Monique Andrée Serf (June 9, 1930 – November 24, 1997), aka "Barbara" was a popular French female singer. She took her stage name from her Russian grandmother, Varvara Brodsky. Her song, L'Aigle noir, sold a million copies in twelve hours.[1] Norman Lebrecht: "Barbara is all about the unsaid; she's a Freudian enigma at the heart of France."\r \r