France Joli

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France Joli is a Canadian singer (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1963), best known for Pop, Urban and Hi-NRG hits.

1 Career
2 The 1990s to Present
- 2.1 Discography
3 Albums
4 Singles
5 See also
6 External Links

[edit] Career

Her first single (released when she was 16) was "Come To Me" and it hit #1 on the US Dance chart in 1979. On the Billboard Hot 100, it was her biggest mainstream hit, breaking the Top 20 at #15. The success of the single put her on demand for talk shows with Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore and on the Bob Hope special.

In 1980, Joli release two Top 5 Disco/Dance hits, The Heart To Break The Heart and Feel Like Dancing, from her sophomore album, Tonight. In 1981, she scored her second biggest hit with Gonna Get Over You. It was the lead single from her third album, titled, Now. Although Joli would continue to chart hits on Billboard's Disco/Dance charts throughout the 80's they would never reach the pop success of Come To Me. After parting ways with Prelude Records, she struck a label deal with Epic Records. Her first album for the label, the audicous, Attitude was released in 1983. The album featured Synth Pop, Euro-pop and Dance-pop songs with imaginitive, creatibe lyrics. The albums' singles included, "Girl of The '80's" and "Blue Eye Technology." However, since the record label did not understand how best to market her and her music, the album sufferred. Joli's fifth album, Witch Of Love, released in 1985, sufferred the same fate, although being another fabulous effort. The lead single from Witch of Love was Does He Dance. Joli decided to stop recording and just concentrate on touring the club scene the world over.

[edit] The 1990s to Present

In 1996, Joli returned with the single Touch, released on Popular Records. The original incarnation of the single was a CD single with eurodance/hi-nrg styled remixes intended for radio, but received limited airplay. The song belatedly became a hit in clubs, reaching #24 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play, when new remixes by Darrin "Spike" Friedman were released on vinyl 12" single. There were two separate 12" singles released individually, each featuring a different Darrin Friedman remix, along with the other mixes from the CD single divided between the two records. The song was mainly a regional hit in the New York tri-state area, as it was a favorite of DJs such as Jonathan Peters and Junior Vasquez at their weekly residencies.

The follow up single Breakaway included remixes geared toward the underground clubs. Two different CD singles of Breakaway were released, Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 included the Junior Vasquez and Eddie Baez mixes of Breakaway, while part 2 included additional remixes of Breakaway including a remix by Andy The Lamboy, as well one of the Darrin Friedman mixes of Touch, and a previously unreleased Junior Vasquez mix of Touch. Currently the girlfriend of New York disc jockey Joe Causi