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Claudine Longet

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Claudine Longet

Claudine Georgette Longet (January 29, 1942 – May 14, 2026) was a French singer and actress who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. Longet was married to American singer and television entertainer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975. She maintained a private profile from 1977, following her conviction for negligent homicide in connection with the shooting death of her boyfriend, Olympic skier Spider Sabich.

Infobox

Born
Claudine Georgette Longet (1942-01-29)January 29, 1942 Paris, German-occupied France
Died
May 14, 2026(2026-05-14) (aged 84) Aspen, Colorado
Genres
Pop Bossa nova French pop Standards Soft rock
Occupations
Singer actress
Instruments
Vocals guitar
Years active
1963–1975
Labels
A&M Barnaby
Spouses
Andy Williams (m. 1961; div. 1975) Ronald D. Austin (m. 1985)
Children
3

Tables

· Discography › U . albums
1964
The Wonderful World of Andy Williams
Role(s)
Columbia CL 2137/ CS 8937
1967
Claudine
Role(s)
A&M SP 4121
The Look of Love
Role(s)
A&M SP 4129
1968
Love Is Blue
Role(s)
A&M SP 4142
Colours
Role(s)
A&M SP 4163
1970
Run Wild, Run Free
Role(s)
A&M SP 4232
1971
We've Only Just Begun
Role(s)
Barnaby/ CBS Z 30377
1972
Let's Spend the Night Together
Role(s)
Barnaby/ MGM BR-15001
1975
The Little Prince
Role(s)
Warner Brothers
2000
The Very Best of Claudine Longet
Role(s)
Varèse Vintage 302 066 118 2
Year
Title
Label & No.
Billboard Top LPs chart peak position
Cash Box Top Pop Albums chart peak position
Notes
1964
The Wonderful World of Andy Williams
Columbia CL 2137/ CS 8937
Andy Williams' album; Longet appears only on "Let It Be Me" ("Je t'Appartiens") (duet with Andy Williams); RIAA-certified gold album
1967
Claudine
A&M SP 4121
RIAA-certified gold album
1967
The Look of Love
A&M SP 4129
1968
Love Is Blue
A&M SP 4142
1968
Colours
A&M SP 4163
1970
Run Wild, Run Free
A&M SP 4232
1971
We've Only Just Begun
Barnaby/ CBS Z 30377
1972
Let's Spend the Night Together
Barnaby/ MGM BR-15001
1975
The Little Prince
Warner Brothers
Spoken word children's album with music score
2000
The Very Best of Claudine Longet
Varèse Vintage 302 066 118 2
Compilation
· Discography › Selected foreign albums
1993
Sugar Me
Role(s)
Vivid M131538
Notes
Japanese issue (includes singles and previously unreleased Barnaby recordings)
1998
A&M Digitally Remastered Best
Role(s)
A&M/ Polydor POCM-1573
Notes
Japanese issue (compilation of key A&M recordings and a few hard-to-find singles)
2003
Cuddle Up with Claudine Longet
Role(s)
Munster 002
Notes
Spanish issue (2-disc compilation of Barnaby recordings)
The Party
Role(s)
BMG France RCA Victor Gold Series 82876524862
Notes
French reissue of 1968 motion picture soundtrack (RCA Victor LSP-3997) (includes Longet's 45 rpm single version of "Nothing to Lose" as a bonus track)
2005
Hello Hello: The Best of Claudine Longet
Role(s)
Rev-Ola CR REV 119
Notes
British issue (compilation of key recordings for A&M Records)
Year
Title
Label & No.
Notes
1993
Sugar Me
Vivid M131538
Japanese issue (includes singles and previously unreleased Barnaby recordings)
1998
A&M Digitally Remastered Best
A&M/ Polydor POCM-1573
Japanese issue (compilation of key A&M recordings and a few hard-to-find singles)
2003
Cuddle Up with Claudine Longet
Munster 002
Spanish issue (2-disc compilation of Barnaby recordings)
2003
The Party
BMG France RCA Victor Gold Series 82876524862
French reissue of 1968 motion picture soundtrack (RCA Victor LSP-3997) (includes Longet's 45 rpm single version of "Nothing to Lose" as a bonus track)
2005
Hello Hello: The Best of Claudine Longet
Rev-Ola CR REV 119
British issue (compilation of key recordings for A&M Records)
· Discography › Charting singles
U . Hot 100
U . Hot 100
Year
U . Hot 100
Single
U . AC
Chart Positions
Christmas Singles
Chart Positions
Can.
Chart Positions
Can. AC
1966
1966
Year
1966
Single
"Meditation (Meditação)" / "Sunrise, Sunset"
Chart Positions
98/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 817
1967
1967
Year
1967
Single
"A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)" / "Here, There and Everywhere"
Chart Positions
-/126
Chart Positions
-/19
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 832
1967
1967
Year
1967
Single
"Hello, Hello" / "Wanderlove"
Chart Positions
91/-
Chart Positions
8/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
93/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 846
1967
1967
Year
1967
Single
"Good Day Sunshine" / "The Look of Love"
Chart Positions
100/-
Chart Positions
36/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 864
1967
1967
Year
1967
Single
"Small Talk" / "Man in a Raincoat"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
12/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 877
1967
1967
Year
1967
Single
"I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You" / "Snow"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/30
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 895
1968
1968
Year
1968
Single
"Love Is Blue" / "Think of Rain"
Chart Positions
71/-
Chart Positions
28/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 909
1968
1968
Year
1968
Single
"Nothing to Lose" / "White Horses"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/30
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 936
1968
1968
Year
1968
Single
"Who Needs You" / "Walk in the Park" (with Tommy LiPuma)
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/23
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/97
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 967
1968
1968
Year
1968
Single
"Am I Blue?" / "A Flea in Her Ear"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/28
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 1002
1969
1969
Year
1969
Single
"Hurry on Down" / "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
30/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Label & No.
A&M 1024
1974
1974
Year
1974
Single
"Who Broke Your Heart..." / "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye"
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
-/-
Chart Positions
27/-
Label & No.
Barnaby 1190–603
Year
Single
Chart Positions
Label & No.
U . Hot 100
U . AC
Christmas Singles
Can.
Can. AC
1966
"Meditation (Meditação)" / "Sunrise, Sunset"
98/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 817
1967
"A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)" / "Here, There and Everywhere"
-/126
-/19
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 832
1967
"Hello, Hello" / "Wanderlove"
91/-
8/-
-/-
93/-
-/-
A&M 846
1967
"Good Day Sunshine" / "The Look of Love"
100/-
36/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 864
1967
"Small Talk" / "Man in a Raincoat"
-/-
12/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 877
1967
"I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You" / "Snow"
-/-
-/-
-/30
-/-
-/-
A&M 895
1968
"Love Is Blue" / "Think of Rain"
71/-
28/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 909
1968
"Nothing to Lose" / "White Horses"
-/-
-/30
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 936
1968
"Who Needs You" / "Walk in the Park" (with Tommy LiPuma)
-/-
-/23
-/-
-/97
-/-
A&M 967
1968
"Am I Blue?" / "A Flea in Her Ear"
-/-
-/28
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 1002
1969
"Hurry on Down" / "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
-/-
30/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
A&M 1024
1974
"Who Broke Your Heart..." / "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye"
-/-
-/-
-/-
-/-
27/-
Barnaby 1190–603

References

  1. Chermak, Steven M.; Bailey, Frankie Y. (2016). Crimes of the Centuries: 3 volumes. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 487.
    https://books.google.com/books?id=rRjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA487
  2. "Music to Live by ... Notes from the Lounge"
    http://www.loungeoleers.com/soundsfol/sounds.html
  3. Andy Williams Weds Dancer, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 1961, B1.
  4. Andy Williams to Separate, Washington Post, June 9, 1970, B6.
  5. Newsmakers --, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1975, A2.
  6. "Transcript of Interview with Andy Williams, 22 August 2000"
    http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/22/lkl.00.html
  7. Williams, Andy, Moon River and Me, New York: Penguin Books, 2009.
  8. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727977/Bobby-Kennedy-was-buried-in-my-tie.html
  9. Andy Williams to Cruise with Bob Kennedys, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 1967, D10.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140518134133/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-kennedy-train_kp1vounc-photo.html
  11. Williams, Moon River and Me, op. cit.
  12. Chermak, Stephen, and Bailey, Frankie Y., Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in A
  13. Williams, Moon River and Me, op. cit.
  14. GQ
    https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/claudine-longet-aspens-femme-fatale
  15. Chermak and Bailey, Crimes of the Centuries, op. cit.
  16. St. Petersburg Times
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3rhaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kF0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231,4826220&dq=claudine+longet+guilty&hl=en
  17. Washington Observer-Reporter
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19770201&id=feVdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C18NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3895,25017
  18. Chermak and Bailey, Crimes of the Centuries, Ibid.
  19. "Claudine Longet, Singer-Actress Who Shot Skier Spider Sabich, Dies at 84"
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/claudine-longet-dead-andy-williams-spider-sabich-1236595818/
  20. Claudine Longet, chanteuse et actrice inculpée en 1976 pour la mort de son mari, est morte à 84 ans (in French)
    https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/claudine-longet-chanteuse-et-actrice-inculpee-en-1976-pour-la-mort-de-son-mari-est-morte-a-84-ans-20260515
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