Eddie Barclay

Eddie Barclay (January 26, 1921 – May 13, 2005) was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel, Dalida and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records. Born Edouard Ruault the son of a café waiter and a post office worker in Paris on January 26, 1921, he spent much of his early childhood with his grandmother in Taverny (in today's Val-d'Oise). His parents bought the Café de la Poste bar in the middle of Paris while he was a child and at the age of 15 he left school to work in the café.