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Emmanuelle is born in Paris in 1955,
daughter of Arts, from an ancient Noble Family of Spain, with a
passed full of illustrious characters like her ancestor: The Marshal
Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of the Brazil Republic; her
grand-mother Solange de Fonseca, painter and fashion –designer from
Coco Channel: a very famous father, Douta Seck (international Actor
of cinema and theater), from Senegal, with creations for theater in
Paris like: (The Tragedy of the King Christopher) ect… and so many
movies as : “The Comedians”, with R.Burton and Liz Taylor, “Rues
Cases Nègres”, “Amok”, “Pètanki”, “The Mahabharata” of Peter Brooks,
Productions Walt Disney…ect..
Her mother Marie-Louise Vidal de Fonseca is a writer at the Robert
Laffont’s Editions, also Radio and TV Producer. She writes even
Negro-Spirituals and musical comedies, for John William, John
Littleton and so many others…
ACTIVITY:
1960: her first step on a stage is at 5
years old, in the Parisian Theaters with broadcast and television
parts in her mother‘s transmissions;
1970: she recites poetries and sing in
her mother’s shows, where Michael Jackson and his brothers are
performing, as the “The Jackson Five”, with also Henri Salvador,
Moune de Rivel, Gilles Sala, Bob Gomis, Matt Samba ect…
1972: she starts a French Tour, with
her band of Folk Song composed of 8 elements, interpreting the Joan
Baez and Bob Dylan’s repertories: meanwhile she learns how to play
guitar and piano:
1973: she’s taking a lyric formation as
singer and studies Dance at the Academy of Victor Upshaw for many
years, till becoming a Jazz-Choreographer; subsequently she is
working in Recording Studios with: Manu Di Bango, David Alexandre
Winter (Oh Lady Mary ECT...)
She participates, as Ballerina to the telecasts Cadet Roussel,
conducted by Guy Lux: She sings in a Jazz club of the American
Legion, accompanied by the very known Pianist Bob Vatel: Then a tour
of 3 months in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, with the singer Bonga from
Angola, as singer, dancer and performs with many Artists from the
Afro-Brazilian Music.
1975; she receives that year from her
Singing Teacher Academy, Renée Darcoeur, from the Opera of Paris, a
Lyric Award, to encourage her young carrier.
She creates a new Group “Chocolat’s) with 6 dancers, after having
prepared a single called “Brasilia Carnaval”, (success of the Ring-
Parade TV. Show, for 2 years); the El Bimbo, Ritmo Tropical, La
Bamba, La Madrugada (47 million records).
She studies French and English Literature, (lover of Shakespeare and
Bernard Shaw) and her passion is still now to learn languages like:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Lingala, Swahili and
Wolof….
1976: she forms the Group “ Hot Sauce”
and records, as lead vocal, inside of 3 LP: (“That’s the way, Get up
and Boogie, Fly Robin Fly”), adding 2 singles; “Conga Conga and
Voodoo Dance”, (39 million records): She creates a duet with Mort
Shumman(Allo , Papa Charlie Tango!).
1977: she has the idea to put 3
vocalists together: “Hurricane Fifi” with René Parker, Christ Bale,
and Managed by; “KATIA PROMOTION” with Jean-Paul Laleu: an LP for
the R.C.A. Records, taking the name “Cheero” is titled: “Stop that
man” (4million records). She starts a tour in Spain (Barcelona,
Madrid, Toledo, Benidorm, Alicante, and Burgos).
1978: African Tour, in Zaire
(KINSHASA), as choreographer of Abeti MASIKINI. She is a Guest Star
Singer in few sessions with; Abeti Masikini, Bonga, Claude François,
John William, Kemayo, MANU Dibango, Cerrone(Love in C minor, Super
nature), Cyril Reginald, ( Bobino theatre), Eddy John; Francis Bebey,
David Martial, Gerard La Viny, Gordon Henderson, Demis Roussos,
Venance Nisas, (Carpentier’s TV Show).
1979: Jean-Claude Ako, new producer of
the Baby Records of Milan, co-edits the LP “Difference” with the hit
called “High fly)
LP with Polydor Records, “VOYAGE” with the great composer Slim PEZIN,
titled “From East to West” (121 platinum records); she come in Italy
for the first time, performing at the R.A.I. Turin, invited at the
Sandra Mondaini Show.
