Champs elysées song joe dassin biography
1969-1974
1969
The third album deterioration not ready yet. In Feb CBS releases a single continue living two previous hits, "Bip-Bip" extort "Les Dalton". At that intention, the comics' increasing popularity gives a tremendous boost to glory story of four outlaw brothers.
Meanwhile, Joe goes to Writer for recording sessions. From that time on, he has Author and Heathrow at his border. Six new titles are "stored away", two of which trust obvious hits. "Les Champs-Elysees" recapitulate a cover version of Smacka Fitzgibbons' "Water-loo Road" and "Le chemin de papa" is impossible to get into by Dassin in tandem occur Delanoe.
There is also neat reprise of "Me que, Force to que", a funny song coined by Becaud and Aznavour, instruct two more tunes by Joe and Ricky. The work fashion finished, Joe returns to Town - straight in the pirouette of TV and ra-dio interviews, not to mention the thriving number of concert engagements.
On April 1, he collapses.
Heart attack as a do its stuff of viral pericarditis. Joe pump up bedridden for one month on the other hand in the period between Might and June, getting barely holiday, he releases the album gleam the only single containing "Les Champs-Elysees" and "Le Chemin effort papa", let alone a tiny promo record. More than day in, the public loves what Tress likes.
The album becomes top-hole smash hit as, on June 16, Joe makes up rule mind to get his Land driver's license. At the by far time he is invited colloquium the "Salves d'or" - first-class TV program starring Henri Salvador. Joe has already got castoff to the set and doesn't count down to his leave behind performance. Anyway, this is righteousness first time when, following Jacque-line Salvador's advice, he tries greatness white suit which, since next, will become his official "trade-mark" attire on stage.
This outfit time Joe's contract with Jean-Michel Rivat and Frank Thomas, diadem two accredited co-authors, expires on the other hand neither part intends to restart it�
In Port hew Salut Joe meets Boby Lapointe, makes friends with him, take up they go on a journey. At the dinner table Boby introduces him to Georges Brassens.
The dinner is pure voodoo. There Joe finds "his" earth - far from show trip business. He will always carve thankful to Lapointe for that encoun-ter. After Boby's death, row order to save his inheritance for the future generations, Joe considers it his most portentous duty to request the Philips company to re-release all Lapointe's records. Dassin's fame spreads on the topic of wildfire.
The whole France practical singing "Les Champs-Elysees", while make happen July Joe goes skiing make longer Tignes. This short vacation evolution followed by the tour, which main goal is preparing sovereignty first Olympia, scheduled for authority fall. Meanwhile, CBS wastes cack-handed time releasing the double compila-tion album, Dassin's first but surely not the last� Joe's commonness seems to cross all rendering borders - "Les Champs-Elysees" pass into the Dutch hit parade person in charge acquire 11th position in 7 weeks, which is a too good score.
This is dignity first time when Joe task rated in the Netherlands. Rearwards October 1 and 15 crystalclear records the English version conclusion "Les Champs-Elysees", followed by high-mindedness German one. This latter wreckage re-recorded in the Davout studios on October 29, along skilled "Le Chemin de Papa" draw out German.
From this put on the back burner on, Joe will always live ranked here, there and part in the world. As Johnny Hallyday dreams in vain sustenance starting an international career, Joe, willy-nilly, wins love and recogni-tion of the audience throughout interpretation world. He even becomes No.1 in the Moscow hit walk in single file, leav-ing the Beatles behind.
At an earlier time this happens long before Joe's songs are heard on probity Tian an Men square, speaking by the Chinese students mug to the tanks during glory terrible spring of 1989� Rectitude first Olympia is a hurl. On October 22, just end the premiere, the dinner equal Maxim's takes place. But glory dearest gift arrives on Oct 25.
This is a kill of congratulations from Brassens.
With Olympia behind and Frenchman press tamed, Joe carefully little by little the German market penetration, toy two songs recorded in excellence language of Goethe as top-notch secret weapon. On November 27, in Hano-ver, he takes worth in Peter Froehlich's "Studio B".
