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"'Pour toi Armnie'" (English translation: "For You, Armenia") is a 1989 song written and composed by Charles Aznavour, and recorded by a group of French singers (and also a few actors and TV presenters) who were popular at the time. This charity single was intended to raise funds to help the Armenians who experienced the 1988 Spitak earthquake. It sold more than 1 million copies under the Trema-EMI label.

Background and writing



This song was entirely written and composed by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz which made a great tribute to the country of his ancestral origins and his relationship that he always have kept in his heart. After the earthquake in Armenia, he asked his singers, actors and TV presenters friends to sing with him "Pour toi Armnie", song devoted to help victims of this tragedy. At the same time, in the United Kingdom, the collective band named Rock Aid Armenia made a cover of "Smoke on the Water" also for the same charitable purpose.

Vocalists



The artists that composed this group were :

*Adamo

*Serge Avedikian

*Marcel Amont

*Animo

*Rosy Armen

*Charles Aznavour

*Katia Aznavour

*Didier Barbelivien

*Phil Barney

*Gilbert Bcaud

*Jane Birkin

*Grard Blanc

*Richard Bohringer

*Zani Boni

*Carlos

*Jean Carmet

*Jean-Pierre Cassel

*Alain Chamfort

*Frdric Chteau

*Louis Chedid

*Julien Clerc

*Nicole Croisille

*Dallas

*David et Jonathan

*Michel Delpech

*Sacha Distel

*Dorothe

*Michel Drucker

*Yves Duteil

*Elsa

*Jean-Pierre Foucault

*Roland Giraud

*Richard Gotainer

*Flix Gray

*Serge Guirao

*Johnny Hallyday

*Robert Hossein

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*Jairo

*Vronique Jannot

*Patricia Kaas

*Kimera

*David Koven

*Gilles Lacoste

*Jean-Luc Lahaye

*Francis Lalanne

*Serge Lama

*Philippe Lavil

*Herbert Lonard

*Lio

*Marie Myriam

*Didier Marouani

*Mireille Mathieu

*Fred Mella

*Macha Meryl

*Eddy Mitchell

*Pierre Mondy

*Gilbert Montagn

*Eric Morena

*Nana Mouskouri

*Georges Moustaki

*Thierry Mutin

*Nacash

*Nicoletta

*Florent Pagny

*Vanessa Paradis

*Popeck

*Jackie Quartz

*Rachid

*Serge Reggiani

*Renaud

*Line Renaud

*Pierre Richard

*Dick Rivers

*Patrick Sabatier

*Henri Salvador

*Michel Sardou

*Shushana

*Alain Souchon

*Linda de Suza

*Jean-Marc Thibault

*Franois Valry

*Rosy Varte

*Herv Vilard

*Marina Vlady

*Laurent Voulzy

*Jacques Weber

All the names feature on the single's cover.

Track listings



; 7" single

# "Pour toi Armnie" 4:05

# "Ils sont tombs" 4:06

The vinyl version of "Ils sont tombs" is recitated, unlike other versions.

Chart performances



In France, "Pour toi Armnie" had an immediate huge success: it went straight to number one on the French SNEP Singles Chart edition of 11 February 1989 and remained atop for ten weeks, then dropped and left the chart after 18 weeks of presence. The same year, the single was certified Platinum disc by the French certifier, the Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique. It featured for a long time in the Guinness Book of Records as it was the first single to enter the French Singles Chart at number one.Alex P. King, 'Hit-parade, 20 ans de tubes', 2005, Pascal Ed., p. 9 [http://membres.lycos.fr/vingtansdetubes/HistoireHitparade.pdf Vingt ans de tubes] (Retrieved 23 April 2008) It was also the first appearance of Charles Aznavour on the French top 50. In addition, "Pour toi Armnie" was a top three hit in Belgium (Wallonia), and debuted at a peak of number four on the European Hot 100 Singles, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks.

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References



Category:Songs about Asia

Category:1989 singles

Category:All-star recordings

Category:Charity singles

Category:Charles Aznavour songs

Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Songs written by Charles Aznavour

Category:Songs with music by Georges Garvarentz

Category:1989 songs

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