"Jacques Romain Georges Brel"@en . "1978Z"^^ . . "Jacques Brel"@en . "Belgian singer-songwriter" . . "1953Z"^^ . "1929-04-08Z"^^ . . . . "1929Z"^^ . . "Brel, Jacques Romain Georges"@en . "1978-10-09Z"^^ . . . "solo_singer" . . "Jacques Romain Georges Brel (French: [\u0292ak b\u0281\u025Bl]; 8 April 1929 \u2013 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer, songwriter and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following\u2014initially in Belgium and France, later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson."@en . . "1978Z"^^ .