Jean Kluger

Jean Joseph Kluger (born 31 March 1937) is a Belgian record producer, songwriter and musical composer.

Biography

Jean Kluger was born in Antwerp, Belgium, the son of music publisher Jacques Kluger. His career started in 1957, working for his father's company, World Music. He wrote widely for the French, Flemish and German pop music markets, including songs for Bobbejaan Schoepen, Dalida, Will Tura, Ringo and Petula Clark. He established his own company, Jean Kluger, after the death of his father in 1963, and moved to Paris in 1965.

Kluger has written music for numerous bands since the early 1970s, including Bananarama, The Gibson Brothers, Ottawan, and Sheila B. Devotion and has collaborated with many other producers, notably Daniel Vangarde. The career of John Kluge begins in 1957, when engaged in music publishing company of his father, Jacques Kluger. On the death of his father in 1963, he founded his own company in Brussels, Editions Jean Kluger, and in Paris, the company Bleu Blanc Rouge with his wife Huguette Ferly, two years later. He writes success, both for the Belgian French and international artists: Bobbejaan Schoepen, Dalida, Will Tura, Ringo, Sheila, Petula Clark, or Rika Zaraï, Nana Mouskouri and Claude Francois. With Daniel Vangarde, he wrote all the successes of La Compagnie Creole, The Gibson Brothers and Ottawan. He produced many Flemish artists such as Will Tura, Johan Verminnen, Marva, John Terra, Dana Winner.