Liliane Saint-Pierre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Belgian singer
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1948
Place of Birth: Diest, Flemish Region, Belgium
Profession: singer
Nationality: Belgium
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
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About Liliane Saint-Pierre
- Liliane Saint-Pierre (born Liliane Louise Keuninckx, 18 December 1948) is a Belgian (Flemish) singer who sings mainly in Dutch. Liliane Saint-Pierre was born in Molenstede, Flemish Brabant, as Liliane Keuninckx.
- She started her career in the 1960s when she was 13 years old.
- The biggest hit of her early success period was "We gotta stop" sung in Dutch.
- At that time she performed as Liliane. Her success didn't stay unnoticed.
- She became acquainted with Claude François, a French singer and producer, and asked him to promote her in France.
- He accepted the offer, but decided Liliane was too short for a stage name.
- He added Saint-Pierre to give it a more French sound and together with him as producer Saint-Pierre records about twenty songs.
- These songs were successful in Belgium and France.
- Saint-Pierre occurs at the Olympia in Paris.
- But the collaboration ended abruptly after a disagreement between Claude François and her manager of that time (and father-in-law) Milo De Coster. In the early 1970s, Saint-Pierre took part in the Bible musical Glory Halleluja 2000 by Group Miloscope.
- Several songs of the musical were released as singles.
- There was a huge tour set up in churches around Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and France. After trundling along at the end of the 1970s, Saint-Pierre's career was stuck in a musical deadlock.
- Said Saint-Pierre: "It was almost irreversible, until the Belgian entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen called me for a series of performances in his park.
- Suddenly I had a year of work.
- This decision was taken soon; the mentality of the army was not consistent with my worldview." Saint-Pierre represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, where she sang "Soldiers of Love" in Dutch (a song with a strong pacifistic tone).
- She finished in 11th place with 56 points.
- Saint-Pierre had already made two previous attempts to reach the Eurovision final.
- In 1978 she performed the song "Mélodie" in Luxembourg's qualifying heat and in 1981 sang "Brussel" in the Belgian national contest.
- Following "Soldiers of Love", Saint-Pierre went on to record quite a few socially-engaged songs throughout her career. After a few more quiet years, she made a successful comeback in 1996 with a new fresh dance sound.
- Her biggest hit of that period was "Ik wil alles met je doen", a dance remake of Dusty Springfield's hit "In Private".
- With her duet with the popular Flemish boyband Get Ready! entitled "Geef me tijd", she was discovered by a whole new and younger audience.
- This resulted in Saint-Pierre being one of the judges in the first season of the Belgian version of the talent show X-Factor. Today Saint-Pierre still frequently records new material and she is still one of the most respected voices and live performers of Belgium.
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