Jacques Pills was a French singer and actor, born René Jacques Ducos. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place, and got only one point.
He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf, with Marlene Dietrich as her Maid of Honour. However, in 1956, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, the year after her father's participation.
He ended his music career after the Eurovision Song Contest, and retired to his familial home in Bretagne-de-Marsan, before returning to Paris, to conceive some shows with Bruno Coquatrix for l'Olympia.
He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf, with Marlene Dietrich as her Maid of Honour. However, in 1956, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, the year after her father's participation.
He ended his music career after the Eurovision Song Contest, and retired to his familial home in Bretagne-de-Marsan, before returning to Paris, to conceive some shows with Bruno Coquatrix for l'Olympia.
Jacques Pills was a French singer and actor, born René Jacques Ducos. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place, and got only one point.
He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf, with Marlene Dietrich as her Maid of Honour. However, in 1956, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, the year after her father's participation.
He ended his music career after the Eurovision Song Contest, and retired to his familial home in Bretagne-de-Marsan, before returning to Paris, to conceive some shows with Bruno Coquatrix for l'Olympia.
He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they were divorced in 1951. On 20 September 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf, with Marlene Dietrich as her Maid of Honour. However, in 1956, this marriage also ended in divorce. He was the father of Jacqueline Boyer, who won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, the year after her father's participation.
He ended his music career after the Eurovision Song Contest, and retired to his familial home in Bretagne-de-Marsan, before returning to Paris, to conceive some shows with Bruno Coquatrix for l'Olympia.
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