France Joli
France Joli
France Joli is a Canadian singer (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1963), best known for Pop, Urban and Hi-NRG hits.
Her first single (released when she was 16) was "Come to Me," and it hit #1 on the US Dance chart in 1979. On the Billboard Hot 100, it was her biggest mainstream hit, breaking the Top 20 at #15. The success of the single put her in demand for talk shows with Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore and a Bob Hope special.
In 1980, Joli released two Top 5 Disco/Dance hits, "The Heart to Break the Heart" and "Feel Like Dancing," from her second album, Tonight. In 1981, she scored her second biggest hit with "Gonna Get Over You," which was her second single to hit #1 on the U.S. Disco/Dance chart. It was the lead single from her third album, Now. Although Joli continued to chart hits on Billboard's Disco/Dance charts throughout the 1980s, these never reached the pop pinnacle of "Come to Me." After parting ways with Prelude Records, she struck a label deal with Epic Records. Her first album for the label, Attitude (1983), featured Synth Pop, Euro-pop and Dance-pop songs with imaginative, creative lyrics. The album's singles included "Girl in the '80's" and "Blue Eyed Technology," but sales diminished since the label did not understand how to market Joli and her music. Joli's fifth album, Witch Of Love (1985) suffered a similar fate. The lead single from Witch of Love was "Does He Dance." Joli decided to stop recording and instead concentrated on touring the international club scene. The follow-up single "Breakaway" included remixes geared toward the underground clubs. Two different CD singles of "Breakaway" were released, Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 had the Junior Vasquez and Eddie Baez mixes of "Breakaway," while part 2 included additional remixes of "Breakaway," including a remix by Andy the Lamboy, as well one of the Darrin Friedman mixes of "Touch" and a previously unreleased Junior Vasquez mix of "Touch." Both "Touch" and "Breakaway" were featured on Joli's first album in 13 years, If You Love Me (1998).
In recent years, she made New York club appearances and dated New York disc jockey Joe Causi. No official word on whether or not she is working on new material.
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