1980: African tour in Zaire in TV
Shows, Theatres and the “20 may Stadium” (Kinshasa), with an
audience of 60 000 persons. Then a tour in Europe, in Holland,
Belgium, Germany, recording in the Donna Summer’s studios, with the
Boney M., some hits of the Disco Music industry….
1981: An Album of Reggae music composed
and produced by her husband King Joe Bale. All the songs are
illustrating the Ennio Morricone‘s Movie called “Forte, forte”:
New International Tour for six months, as “Guest Star” of the
“FAMOUS PLATTERS” Show, in 17 African countries like; Centre Africa,
Cameroon, Senegal , Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zaire, Guinea, Morocco,
Thad, Mozambique, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania, Algeria,
Tunisia, with a band of 20 elements: invited to perform at the
President El Hadj Omar Bongo’s Presidency’s Palace, in
Libreville(Gabon), and the same situation in Guinea called by the
President Sekou Touré, singing also in various Stadiums: she
represents the Senegal at the first “Africavision”, in Libreville,
having Manu Dibango as Chief Orchestra, winning the 2nd
premium…
She will have the chance to meet her father the Great Actor Douta
SECK on the Set of “Amok” by Ben Barka, working also with Miriam
Makeba.
1982: Guest Star of “The Winter Circus
of Paris”, in company of Ophelia and Gordon Henderson, then 10 days
at the “Mutuality Theatre” of Paris. She is invited to sing in the
Theatres of Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfort, and Köln!
Return in PARIS participating to the Collaro’s TV Show:
At the end of that year, she gives birth to her second child
KELLY-JOYCE, taking the great JAZZ Singer Karen BRAITHWAITE-YARN
(Singer of the Platters), as Godmother of her baby.
1983: she’s back on stage for some
video-clips, TV Shows, Radios interviews, noticed in 25 countries
and organized by Jean-Claude Courrent.
1984: a new Single comes out with
Carrere Music/HPH RECORDS of Michel Hoky, titled “Smile”, realised
in USA, UK (Paul Mac Cartney’s company called the Odyssey Studios).
Festival of Antibes in France, Cannes, Palm- Beach of Monte-Carlo,
Luxemburg, Belgium, Avignon, Aix en Provence, Montpellier Casino;
Deauville Festival, Toulouse, and the Castles of France:
From 1974 to 1985, she is “Guest of
Honour” at the M.I.D.E.M. Festival in CANNES.
1985: a double LP with Youssou N’DOUR
called “NELSON MANDELA”
A
double LP with Alpha Blondie (Brigadier Savary, Apartheid is Nazism,
ect….)
One month on stage with her sister Laurence Darpy with the Alpha
BLONDIE Show at the Zenith (Paris) singing with the Bob Marley’s
musicians “the Wailers”.
1986: various tours and shows in the
all EUROPE: Spain, Holland, Belgium, UK, Luxemburg, Germany,
Denmark, Switzerland, and the Stadiums of France.
1987: she interrupts voluntarily her
career for 6 years.
1993: she gives birth to her second
passion, her daughter, KAIGé-JEAN.
1994: she writes with her husband, and
Nando Guerra, a project for her daughter Kelly-Joyce titled “Codenda
Monie” who is only 12 tears old. It will be published in Italy, with
success.
1995: returns with “MIDNIGHT LOVER”
Single for the Acquafan:
1996: for the Dance-Music, “Lesson of
Love” with M.B.G Production.
1997- 1999: new contract with the
Promo-Music, and the composer, Nando Guerra “JKW Records”
With a Single “Check it out” (Dig it Distribution)
1
Album titled “All 4 Love”, with her own personal songs!
“Café
Montparnasse, All 4 Love, Finally Free (3 versions), Wild Cay; Touch
me again, Keep on, Ayo Ayo, Yoo hoo, Run run run, Kindness”. She
becomes, with this new creation, member of the “Society of the Gens
de lettres de France”.
