France Joli was born in Montreal, Quebec on January 26, 1963 and displayed an enormous amount of talent from an early age. By the time she was four years old she was a seasoned professional, mastering her drama, vocal and singing classes. She was in such demand doing radio and tv commercials when she was 11, that she dropped out of school to develop her career with the full support of her parents. A few years later, she set out to meet singer/producer/writer Tony Green (born Antonio DiVerdis-Mazzone) who resided in Montreal, not far from her hometown of Dorion-Vaudreuil, Quebec. He had begun his recording career in 1969, and hit his stride in 1979 collaborating with France Joli on "Come To Me" and "Everybody, Get Up And Boogie" sung by Freddie James, another Quebecer and son of Geraldine Hunt (Can't Fake The Feeling). Prelude Records signed France and made her a top priority at the label which resulted in that label's most popular Top 40 single ever with "Come To Me", peaking at #15 in late 1979, but hit #1 for three weeks on the Disco/Dance chart. Tony can be heard singing with her on that song. Francois Kervorkian was a photographer/DJ when he took Joli to Fire Island to perform where she dazzled the crowds with her energetic rendering of her top pop moment and the song exploded onto the discos and stormed the pop charts. She then went into the studio again with Green to record her follow up, "Tonight" which tweaked the disco formula by adding electric guitar to a gutsier mix and gave her a #3 Disco/Dance hit in 1980. For her third LP, she was paired with the producers of Crown Heights Affair, who were disco pioneers in 1975 with their #1 disco hit, "Dreaming A Dream" and were a presence near the top of that survey until 1980's "You Gave Me Love" that peaked at #12. Prelude wanted to put Joli in an R&B direction and she left Green behind but never again dented the pop charts. Green felt that she should have gone more pop. In any case, the lead single met with Green's approval and "Gonna Get Over You" peaked at #2 for two weeks. In 1983, Joli attracted the attention of Clive Davis, but for some reason she never contracted to work for him. Soon, Davis was nurturing the career of another young upstart, Whitney Houston and that was the end of that for Joli. Signing with Epic Records, she was paired with Giorgio Moroder, who provided an Executive Producer credit, but was not involved in the day to day recordings. Her career suffered as a result as her magnificent pop voice was never properly framed by sterling productions nor strong songs. She faced declining popularity on the disco/dance charts but had a slight comeback when she again worked with Green for 1997's "Touch" that resulted in a #24 dance hit with the title track. Joli still performs her signature hit all over the world, still has incredible range and timbre in her voice and needs some hot shot producers and writers to give her something to display her immeasurable performing talents...I understand that Diane Warren sent her some songs years ago, but nothing materialized...hey Diane, maybe you could come up with something for her? Puh-leeze?