Françoise Hardy was the face of 1960s French pop, with the likes of Dylan and Jagger falling for her enigmatic allure. Her signature fringe and long hair having long since given way to a chic, snow-white bob, and a crimson silk kerchief offsets her ivory pale skin. For some people, of course, it does not matter, but for me it does.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘The most beautiful songs are not happy songs’: Françoise Hardy photographed earlier this year. “Yes,” she says, “but I sing about death in a very symbolic and even positive way. “There was a French singer, Françoise Hardy,” the New York-born singer-songwriter Carly Simon recalled later.

Source: The Guardian April 29, 2018 06:56 UTC