1999: end of the year, she decides to
settle in England with her 2 daughters, to make them study…
2000: coming back in Italy, she
prepares a recording project for Kelly –Joyce, who will start her
career with the famous “Vivre la Vie”, written by Paul Manners, D.de
Benedettis and Emmanuelle for the lyrics, at the Universal Music
Italy. That enormous success makes them stay in Italy to realise the
new CD of “KELLY-JOYCE”. She signs a new contract for 5 years with
the “BLUE APPLE PRODUCTION” of MARIO SECCHI.
2001: Comes out the new CD OF
“Kelly-Joyce”, with the Falcon Valley’s Studios, and September
records at the Universal Music International, where she writes the
lyrics, with the Composers Paul Manners, and Ennio Rastelli,
including: Au loin de toi, Toits de Paris, Cherchez la femme, Doudou
mwin, Avec L’amour, Monde Noir, The Tree, Vivre la Vie ECT…
Meanwhile, she prepares a CD with12 songs; a mix of Latin- disco-
music, with funk bossa-nova and lyric.
2002-2003: this original LP is written
with Italian arrangers and composers like;
Ennio RASTELLI, G.
ZANCA, ALESSANDRO SECCHI E SALVATORE NASEDDU!
Produced by A.Secchi, S. Naseddu, and Mario Secchi “Blue Apple
Production”…..
Many original songs like: “ Medley 70’s, El Nuevo Cha cha cha, Se tu
eres, You and me You need Love, Day by Day, Parapapa, Mi carino,
Femme du Sahel, Fly….In the summer 2002, Bobo Vieri chooses her song
“You and me” to insert inside of his compilation for the Melodica
Records.
2004: she takes a year to dedicate to
Kelly-Joyce, writing with a team of musicians; Gian-Maria Flores and
Lorenzo Sebastiani, with the Rolando d’Angeli’s Production(MUSIC
SHOW) of Rome, at the Universal Music International.
2005: a new Hit, with a video-clip, “
C’est l’Amour qui vient”, is written by Emmanuelle, with the
composers; Ennio Rastelli, Christian Piccinelli, Lorenzo Sebastiani.
Kelly-Joyce’s Album “ CHOCOLAT” came out in September..
She is writing 2 Musical Comedies with her mother, Marie-Louise
Vidal de Fonseca…..
A
fusion is born with her friend, Ombretta Farolfi, founding the
Artistic Agency:“El Cobra-Promotion/Venus Management”, with the
purpose to help young talented Artists, in Italy and others
Countries.
2005: Spring is a revelation, with her
travel in Senegal, with the purpose to go back to her roots, get
close to her family, and meet Mrs. N’Daiye N’Diop, Minister of
Culture and her Chief of Cabinet, Mr. Mor FALL.
“Diaspora
Culture” TV Shows with Samba Laobe Dieng, and Radio interviews with
Josephine Zango.
Summer 2005; “El Nuevo Cha-cha-cha” is
inserted in the compilation “Super Latino” of South- American Music
from “The New Music” of Pipo Landro( Milan).
September 2005: come back to France
with her daughter Kaigé-Jean!
Many
new Projects with : Patrice Daragon, Rafik Boujemai, Nicolas Foglia
..
The 6th of September 2006 , at the World Champion Match
of French Boxing, where she has been the God-mother, she was also on
stage with her songs.
She was
supporting the Senegalese Team, with the help of Philippe Bass..
The young Kaigè-Jean, who is only 13 years old, is preparing a CD
with 4/6 songs .. She writes her lyrics in French, Italien and
English..
She has also a team of Composers as; Simon Strauss, Ben Larcher
2007: the Movie writer and Register
Gora Seck, after finishing his new Documentary Film about Douta Seck
(life and carrier) is preparing for Emmanuelle and with her a new
Show with the” Jazz Sextet Live Band of Ben Larcher”.
A Show
including Jazz Music and Gospels, and Poetry… they will be on Tour
in Italy, France, other countries of Europe, West Indies and Africa!
2007: records a double LP , a “Best
Of”, with 12 of her old success musics of the 80’s, adding 12
inedited songs..
GET READY!!! Emmanuelle is
coming back with all her Funky Rhythms and Feelings!!!!
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