FRANICS GOYA

Legend of the Romantic Guitar
FRANICS GOYA
Legend of the Romantic Guitar
FRANCIS GOYA
Guitarist - songwrither - producer
Performer of the Terry Heimat production studio
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Francis Goya, born François Weyer on 16 may 1946 to Cork, en Belgium, is a guitarist et concert performer Belgian.

The son of musician parents, he was offered his first guitar at the age of 12. At 16, Francis Goya formed his first band (Les Jivaros) with his drummer brother and a few friends. En 1966 he met singer Lou who joined Francis' rock band, The Liberty Six with Patrick Ruymen (Lou would later produce the artist Plastic Bertrand and will compose the song for him That Plane For Me which became a worldwide success.

En 1970 Francis Goya is hired by a professional soul music group le JJ Band with which he recorded two albums, the second of which was produced by Brian Bennett, drummer de The Shadows. Cet LP is registered at London for the firm CBS. Thanks to the JJ Band, Francis Goya goes on tour throughout theEurope and theAfrica.

It also becomes guitarist de studio and also accompanies various artists on stage such as Demis Roussos, The Three Degrees, Vicky Leandros, and many others.

The “Nostalgia” click
En 1975, he records his first 45 rpm solo Nostalgia which will climb in all the hits parade. Nostalgia is a soft and romantic melody written by Francis Goya and his father. It was then that his international career would begin. He goes on tour around the world, fromAsia atLatin America passing bySouth Africa, la Russia, etc. Between each tour, he records at least one new album, to end up with more than 35 LPs and CDs, most of which will become gold record ou platinum.

To date, Francis Goya has sold more than 28 million albums worldwide, which is rather rare in instrumental music. En 1991, Francis Goya conducts the orchestra of theEurovision to Rome for the Luxemburg as well as in Ireland in 1993.

Latin American influences
Having always loved Latin American music, Francis Goya decides en 1991 to record parallel to sa instrumental music, a CD of Brazilian songs (Bahia Lady). The timbre of his voice and the warm sound of sa guitar make a very good association that is very popular with the public.
He decides to coFrancis Goya, born François Weyer on 16 may 1946 to Cork, en Belgium, is a guitarist et concert performer Belgian.

The son of musician parents, he was offered his first guitar at the age of 12. At 16, Francis Goya formed his first band (Les Jivaros) with his drummer brother and a few friends. En 1966 he met singer Lou who joined Francis' rock band, The Liberty Six with Patrick Ruymen (Lou would later produce the artist Plastic Bertrand and will compose the song for him That Plane For Me which became a worldwide success.

En 1970 Francis Goya is hired by a professional soul music group le JJ Band with which he recorded two albums, the second of which was produced by Brian Bennett, drummer de The Shadows. Cet LP is registered at London for the firm CBS. Thanks to the JJ Band, Francis Goya goes on tour throughout theEurope and theAfrica.

It also becomes guitarist de studio and also accompanies various artists on stage such as Demis Roussos, The Three Degrees, Vicky Leandros, and many others.

The “Nostalgia” click
En 1975, he records his first 45 rpm solo Nostalgia which will climb in all the hits parade. Nostalgia is a soft and romantic melody written by Francis Goya and his father. It was then that his international career would begin. He goes on tour around the world, fromAsia atLatin America passing bySouth Africa, la Russia, etc. Between each tour, he records at least one new album, to end up with more than 35 LPs and CDs, most of which will become gold record ou platinum.

To date, Francis Goya has sold more than 28 million albums worldwide, which is rather rare in instrumental music. En 1991, Francis Goya conducts the orchestra of theEurovision to Rome for the Luxemburg as well as in Ireland in 1993.

