Andrée Lescot
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Andrée Lescot was a singer, showgirl, soprano and daughter of Haitian president Élie Lescot. Lescot was educated in Canada, where she studied for eight years at the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy. She was featured on local radio before moving to Paris where she attended the Versailles conservatory. Afterwards she landed a role in a musical by Albert Willemetz. She published several records of Haitian and Louisiana folk songs, accompanied by French music professor Roger Bourdin and his orchestra. Depicted in a costume holding bow and arrow, she received attention in the African-American press in 1954 for starring in a revue in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1952, she appeared on a Canadian TV program entitled "Chansons Créoles avec Andrée Lescot" where she sang three Haitian folkloric songs. In 1955 the album Chansons Créoles Chansons Folkloriques D'Haïti was released on the London International label. In the same year she married French actor Roger Murciano.
Andrée Lescot was a singer, showgirl, soprano and daughter of Haitian president Élie Lescot. Lescot was educated in Canada, where she studied for eight years at the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy. She was featured on local radio before moving to Paris where she attended the Versailles conservatory. Afterwards she landed a role in a musical by Albert Willemetz. She published several records of Haitian and Louisiana folk songs, accompanied by French music professor Roger Bourdin and his orchestra. Depicted in a costume holding bow and arrow, she received attention in the African-American press in 1954 for starring in a revue in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1952, she appeared on a Canadian TV program entitled "Chansons Créoles avec Andrée Lescot" where she sang three Haitian folkloric songs. In 1955 the album Chansons Créoles Chansons Folkloriques D'Haïti was released on the London International label. In the same year she married French actor Roger Murciano. ==Discography== Chansons Créoles, Chansons Folkloriques d'Haiti. Label: London International, 1955 Chansons Créoles, Chansons Folkoriques d'Haiti, Label: Decca, 1960s Chansons Créoles, Label: Decca, 1960s ==References== ==External links== Recordings on Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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