{"id":1084,"date":"2020-04-21T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/?page_id=1084"},"modified":"2022-05-25T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:10:34","slug":"f-r-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/?page_id=1084","title":{"rendered":"F.R. DAVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490951845891{background-color: #100726 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8&#8243;]<div id=\"widget_slider_492631813\" class=\"widget_area sc_widget_slider vc_widget_slider wpb_content_element\"><aside id=\"widget_slider_492631813_widget\" class=\"widget widget_slider\">\t\t\t<div class=\"slider_wrap slider_engine_swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"widget_slider_492631813_outer\" class=\"slider_swiper_outer slider_style_default slider_outer_direction_horizontal slider_outer_controls slider_outer_controls_side slider_outer_pagination slider_outer_pagination_bullets slider_outer_pagination_pos_bottom slider_outer_titles_center slider_outer_one\"><div id=\"widget_slider_492631813_swiper\" class=\"slider_swiper swiper-slider-container slider_direction_horizontal slider_controls slider_controls_side slider_pagination slider_pagination_bullets slider_pagination_pos_bottom slider_titles_center slider_one slider_resize slider_height_auto slider_type_bg\" data-ratio=\"4:3\" data-interval=\"7000\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-pagination=\"bullets\" data-direction=\"horizontal\" data-slides-per-view=\"1\" data-slides-space=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div  class=\"swiper-slide\" data-image=\"https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2-1.png\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2-1.png);\"><\/div><div  class=\"swiper-slide\" data-image=\"https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-2.png\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-2.png);\"><\/div><div  class=\"swiper-slide\" data-image=\"https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f.r..jpg\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f.r..jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><!-- \/.swiper-wripper --><div class=\"slider_controls_wrap\"><a class=\"slider_prev swiper-button-prev\" href=\"#\"><\/a><a class=\"slider_next swiper-button-next\" href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"slider_pagination_wrap swiper-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><!-- \/.slider_swiper --><\/div><!-- \/.slider_swiper_outer -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/aside><\/div>[vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;medium&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496309859087{margin-bottom: 1.1rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc_layouts_title_title\">\n<h1 class=\"sc_layouts_title_caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">F.R. DAVID<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc_layouts_title_breadcrumbs\"><\/div>\n<p>Elli Robert Fitoussi \u201cF. R.\u201d David (born 1 January 1947) is a Tunisian-born Jewish French singer, best known for his 1982 hit single \u201cWords (Don\u2019t Come Easy)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>F. R. David began his career as Robert Fitoussi, a singer-songwriter and guitarist with French garage band Les Tr\u00e8fles. After one E.P., they mutated into Les Boots, but achieved very little commercial success. Adopting his new stage name, he went solo in 1967 and recorded some orchestral pop psych with Michel Colombier, including a version of The Beatles\u2019 \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d. He enjoyed minor hits with the \u00c9ric Charden penned \u201cSymphonie\u201d and a cover of The Bee Gees\u2019 \u201cSir Geoffrey Saved the World\u201d, but this success did not last.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/w1xMc-Xpi04&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]During the early 1970s, he formed the progressive rock group David Explosion but their one album was not a success. He worked with Vangelis for a while, appearing as vocalist on some of his early 1970s albums, and then joined French rock band Les Variations, appearing on their final album Caf\u00e9 De Paris (1975), which featured an early rock-disco crossover \u201cSuperman, Superman\u201d. When the band broke up, he went solo again. His personal \u201ctrademarks\u201d are his sunglasses and his guitar (a white Fender Stratocaster).<\/p>\n<p>His most recognized song was his hit \u201cWords\u201d in 1982, which sold eight million records worldwide, topped various charts around Europe in late 1982, and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in spring 1983, whitewashing a rival version by 1960s hitmakers The Tremeloes, and going on to becoming the 22nd best-selling single in the UK during 1983. The song is a catchy, slightly plaintive synth-led mid-tempo ballad sung in a slender, high-pitched voice. F. R. David\u2019s voice is also heard on the 1974 45rpm single \u201cWho\u201d by Vangelis under the name \u2018Odyssey\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/c6myFY3EwsA&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]During the 1990s he took time out from his own music career and focused on writing and composing for other well known artists. F. R. David released another album Words \u2013 \u201999 Version in 2000 which contained mostly covers. In 2009 he released the album Numbers, which was in collaboration with other musicians and featured songs that F. R. David himself most preferred.<\/p>\n<p>2013 latest release \u201cMidnight Drive\u201d reflects F.R. David\u2019s inspiration over the past 4 years. F.R. David wanted to put these tracks all together in an album to share with as many people as possible.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/-79QkV2ROb8&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;large&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"sc_layouts sc_layouts_default sc_layouts_525\">[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1490961820830{background-image: url(https:\/\/blackrainmusic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/47310871_2215126141852789_3110979975113605120_o.jpg) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_empty_space alter_height=\"huge\" hide_on_mobile=\"\"]<div class=\"sc_layouts_item\"><div class=\"sc_blogger color_style_default sc_blogger_default\"><h6 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DAVID &nbsp; Elli Robert Fitoussi \u201cF. R.\u201d David (born 1 January 1947) is a Tunisian-born Jewish French singer, best known for his 1982 hit single \u201cWords (Don\u2019t Come Easy)\u201d. F. R. 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