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Sœur Sourire

(Soeur Sourire)

Jeanne‑Paule Marie Deckers, known as Soeur Sourire, born 17 October 1933 in Laeken, Belgium, entered the world as a devout nun and a folk music singer, combining her spiritual vocation with a modest public persona. After entering the Dominican order in 1959, she began writing and performing her own songs within her convent, gaining a reputation among her fellow sisters for her compositions, which led her superiors to arrange a recording contract with Philips. Her single "Dominique", released in 1963, became a major breakthrough during her lifetime, reaching Number 1 on the US c...