Ranking of the best singers of all time: Françoise Hardy incredulous, “none of my songs were a success in the USA”

For who has reviewed the 200 artists ranked in the hit parade of the best singers of all time (this is the title of the published article!) compiled by Rolling Stone, there is a major surprise: the presence of a single French-speaking artist. Or rather only one: Françoise Hardy appears in 162nd place. The magazine highlights the fact that she wrote her own songs, a rare thing in the early 1960s, and salutes her cover of “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen. “Perhaps the most evocative on record, including that of Leonard Cohen himself“, lit.