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Elli Robert Fitoussi (born 1 January 1947), better known as F. R. David, is a French musician. He is best known for his 1982 hit single "Words". Early life, family and education Elli Robert Fitoussi was born to a Tunisian Jewish family. He was born and grew up in Menzel Bourguiba, formerly known as Ferryville, which was then part of the French protectorate of Tunisia. Career In Paris, he began his music career as Robert Fitoussi. He first performed with French garage band Les Trèfles. After one EP, they expanded and were renamed Les Boots, but achieved very little commercial success. Adopting his new stage name - in which the initials F.R. referred to the first letters of the artist’s real name and surname, and “David” - to the myth of David and Goliath - he went solo in 1967 and recorded some orchestral psychedelic pop with Michel Colombier, including a version of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" ("Il Est Plus Facile"). He enjoyed minor hits with the Éric Charden penned "Symphonie" and a cover of the Bee Gees' "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World", but this success did not last. He then created Aztec Records with Sonopress & Carrer and started working with Michael Haubrich, where they wrote and produced for several small groups. The first was called Cockpit, followed by David Cast, Doc & Prohibition Group, Ragga, Alain Maria, Freddy Meyer, and DD Daughterdydawn with Vangelis Papathanassiou.During the early 1970s, F.R.David formed the progressive rock group David Explosion, but their one album was not a success. He was a guitarist for Vangelis in the early 1970s. With Vangelis, he also appeared as vocalist on some of his early 1970s albums. David's voice is also heard on the 1974 single "Who" by Vangelis under the name 'Odyssey'. David then joined French rock band Les Variations, appearing on their final album Café De Paris (1975), which featured an early rock-disco crossover "Superman, Superman". When the band broke up, he went solo again. His personal "trademarks" are his sunglasses and his guitar (a white Fender Stratocaster).His most recognised song was his hit song "Words", which sold eight million records worldwide and topped various charts throughout Europe in late 1982. The song reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in spring 1983, surpassing a rival version by 1960s hitmakers the Tremeloes, and went on to become the 22nd best-selling single in the UK during 1983. The song appears in the Oscar-nominated film for Best Picture, Call Me by Your Name. The song is a catchy, slightly melancholy ballad led by synths and sung in a slender, high-pitched voice. During the 1990s, F.R.David focused on writing and composing for other well known artists. He released another album, Words – '99 Version in 2000 which contains mostly covers. In 2006, the album The Wheel - the track list of which was opened and closed by two new remixes of the song "Words" - was released. In 2009, F.R.David released the album Numbers, which was recorded in collaboration with other musicians and featured songs that Robert himself most preferred. Between 2010 and 2011, he went on a national French tour of 52 concerts. In 2013, F.R.David released an album "Midnight drive". Private life Robert Fitoussi is married, has two grown up children and one grand-child. He currently shares his time between his studio in Paris, France and his summer residence in Valencia, Spain. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Rocker Blues (1986, Argentina only) Greatest Hits (1991) Best of F. R. David (2000) Songbook (2003)Singles Discography in other formations with Les TrèflesSont ils innocent? (EP, 1965)with Les Boots"Laissez briller le soleil"/"Trop tard"/"Le cerf-volant"/"Demain" (EP, 1966) "Les gens sont méchants"/"Ali Baba"/"Vingt ans"/"Twen" (EP, 1966) Tout Va Bien (Compilation, 1997)with CockpitCockpit (album, 1971) "Fifi"/"Father Machine" (single, 1971) "Bright Tomorrow"/"Lena, Lena" (single, 1971) "Mister Hardy"/"8 Days and a Wake Up" (single, 1972)with Les VariationsCafé de Paris (album, 1975)with King of HeartsClose, but No Guitar (album, 1978)References External links F. R. DAVID's Official Website F. R. David at IMDb . Discover the R David popular books. Find the top 100 most popular R David books.
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Hero Grown
Andy LivingstoneThe epic sequel to HERO BORN.Brann has come a long way since his days as a galley slave. At Lord Einarr’s side, he journeys to the capital of the Empire to warn the Emperor about L...
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Warriors
George R.R. Martin & Gardner DozoisFrom George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors: "People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrat...
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The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Gary Zukav“The most exciting intellectual adventure I've been on since reading Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”Christopher LehmannHaupt, New York TimesGary Zukav’s...
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The Wisdom of Dr. David R. Hawkins
David R. Hawkins, M.D. Ph.D.A collection of profound ideas from one of the great spiritual thinkers of our generation.In this authoritative work, readers will be brought to higher levels of awareness, control...
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Hero Born
Andy LivingstoneIt’s in the darkest hour, when all hope is lost, that heroes are born.After witnessing the deaths of everyone he holds dear, Brann is wrenched from his family home and thrust into ...
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The Practicing Stoic
Ward Farnsworth“Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn’t just a book to readit’s ...
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City of Women
David R. GillhamNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhom do you trust, whom do you love, and who can be saved? A gripping tale of Berlin in the Second World War, from the author of Annelies. It is 1943the he...
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I Dissent
Debbie LevyGet to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgin the first picture book about her lifeas she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!Supreme Court ...
