Laurent Vaguener
| Jean Baudlot | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Laurent Vaguener, Laurent Wagner |
| Born | 16 February 1947 France |
| Genres | Instrumental, French Pop, Easy listening |
| Occupation(s) | composer, singer |
| Years active | 1972 – present |
Jean Baudlot is a French music composer (born 16 February 1947), most notable for composing music for videogames in the 80's/90's and collaborations with Richard Clayderman, Nicolas de Angelis, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin. He also represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener in 1979.
In his early years he composed for different labels like Polydor, AZ and Discodis when he finally stayed close to Delphine Records in 1979. He worked with Michèle Torr on J’aime and with Joe Dassin on À toi. In 1979 he entered as singer (under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener) and composer the Eurovision Song Contest for Monaco. Together with Gérard Salesses he produced the song Notre vie c’est la musique. He scored twelve points and took the 17th place after Austria, Belgium and Sweden.
Singles / Albums:
Je t’hippopotaime – Gérard Croce (1972)
Trop d’amitié – Joël Prevost (1973)
Dis papa, téléphone moi – LÉNA (1974)
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier – Jacky Reggan (1975)
Hey Lena – LÉNA (1975)
Agitez vos mouchoirs – Le Groupe France (1976)
Indiana – Irvin et Indira(1977)
J’aime – Michèle Torr et Jean-François Maurice (1977)
Help me – The Savers (1977)
Maïté – Marc Charlan (1977)
À toi – Joe Dassin (1977)
Amour disco – Irvin et Indira (1978)
Laisse danser la nana – Bob Babylone et les Salopettes(1978)
“The T Brothers” in Kingston Jamaica (1979)
Through the 80's he continued working for the Delphine Records company, most notably compositions for Richard Clayderman and Nicolas de Angelis. For the second and last time he released a single under his Laurent Vaguener pseudonym in 1984. In 1988 Delphine Records created a game developer company named Delphine Software International for which he composed numerous songs on Amiga and Atari ST. His work got mostly favorable mentioning in game magazine reviews.
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