List of yé-yé singers explained

The following is a list of yé-yé singers, a genre of pop music and associated youth culture that originated in the early 1960s in France and spread to other countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy. A female-fronted phenomenon, yé-yé singers were mostly teenage girls that sung flirty love songs. Nevertheless, almost all of the songwriters were male, as were the heads in the music industry and the specialized press.

A

• Adele
• Adriángela^[1]
• Audrey

B

• Ana Belén
• Betina^[2]
• Jane Birkin
• Brigitte Bardot^[3]

C

• Camille
• Céline
• Cléo^[4]
• Clothilde^[5]
• Albertina Cortés^[6]
• Cosette^[7]

D

• Dani^[7]
• Catherine Desmarets^[8]
• Rocío Dúrcal

E

• Élizabeth
• Elsa
• Evy

G

• Serge Gainsbourg
• France Gall^[9]
• Gelu^[10]
• Géraldine
• Chantal Goya^[3]

H

• Johnny Hallyday^[11]
• Françoise Hardy^[12]
• Gillian Hills

J

• Jocelyne

K

• Karina^[13]
• Katty Linez^[14]
• Chantal Kelly^[15]

L

• Christie Laume^[16]
• Elsa Leroy
• Katty Line^[17]

M

• Marisol^[18]
• Massiel^[19]

O

• Olivia

P

• Annie Philippe^[20]
• Christine Pilzer^[7]
• Pussy Cat^[7]

R

• Rosalía^[21]

S

• Salomé^[22]
• Sandro de América^[22]
• Sheila^[23]
• Natacha Snitkine^[24]

T

• Jacqueline Taïeb
• Luisita Tenor^[10]
• Monique Thubert^[25]

V

• Stella Vander^[7]
• Sylvie Vartan^[9]
• Concha Velasco^[13]
• Vetty^[26]
• Virginie^[20]

Z

• Zouzou^[27]

References

• Book: Deluxe, Jean-Emmanuel. Feral House. 2013. 978-1936239719. Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adriángela. October 23, 2010. Molero. Julián. Spanish. Lafonoteca. March 24, 2021.
2. Web site: Biografía de Betina. Lafonoteca. November 23, 2010. Molero. Julián. Spanish. March 24, 2021.
3. Web site: Les belles et le beat: The 'yé-yé girls' of French Sixties pop. Orr. Gillian. January 17, 2014. March 15, 2021. The Independent.
4. Web site: " Cléo de 5 à 7 " d'Agnès Varda, un film éternel. French. March 27, 2021. Les Inrockuptibles. March 26, 2014. Frédéric. Bonnaud.
5. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 123
6. Web site: Biografía de Albertina Cortés. March 24, 2021. Molero. Julián. Spanish. Lafonoteca. December 28, 2013.
7. Web site: Yé-Yé: An Introduction. Deluxe. Jean-Emmanuel. April 30, 2021. Red Bull Music Academy.
8. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 152
9. Book: Nichols, Natalie. Get Your Yé-Yés Out. 28. Los Angeles Magazine. 3. 1522-9149. 44. March 1999.
10. Lo ye ye. March 24, 2021. Spanish. La tierra de las mil músicas. Joaquín. Luqui. RTVE. March 30, 2005.
11. Web site: Johnny Hallyday: How rocker held up a mirror to France. March 27, 2021. December 6, 2017. Hugh. Schofield. BBC News.
12. Web site: Cills . Hazel . 21 October 2015 . Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles / Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour / Mon Amie La Rose / L'Amitié / La Maison Ou J'Ai Grandi . 26 March 2021 . Pitchfork.
13. Spanish. La música pop en la España franquista: rock, ye-ye y beat en la primera mitad de los años 60. 2012. Paloma. Otaola González. ILCEA. 16. 10.4000/ilcea.1421. free.
14. Web site: Katty Line. April 30, 2021. Ready steady girls!.
15. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 120
16. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 153
17. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 118
18. Web site: Marisol Yé-yé. Spanish. Historia del Pop en español. April 15, 2018. March 12, 2021. RTVE.
19. Web site: De cuando Eurovisión creaba tendencia. Spanish. March 13, 2021. May 21, 2015. Mérida. María. Vogue España. Condé Nast.
20. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 19
21. News: Ordovás recrea la historia del 'pop' español. García. Ángeles. El País. April 2, 1987. Spanish. March 12, 2021.
22. Web site: Aquellos años de la generación yeyé. Señal Colombia. March 3, 2021. David. Jáuregui Sarmiento. Spanish. December 1, 2020.
23. Book: Kelly, Michael Bryan. The Beatle Myth: The British Invasion of American Popular Music, 1956-1969. 106. 1991. McFarland & Company. 978-0899505794.
24. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 156
25. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 154
26. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 155
27. Deluxe, 2013. pp. 173