Jacqueline Taïeb born November 9, 1948

Jacqueline Taïeb (born 9 November 1948) is a French singer and songwriter. She achieved her greatest success as a pop and yé-yé singer in the 1960s.

Born 1948 in Carthage, Tunisia, the young Taïeb arrived in France with her parents at the age of eight years old. Her father gifted her with a guitar at 12 which she must have really connected with, because soon she would be composing her own songs. It wasn’t long before a talent scout would discover her while singing with friends. It was ’66, and what an exciting time it must have been for the perky 18 year old singer-songwriter, scoring a contract with the record label Impact, and then being quickly whisked away off to London for her first recording sessions.

                                  

1967 saw a string of 7″ releases for the now 19 year old Jacqueline, but it’s her debut EP release that she is most well worshiped for. All four songs on the EP were composed by the young singer herself, which for that time, was quite rare, as most female singers were expected to perform songs that had been written for them, or perhaps covers of other popular high selling hits. Though the lead track, the almighty ye ye classic 7 heures du matin, was only a small hit at the time, it has gone on to become considered a classic of the French girl pop genre. She was voted Best Newcomer at the inaugural Midem music festival in Cannes for the song. The song was about a bored teenage girl who does not wish to go to school that day and fantasizes about rock and roll stars such as The Who and Paul McCartney.

Jacqueline had a small handful of releases in the late sixties, and while none had the impact of this garage hit, they all carry the distinctive Taieb charm. There is also a very sort after Canadian only LP release entitled simply Jacqueline Taïeb, pressed in ’67, and while it contained many of her previous releases, it also included the exclusive On Roule A 160. 

Her second album was released in April 1967 with the title "Qu'est-ce qu'on se marre à la fac", also called "La Fac de lettres", which made her widely known. 

Several albums followed without achieving the same success, and in the early 70's Jacqueline took a break from recording and began to write for other musicians. Famous artists such as Yves Montand, Michel Fugain, Fabrienne Thibault and Stone have all sung Taieb’s songs. The list goes on. In 1988, she penned the song "Ready to Follow You", which became an international hit for American singer Dana Dawson. The single sold more than 500,000 copies, and the album sold 300,000 in France alone. 

Over the decades, Taïeb's 1960s discography found a cult following worldwide, particularly in Japan, the UK, and North America. Tracks like "7 Heures du Matin" were regularly reissued on garage-rock and yé-yé compilations (such as Girls in the Garage) and licensed for international advertising campaigns (including Bentley and Lolita Lempicka). 

In 2013 Jacqueline fulfilled her teenage dream when she recorded at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, resulting in the album "Jacqueline Taieb sings Elvis". She has released sporadic new music over the years, including the single "Peace Love & Action" in 2015.

(Edited from Wikipedia, Cult 45 & Melody TV)