Henri Dès (born Henri Destraz 14 December 1940) is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, Retour. Dès also founded his own record label, Disques Mary-Josée, which he named after his wife.
In 1969, he won the Sopot International Song Festival.
He represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Retour". It was placed fourth. Henri achieved another fourth place, this time in the Swiss national final for Eurovision 1976, with the song "C'est pour la vie".
On 15 March 2019 he joined striking school children in Lausanne protesting against climate change.
Discography
Year Album name Label 1970 Retour Disques Evasion 1974 Quand on revient d'ailleurs Mary-Josée Music 1977 Cache-cache Mary-Josée/CBS Records 1978 Si c'était moi? Disques Mary-Josée 1979 La Petite Charlotte Mary-Josée/CBS Records 1980 Flagada Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1982 L'âne blanc Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1984 Dessin fou Mary-Josée/CBS Records 1985 Les Trésors de Notre Enfance Vol. 1 Mary-Josée/CBS Records 1986 Le Beau Tambour Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1988 La Glace au citron Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1989 Olympia 1989 Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1991 Les Bêtises Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1993 Le crocodile Mary-Josée/Interdisc 1994 Olympia 94 Mary-Josée/Sony Music 1995 Far West Mary-Josée/Sony Music 1996 Olympia 1996 Mary-Josée/Sony Music 1997 On ne peut (pas) tout dire Mary-Josée/Sony Music 1998 Olympia 98 1999 Du soleil Mary-Josée/D.E.P. 2000 Olympia 2000 2001 C'est le père Noël Mary-Josée/D.E.P. 2002 Comme des géants Mary-Josée/D.E.P. 2003 Olympia 2003 2005 Polissongs Mary-Josée/D.E.P. 2006 Olympia 2006 2007 Gâteau Mary-Josée/Interdisc 2008 L'Hirondelle et le Papillon Mary-Josée/Interdisc 2009 Olympia 2009 2011 Tout Simplement Mary-Josée/Interdisc 2012 Abracadabra Mary-Josée/Interdisc 2012 En 25 chansons Mary-Josée/Interdisc 2014 50 ans de chansons Mary-Josée/Interdisc
References
External links
Dès' official website