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{{Short description|French recording artist; singer (1911–2003)}}
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|name        = André Claveau
|image       = Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - André Claveau.png
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|caption     = Claveau at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1958]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1911|12|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = Paris, France
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2003|07|04|1911|12|17|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Agen]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]], France 
|occupation  = Singer, actor
}}

'''André Claveau''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃dʁe klavo}}, 29 December 1911 – 4 July 2003) was a popular singer in France from the 1940s to the 1960s. He won the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1958 singing "[[Dors, mon amour]]" (Sleep, My Love), with music composed by [[Pierre Delanoë]] and lyrics by [[Hubert Giraud (composer)|Hubert Giraud]]. Winning at the age of 46 years and 76 days, Claveau was the oldest winner of the contest until 1990, being the first and only winner prior to 1990 to triumph in their forties.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy. ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official Celebration''. Carlton Books, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-78097-638-9}}. Pages 32–33</ref>

==Discography==
*"Dors mon amour" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1958fr | title=Dors, mon amour - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush }}</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[[Destiny Has Fun]]'' (1947)
*''Les Vagabonds du rêve'' (1949)
*''Coeur-sur-Mer'' (1951)
*''[[No Vacation for Mr. Mayor]]'' (1951)
*''[[Le Huitième Art et la Manière]]'' (1952)
*''Les Surprises d'une nuit de noces'' (1952)
*''Un jour avec vous'' (1952)
* ''[[Sins of Paris]]'' (1953)
*''[[Saluti e baci]]'' (1953)
*''[[French Cancan]]'' (1955)
*''Prisonniers de la brousse'' (1960)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|id=0165390|name=André Claveau}}

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| before={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Corry Brokken]]<br> with "[[Net als toen]]"
| title=[[List of Eurovision Song Contest winners|Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years=[[Eurovision Song Contest 1958|1958]]
| after={{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Teddy Scholten]]<br>with "[[Een beetje]]"
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| before=[[Paule Desjardins]]<br>with "[[La Belle amour]]"
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| after=[[Jean Philippe]]<br>with "[[Oui, oui, oui, oui]]"
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{{List of Eurovision Song Contest winners}}
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[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest winners]]
[[Category:Singers from Paris]]
[[Category:20th-century French male singers]]


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