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The Lioness of Boston
Emily FranklinBOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER “Brings Isabella Stewart Gardner fully, intimately aliveirrepressible and avid for life. In this richly compelling novel, Emily Franklin beautifully conjure...
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Twilight Zone
Carol SerlingAn original anthology celebrating Rod Serling's landmark television seriesWhen it first aired in 1959, The Twilight Zone was nothing less than groundbreaking television. Freed from...
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Wyrd Sisters
Terry PratchettIn Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, Granny Weatherwax teams with two other witchesNanny Ogg and Margat Garlickas an unlikely alliance to save a prince and restore him to t...
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Dandelion Wine
Ray BradburyRay Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most...
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Calico Trail
David R LewisWhen old money and older entitlement invade Missouri, Ruben Beeler is dispatched by the Federal Marshals Service to investigate complaints from small farmers and ranchers that a we...
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Cutthroat Trail
David R LewisWhen Ruben Beeler finds a rancher friend shot to death then mutilated, he calls on Marshals Marion Daniels and Homer Poteet for help. That call begins a chase that takes the men fr...
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The Best of the Best American Poetry
David Lehman & Harold BloomEvery year since 1988 a major poet has selected seventyfive poems for publication in The Best American Poetry. The series has quickly grown in both sales and prestige, as poetry it...
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Fear of the Father
David R Lewis“Got a gun?”With those words, David Allen Crockett, a retired police officer who simply wanted to be left alone, finds his seclusion shattered by his friend, therapist Ruby LaCost....
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Beneficence
Meredith Hall“People stay together, fall apart, come back together, altered. It is a book about work, about grief, about thick ongoing love” from the bestselling author (The Boston Globe).In th...
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The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett“Humorously entertaining. . . subtly thoughtprovoking. . . . Pratchett’s Discworld books are filled with humor and with magic, but they're rooted inof all thingsreal life and cold,...
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Daily Reflections from Dr. David R. Hawkins
David R. Hawkins, M.D., PH. D.A collection of 365 insightful quotes from bestselling author and consciousness researcher Dr. David R. Hawkins to guide readers on the path to enlightenment.This collection of ins...
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Confessions of a Bookseller
Shaun BythellA funny memoir of a year in the life of a Scottish used bookseller as he stays afloat while managing staff, customers, and life in the village of Wigtown.Inside a Georgian townhous...
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Deadly Outbreaks
Alexandra M. Levitt & Donald R. HopkinsCONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS!“Portrays epidemiologists as disease detectives who tirelessly hunt for clues and excel at deductive reasoning. Even Sherlock H...
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Glory Trail
David R LewisIt was a chance for a new beginning and a better life for a wagon train of hopefuls leaving the war torn South to relocate in Kansas. Unfortunately, new enemies and old habits die ...
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Killdeer Trail
David R LewisThirteen people are dead from the savage poisoning of a church well at the zealous hands of a vengeful elderly woman. With warrants in hand for murder and flight to avoid prosecuti...
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The Deer Run Trail
David R LewisThe year was 1881, an’ young Ruben Beeler was makin’ his way along near the Missouri River, findin’ work when he could an’ livin’ the only life he knew. When he come on ol’ Arliss ...
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The Nodaway Trail
David R LewisComfortable in his new life in Deer Run, young Ruben Beeler is called away by Marshal Marion Daniels to help in an investigation of murder and mutilation north of St. Joe. That beg...
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Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon
James HibberdThe perfect read and perfect gift for Game of Thrones fans The official, definitive oral history of the blockbuster show from Entertainment Weekly’s James Hibb...
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Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman“Neil Gaiman is undoubtedly one of the modern masters of fantasy writing....For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one to read, and is a fitting introd...
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Small Gods
Terry Pratchett"Humorously entertaining. . . subtly thoughtprovoking. . . Pratchett's Discworld books are filled with humor and magic." Chicago Tribune"Think J.R.R. Tolkien with a sharper, more s...
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Dakota Trail
David R LewisMarion, Homer, and Ruben are dispatched to Sioux Falls in the Dakota Territory to investigate the disappearance of another Federal Marshal, James Jacklin. While trying to gather in...
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Franz WerfelThe internationally acclaimed novel based on the heroic resistance during the Armenian genocide of 1915. This is the story of how the people of several Armenian villages in the mou...
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Old Mars
George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Michael Moorcock, Joe R. Lansdale & James S. A. CoreyFifteen allnew stories by science fiction’s top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multipleaward winning editor Gardner Dozois Burroughs’s A Pr...
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War by Other Means
Keith KelloggGeneral Keith Kellogg saw it all. The only national security advisor to work side by side with both President Trump and Vice President Pence, he was their confidant as they made th...
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Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self
David R. Hawkins, M.D. Ph.D.Realize your true potential, dissolve the ego limitations, learn how to master your emotions, and awaken your inner genius with this groundbreaking selfdevelopment book from renown...
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Soul Music
Terry Pratchett"Pratchett's Discworld yarns . . . are comic masterpieces. This one, unfailingly amusing and sometimes hysterically funny, is recommended for anyone with the slightest trace of a s...
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Bone Driven
Hailey EdwardsBook Two in the powerfully addictive fantasy series The Foundling, perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Jenn Stark and Helen HarperThe bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning ...