Arno (singer)

Arno Hintjens
Arno Hintjens in 2005
Born
Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens

(1949-05-21)21 May 1949
Ostend, Belgium
Died23 April 2022(2022-04-23) (aged 72)
Brussels, Belgium
Other namesArno
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Known forTC Matic

Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 May 1949 – 23 April 2022), better known by his stage name Arno, was a Belgian singer. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the band split in 1986 he enjoyed a solo career.

Career

Arno sang in a mixture of English, French, Dutch and his native Ostend-Flemish dialect.[1] For TC Matic, a band which achieved moderate artistic success throughout Europe, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo he released more than a dozen albums during a successful career.[1] In 2002 he received the title "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight in the Arts and Literature) of the French government. A 2004 biography by Gilles Deleux was translated in Dutch as Een lach en een traan ("A Smile and a Tear").[1]

In the Belgian film Camping Cosmos he played the homosexual lifeguard Harry who does not pay attention to Lolo Ferrari who is incarnating a caricature of Pamela Anderson.[2]

At the beginning of 2020, Arno postponed his upcoming tour after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[3] Until the end of his life he was performing and recording music. Opex was his last record, recorded while he was very ill. He died from the disease on 23 April 2022, in Brussels, at the age of 72.[4]

Discography

Arno, performing in 2005

Solo

  • Arno (album) (1986)
  • Charlatan (1988)
  • Ratata (1990)
  • Tracks From The Story (1992)
  • Idiots Savants (1993)
  • Water (1994) with the Subrovnicks
  • À La Française (1995)
  • Live À La Française (1997)
  • Give Me The Gift (1997)
  • European Cow Boy (1999)
  • À Poil Commercial (1999)
  • Le Best Of (2000)
  • Arno Charles Ernest (2002)
  • Longbox (2002)
  • French Bazaar (2004)
  • Live in Brussels (2005)
  • Jus De Box (2007)
  • Covers Cocktail (2008)
  • Brussld (2010)
  • Future Vintage (2012)
  • Le coffret essentiel (2014)
  • Human Incognito (2016)*'
  • Santeboutique (2019)[5]
  • Vivre (2021)[6]
  • Opex (2022) (His last album was posthumously released)
Arno during a concert in 2017

Freckleface

  • Freckleface (1972)

With Tjens Couter

  • Who Cares (1975)
  • Plat Du Jour (1978)
  • Singles 1975-1980 (1978)
  • If It Blows (Let It Blow) (CD compilation, 1991)

With TC Matic

  • TC Matic (1981)
  • L'Apache (1982)
  • Choco (1983)
  • Yé Yé (1985)
  • The Best Of (Ça Vient, Ça Vient, Change Pas Demain) (1986)
  • Compil Complet! (2000)
  • TC Matic - The Essential (2003)

As Charles

  • Charles Et Les Lulus (1991) with Roland Vancampenhout, Adriano Cominotto and Piet Jorens.
  • Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection (1998)

Filmography

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c Provoost, Frank (10 August 2007). "Zingen is iets voor de vogeltjes". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "BUCQUOY FILME LE COSMOS L'HOMME AU CRANE RASE QUI REVAIT DE VACANCES A LA MER". Le Soir (in French). 30 August 1995. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Death of Belgian singer Arno at the age of 72".
  4. ^ "Death of Belgian singer Arno at the age of 72". 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Arno, la dérision faite rock'n'roll". Temps (in French). 21 September 2019. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Arno publie "Vivre" ce vendredi: de toute beauté". Le Soir Plus (in French). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "De Standaard | Arno tot ridder geslagen". 31 January 2002.
  8. ^ "Arno is voortaan ereburger van Brussel". 22 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Arno neemt eindelijk ereburgerschap Oostende in ontvangst". May 2018.
  10. ^ "Arno krijgt Lifetime Achievement Award tijdens de MIA's".
  11. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award". filmfestivaloostende.be (in Dutch)..
  12. ^ "Arno krijgt ereteken Officier in de Kroonorde uit handen van Brussels minister Sven Gatz". 18 March 2022.
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