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Rose Laurens

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Best known for her 1982 hit "Africa ", Rose Laurens (née Rose Podwojny, 1953-2018) began her singing career ten years earlier. A singer with the progressive rock group Sandrose, then briefly solo under the name Rose Merryl, she met Jean-Pierre Goussaud, who composed all her first albums: Déraisonnable (1982), Vivre (1983, with "Mamy Yoko") and Écris Ta Vie Sur Moi (1986, featuring Francis Cabrel, Yves Simon and Yves Duteil). These years of international success, developed thanks to the rhythmic album Africa - Voodoo Master and the English adaptations of American Love (1986), gave...