Jacqueline Boyer was the winner of the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, where her performance of Pierre Cour and André Popp's "Tom Pillibi" became France's second triumph in three years. (Ironically, her father ignominiously finished last in the intervening competition.)
The daughter of top French performers Lucienne Boyer and Jacques Pills, Boyer was born Jacqueline Ducos on April 23, 1941. At the age of 15 she made the first of several stage appearances alongside Marlene Dietrich, while her Eurovision success was followed by tours with Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, and Georg...