W"Straight Outta Line" is a 2014 single by the Belgian-French electronic music duo BOTH released in Europe on 10 June 2014 by [PIAS] Recordings, then in the United States on 10 March 2015 by Dim Mak Records. The song is revolving around the genres of EDM, Nu Soul, House and Funk. It was written by John Turrell and BOTH and was produced by BOTH.
WLos Carayos was a French band which released four albums between 1986 and 1994. They were active mostly in Paris in the mid-1980s, but side interests of the musicians, notably of Manu Chao, did not allow the band to take off.
WLa Caution is a French hip hop duo consisting of members Hi-Tekk and Nikkfurie of Moroccan descent. They are notable for creating the song "Thé à la Menthe" which is known for appearing in the 2004 American film Ocean's Twelve. The phrase "thé à la menthe" is French for "mint tea". Their song "Briques" also appeared in the 5th Season, Episode 18 of the American TV Series How I Met Your Mother.
WLes Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, was a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors, who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
WCQMD Is a heavy funk band from France using amplified 1930s brass band instruments. CQMD are the initials for Ceux Qui Marchent Debout and is the band's name outside its national territory.
WDebout Sur Le Zinc is a French music band.
WEmpyr is a French English language rock band established in 2007 and made up of 5 members from four different French bands, Kyo, Pleymo, Watcha and Vegastar.
WThe Gibson Brothers are a French musical group, originally from Martinique, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best known hit singles included "Cuba" and "Que Sera Mi Vida".
WGolgoth 13 were a French band, formed in 2000 in Bayonne (France) by Sébastien Lasserre (guitar) and Grégory Sentenac (organ). They were soon joined by Sylvain Aubert on scratches and sampling, and they records their first album Golgoth 13 et leur "fantastic rodéo sound" in August 2000. They were later joined by Hervé Zwingelstein as a fourth member, on bass guitar. Following the recording of the band's second album Bruce Lee died in Galway in 2004, Grégory Sentenac is replaced by Stéphane Paulini (organ), and later, Stéphane Garin. They separate in 2007.
WKids United is a French musical group that consists of five children born between 2004 and 2009. It has been created to support UNICEF campaigns and is sponsored by Hélène Ségara and Corneille, two Francophone singers. The first album Un monde meilleur was launched on Universal Children's Day in 2015, it received gold certification in France. The second album Tout le bonheur du monde was certified 2x platinum. It won a Felix Award for best pop album; making it the band's first award.
WLa Maison Tellier is a French rock group with American country and folk influences, founded in 2004 by Raoul and Helmut Tellier. The group have released three studio albums, performing in both French and English.
WLes Musclés were a French music band in the 1990s. The Musclés were Framboisier (singer), Rémy, Éric (guitarist), René (accordionist) and Bernard Minet (drummer).
WOrdo Equitum Solis are an alternative music band consisting of French Leithana, pseudonym of Nathalie Herrera and Italian Deraclamo, pseudonym of Paolo De Marco. The duo formed in 1988, and released albums and toured between 1990 and 2000. In 2001 the band suddenly broke up, but there was a reunion in 2010.
WParis Combo is a musical group based in Paris, France, fronted until her death in 2020 by singer Belle du Berry. The group has an eclectic style, blending elements from the traditional French chanson and pop, American jazz and swing, Roma music, and North African music. They have performed live all over the world.
WPop System was a popular teen pop band in France. The band came to prominence in 2007 with the French children's program Iapiap! broadcast on French Canal J presented by Khriss where they were mentored by French star M. Pokora. The band was made up of four girls, Caroline, Marina, Sarah, Lisa and two boys Nicolas, Joris.
WProfil was a band that represented France in Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the entry Hè Hé M'sieurs dames. The band members were: Martine Havet, Martine Bauer, Francis Rignault, Jean-Claude Corbel and Jean-Pierre Izbinski.
WLe Quatuor are a group of French musicians and stage actors known for their musical comedy acts.
WSophie & Magaly was a group formed by French twin sisters Sophie and Magaly Gilles, who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performing the entry "Papa Pingouin". The song ended in 9th place, gaining 56 points. However, it was a commercial success in France, where one million copies of the single were sold. Their second single, "Arlequin", sold poorly, and the German producer Ralph Siegel of the label Ariola broke the contract with them. Producer Charles Talar gave a second chance to Sophie and Magaly. However, their follow-up singles "Toi" and "Les nanas de Zorro" were equally unsuccessful, and the group disbanded shortly thereafter.
WSoundhunters is a transmedia musical project created by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Marion Guth and François Le Gall, broadcast on the Franco-German channel Arte in 2015 and deployed internationally with Native Instruments and the music streaming platform SoundCloud.
WLes Stentors are a 4-member super vocal group made up of operatic voices from all regions of France.
WSuperbus is a five-piece French pop/rock band formed in 1999 with Jenn Ayache on lead vocals. The band's name is from the Latin word superbus, meaning proud, which Ayache stumbled upon while browsing through a Latin dictionary. The band has released five studio albums to date and a compilation album.
WAlbert Raisner was a French harmonica player, founder of the award-winning Trio Raisner and a TV and radio host and producer. He was the host of the hit show "Age Tendre et Tetes de Bois", which aired from 1961 to 1967 and featured world-renowned artists including The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes and French singers Johnny Hallyday and Claude Francois. He is regarded as an icon and a pioneer of French television, sometimes compared to Ed Sullivan, and was knighted by the French president in 1977.
WUltra Orange & Emmanuelle was a collaboration between French actress Emmanuelle Seigner and Ultra Orange.
WVolapük was a French avant-garde band created in 1993 by the drummer Guigou Chenevier, along with Michel Mandel and Guillaume Saurel. In the 1970s, Chenevier was a member of Etron Fou Leloublan, a band that was part of the Rock in Opposition movement. Takumi Fukushima became a later addition to the group, playing on Polyglöt which was released in 2000. Volapük announced their breakup in 2010.
WLes Wriggles is a French music group that formed in 1995 made up of five members, Christophe Gendreau, Stéphane Gourdon, Frédéric Volovitch, Antoine Réjasse, and Franck Zerbib. They wear red clothes throughout their concerts. In September 2006, Réjasse and Zerbib left the band to pursue solo careers renderring it a trio. In 2001, Frédéric Volovitch formed a side project with his brother Olivier Volovitch called Volo without quitting the band.