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Éric Morena was a French singer who had a hit in the 1980s with the comedic single 'Oh! Mon bateau'. He was born on October 27th, 1951 in Saint-Omer, France, into a family of Catholic musicians. He was sent to the seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux but decided to change direction, instead entering the music industry and trying to follow in the footsteps of his idols Dario Moreno and Luis Mariano. Morena had a hit in 1987 with 'Oh! Mon bateau', an offbeat parodic take on South American clichés. On November 16th, 2019 Morena passed away aged 68 following a battle with cancer.
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