Jean Vallée

Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in Verviers in 1941) is a Belgian song writer and performer. Vallée was made Knight in the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.

Career

In 1967 Vallée represented Belgium in the Festival of Rio where Jacques Brel was a member of the jury. He represented Belgium for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "Viens l'oublier" finishing eighth. He participated a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie", ending up second behind the Israeli entry.^[1]

References

^ "Israel a la 14eme Place". Israelvalley. 29 May 2010. http://www.israelvalley.com/news/2010/05/29/27621/eurovision-israel-a-perdu-23h50-en-direct-malgre-une-standing-ovation-pour-harel-skaat-le-chanteur-a-perdu-toutes-chances. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

External links

Jean Vallée at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Louis Neefs with Jennifer Jennings	Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970	Succeeded by Jacques Raymond & Lily Castel with Goeiemorgen, morgen
Preceded by Dream Express with A Million in One, Two, Three	Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978	Succeeded by Micha Marah with Hey Nana

Persondata
Name	Vallee, Jean
Alternative names	Goeders, Paul
Short description	performer, songwriter
Date of birth	1941
Place of birth	Verviers, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death