Rémy Bricka

Rémy Bricka in 2006

Rémy Bricka (born April 10, 1949 in Niederbronn-les-Bains, Bas-Rhin) is a French musician, one-man band, and singer. He successfully walked across the Atlantic Ocean in 1988.

His most successful album is La Vie en couleurs. The single Elle dit bleu elle dit rose sold 250,000 copies.

Along with the French versions, he released German versions of Petite fille du roi (Lakritz und Pfefferminz) and Chanter la vie (Freunde zu haben).

In May 2008, Rémy Bricka appeared with Julien Doré inhis single Les limites.

Aquatic pedestrianism

Between April 2 and May 31, 1988 he crossed the Atlantic on floating skis, propelled by a pair of oars.[1] He attempted to cross the Pacific (between Los Angeles and Sydney) by the same method. He started out on April 24, 2000, but failed, and he was recovered south of Hawaii on September 25 after five months of travel. A book was published in 1990 on his earlier adventure: L’Homme qui marche sur l’eau (The Man who Walks on Water).

Discography

Singles

Albums

La Vie en couleurs

"Libera" and "marcher sur l'eau" were not part of the original 1978 release. They replaced Si aujourd'hui tu m'abandonnes and Chanson pour un bagarre on the 2000 or 2002 reissue.

Marcher sur l'eau

Released on October 30, 2000

References

  1. Dussol, Bernard (2 May 2013). "Il faut aller chercher Rémy avant qu'il devienne fou!". France 3 - Regions. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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