Jacques Pills

Jacques Pills (7 January 1906 to 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. He was born in Tulle, France. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point. He is the father of Jaqueline Boyer, who went on to win the contest the next year for France. He married Lucienne Boyer in 1939 and they divorced in 1951. On the 20 Sptember 1952, he married singer Édith Piaf. However, in 1956, this marriage also ended in divorce. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.