Latin American influences
Having always loved Latin American music, Francis Goya decides en 1991 to record parallel to sa instrumental music, a CD of Brazilian songs (Bahia Lady). The timbre of his voice and the warm sound of sa guitar make a very good association that is very popular with the public.
He decides to continue in this way and records en 1992 et 1993 two others CD in the same style (Noche Latino and Festival Latino). 1994 will be the year of returning to basics with the recording of a new CD instrumental as well as a tour of around fifty concerts at the Netherlands. En 1996 a new CD style music new-age is registered (Gondwana).

En 1998 Françis Goya records the most beautiful songs of Jacques Brel which will be released on CD et will be distributed nationwideEurope. Will follow the album recorded in duet with Richard Clayderman.

An east wind
The album Moscow Nights recorded at Moscow was released in nineteen eighty one in all countries of the formerUSSR where it became a huge hit that made Francis Goya a Western star en Eastern Europe.

2000s
This is after twenty years of success en Eastern Europe that Francis Goya was invited in March 2001 to give a concert in Estonia, at the Tallinn Philharmonic Hall, accompanied by thechamber orchestra du Philharmonic Hall, led by Jean-Luc Drion pianist et conductor, accomplice of Francis Goya for more than thirty years. This first concert was so successful that Francis Goya had to extend his stay en Estonia in order to give a second concert the next day at the same Philharmonic Hall.After this first experience en Estonia, Francis Goya decided to record an instrumental album including works written by the great composer Estonian Raimond Valgre. This album is still very successful en Estonia.

Similarly, album Russian A Tribute To Alexandra Pakhmutova recorded at Saint PETERSBOURG is also distributed in Korea, at Taiwan et China. Building on his popularity, Francis Goya has since performed regularly on tours around the world.

In 2006, the rapper american Busta Rhymes covers an old Francis Goya track Faded Lady which becomes #1 in the top 100 aux United States under the title New York Shit (album The Big Bang (album)). In 2007 the group Safri Duo (Falling Hight) covers a sample of the song Tonight's the Night written by Françis Goya in 1976. En January 2008, Francis Goya decides to settle with his family at Marrakesh (Morocco) while continuing its galas au Canada, en South Africa, en Russia, en Estonia.ntinue in this way and records en 1992 et 1993 two others CD in the same style (Noche Latino and Festival Latino). 1994 will be the year of returning to basics with the recording of a new CD instrumental as well as a tour of around fifty concerts at the Netherlands. En 1996 a new CD style music new-age is registered (Gondwana).

En 1998 Françis Goya records the most beautiful songs of Jacques Brel which will be released on CD et will be distributed nationwideEurope. Will follow the album recorded in duet with Richard Clayderman.

An east wind
The album Moscow Nights recorded at Moscow was released in nineteen eighty one in all countries of the formerUSSR where it became a huge hit that made Francis Goya a Western star en Eastern Europe.

2000s
This is after twenty years of success en Eastern Europe that Francis Goya was invited in March 2001 to give a concert in Estonia, at the Tallinn Philharmonic Hall, accompanied by thechamber orchestra du Philharmonic Hall, led by Jean-Luc Drion pianist et conductor, accomplice of Francis Goya for more than thirty years. This first concert was so successful that Francis Goya had to extend his stay en Estonia in order to give a second concert the next day at the same Philharmonic Hall.After this first experience en Estonia, Francis Goya decided to record an instrumental album including works written by the great composer Estonian Raimond Valgre. This album is still very successful en Estonia.

Similarly, album Russian A Tribute To Alexandra Pakhmutova recorded at Saint PETERSBOURG is also distributed in Korea, at Taiwan et China. Building on his popularity, Francis Goya has since performed regularly on tours around the world.

In 2006, the rapper american Busta Rhymes covers an old Francis Goya track Faded Lady which becomes #1 in the top 100 aux United States under the title New York Shit (album The Big Bang (album)). In 2007 the group Safri Duo (Falling Hight) covers a sample of the song Tonight's the Night written by Françis Goya in 1976. En January 2008, Francis Goya decides to settle with his family at Marrakesh (Morocco) while continuing its galas au Canada, en South Africa, en Russia, en Estonia.
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