he scored a big hit with the Caribbean sounding Hélène. Although Clerc scored no hits in the Netherlands,
… he continues (partly due to the missionary work of his famous fan Ivo Niehe) in the Netherlands playing to packed houses. In 2007 Clerc takes a duet with Rob de Nijs for his album Chansons.more