The singer Nicoletta publishes "Soul sister, 50 years of stage", a book where she looks back on the funny moments and the highlights of her 50 years of career.
Invited Thursday by Emilie Mazoyer in "Musique!", The French soul sister remembers the great era of artists' springboards organized by Europe 1.
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Let's go back a few decades back to when Europe 1 was still called Europe n ° 1.
Nicoletta began her career in the 1960s, and the radio organized springboards for the emergence of young artists.
An era that the singer recounts in her book "
Soul sister, 50 years of stage
".
She also specifies certain episodes to Emilie Mazoyer in the program
Musique!
, and in particular how she helped her friends so that they win the musical springboards of Europe 1.
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"Europe 1 didn't know what we were doing"
"I made three podiums in Europe 1", remembers Nicoletta with a smile.
"What fun I had on these catwalks!"
It must be said that when the singer was not participating herself, she had found a way to give voice to her artist friends and aspiring stars.
With his friends from the record company, to kill time during long waiting periods, they made multiple phone calls on the radio to have their votes recorded.
"I was bringing up some friends, we were behind a switchboard at the record company and we said 'I vote for this one', 'I vote for this one'. We were laughing!" Remembers Nicoletta.
This practice, not exactly in the spirit of the competition rules, went unnoticed at Europe 1. "They didn't know it, but they had young people in small offices waiting to be registered and turning up the heat. ! ", she still has fun today.