Career
Rieu signed her first record contract with Arizona Records in 1969. In 1973 she was spotted by the larger Barclay label, where she was offered a deal, and scored a hit with her first release "Je suis". In 1975, Rieu was chosen internally by channel TF1 as the French representative for the 20th Eurovision Song Contest with the Pierre Delanoë-penned song "Et bonjour à toi l"artiste".
The contest was held on 22 March in Stockholm, and Rieu finished in fourth place of 19 entrants.
Rieu followed her Eurovision appearance with further successful singles such as "Je m"envole" and "En courant" (a French-language version of Diana Ross" "Theme from Mahogany") in 1976, "L"immigrant" (1977) and "Louisiana goutte d"eau" (1979).
