Henri Dès

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Henri Dès

| image = Henri_Dès.jpg

| caption = Henri Dès

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Henri Destraz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Renens, Vaud, Switzerland

| label = Mary Josée Productions

| website = {{URL|http://www.henrides.net/}}

}}

Henri Dès (born Henri Destraz 14 December 1940){{cite web |url= http://www.francevision.com/enfants/hdes.htm |title= Henri Dès|access-date=2007-01-07 |work= francevision.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021001045634/http://www.francevision.com/enfants/hdes.htm |archive-date=2002-10-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/henri-d%C3%A8s-mn0001547824/biography|title=Henri Dès {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2017-12-18}} is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.

In 1969, he won the Sopot International Song Festival.

He represented Switzerland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Retour". It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song "C'est pour la vie".

On 15 March 2019 he joined striking school children in Lausanne protesting against climate change.{{cite web |title=Henri Dès chante pour les grévistes |url=https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/vaud/story/Henri-Des-chante-pour-les-grevistes-14589291 |website=20 minutes|date=15 March 2019 |language=fr}}

Discography

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Year

! Album name

! Label

1970

| Retour

| Disques Evasion

1974

| Quand on revient d'ailleurs

| Mary-Josée Music

1977

| Cache-cache

| Mary-Josée/CBS Records

1978

| Si c'était moi?

| Disques Mary-Josée

1979

| La Petite Charlotte

| Mary-Josée/CBS Records

1980

| Flagada

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1982

| L'âne blanc

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1984

| Dessin fou

| Mary-Josée/CBS Records

1985

| Les Trésors de Notre Enfance Vol. 1

| Mary-Josée/CBS Records

1986

| Le Beau Tambour

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1988

| La Glace au citron

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1989

| Olympia 1989

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1991

| Les Bêtises

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1993

| Le crocodile

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

1994

| Olympia 94

| Mary-Josée/Sony Music

1995

| Far West

| Mary-Josée/Sony Music

1996

| Olympia 1996

| Mary-Josée/Sony Music

1997

| On ne peut (pas) tout dire

| Mary-Josée/Sony Music

1998

| Olympia 98

|

1999

| Du soleil

| Mary-Josée/D.E.P.

2000

| Olympia 2000

|

2001

| C'est le père Noël

| Mary-Josée/D.E.P.

2002

| Comme des géants

| Mary-Josée/D.E.P.

2003

| Olympia 2003

|

2005

| Polissongs

| Mary-Josée/D.E.P.

2006

| Olympia 2006

|

2007

| Gâteau

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

2008

| L'Hirondelle et le Papillon

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

2009

| Olympia 2009

|

2011

| Tout Simplement

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

2012

| Abracadabra

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

2012

| En 25 chansons

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

2014

| 50 ans de chansons

| Mary-Josée/Interdisc

References

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