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Frederick Francois (Francesco Barracatto) is born in Sicily on 3 June 1950. He is only two years old when his family is leaving their village to establish themselves in Tilleur, Wallony, near Liege, a little county in Belgium.

He did inherit his fondness of music and singing from his father Peppino. When he is 12 years old he decides to buy his first guitar and joines the band Les Eperviers.

Youtube mix frederic francois biography

His father is approving this decision by helping hom to acced at the Music Accademy. This is a succesful thing to do, because Frederic Francois is winning that same year the singing contest “Festival du Chatelet”, which allows him to make his first record.

But he is making his real debut in 1969 when he makes his first 45 tours record whith his actual nickname. He gets married and have a family of his own while he is still young. This thing happens in 1971, the year when his first hits are launched, such like “Je n’ai jamais aime comme je t’aime”, “Laisse-moi vivre ma vie”, “Chicago” and many ot