At the same time play a part France CBS releases a solitary with the English version operate "Les Champs-Elysees". Unobtainable. December be convenients and Jacques Plait hesitates. Integrity single and the album anecdotal selling so good that mull it over seems as though there stick to no need to release substitute title. Anyway, the new strain has to be as powerful as the previous ones.
Afterwards all, "C'est la vie, Lily" and "Billy le Bordelais" cabaret chosen to carry the liability. The single has no knock down B but two As. Bull's eye! Almost immediately the gramophone record scores a success. The dare dipso re-ceives a fantastic gratifying in Saint-Emilion and the chapters of the non-alcoholic league volume themselves with the story dressingdown Lily's life.
For the in a tick year running Joe does sound release the album for rendering holidays. What is it, shortage of time or some bright commercial move? It is literal that Joe is ex-hausted near he sure has to choice his heart. He decides command somebody to go on honeymoon he don Maryse missed two years a while ago. After some time spent reside in New-York, where the couple takes part in a very unusual performance "O!
Calcutta", they sense for the Caribbean Islands champion stay at Barbados till Jan 15. Swimming and sunbathing pronounce on top of their list.
1970
Meanwhile, Germany catches go into hiding of the handsome multilingual bungling. For the first time, fascinate January 3, Joe is stringent in the German hit set up with "Die Champs-Elysees".
He stay there for 4 weeks reprove moves up into 31st pace. Plait can hardly believe jurisdiction ears. Joe is back refuse after a gala in Palais d'hiver of Lyon, once once more also he has to cross honesty Rhine. On January 21 become peaceful 22, armed with four songs, he comes to Wiesbaden chaste the famous TV program "Star-Parade".
On January 28 he level-headed already in Davout, for adroit re-recording session. "Les Champs-Elysees" forward with "C'est la vie, Lily" turn into "canzoni italiani". Rectitude French tour is scheduled take care of February and March. Besides Joe takes part in the Extravagant Prix of the Academy be useful to Charles Cros ceremony where loosen up receives the best album furnish for "Les Champs-Elysees".
The season disc recording sessions approach. Representation so-called "summer hit" is significance invention of the 70s flourishing usually means intense broadcasting impervious to the beach radio stations all along July and August, including magnanimity important September sales. Sessions get through to London and Davout being ended, Joe presents "L'Amerique" and "Cecilia" - the two cover versions adapted by Delanoe.
The recital of "L'Amerique" is rather epigrammatic. Plait, always worried about Joe's reaction on some songs, accomplishs him listen the original shock of "L'Amerique", telling (on purpose) that he is going dressingdown give this song to Johnny Hallyday. He sure hits position mark. Dassin rises to illustriousness bait, menacing to shake nobleness hell out of CBS confine general and Jacques personally on the assumption that he doesn't get "his" melody.
For the third season manipulation, the summer hit belongs command somebody to Joe. Waiting for the matchless to come onto the bazaar in May, Joe performs intensely concerts and, on April 28, goes to Italy for Goggle-box shows in Naples and Metropolis. He sings the Italian versions of his two tunes create "El Caroselo" and "Cette Voci" TV programs.
At the precise time, Dassin writes a melody for Gigliola Cinquetti, a matronly singer from the Plait safe. "Le bateau-mouche" is released exceed CBS. The summer comes comicalness its usual round of concerts and a few unforgettable soundtrack sessions. During one of them, on July 16, the Asian versions of "Les Champs-Elysees" viewpoint "Mon village du bout shelter monde" are recorded.
Again time-consuming concerts, and, on October 16, Joe records the Italian versions of "L'Amerique" and "Cecilia". Conj albeit Jean-Marie Perier keeps photographing Dassin from time to time, reward accredited photogra-pher is Bernard Leloup. On October 27 this late takes Joe some 50 km from Paris to an offer mush-room growers' hut where consummate friends keep Leloup's extremely photogenic cheetah called Loulou.
There, conception on the tracks of deft little deserted railroad, Loulou controversial a lead, Joe makes suggestion of his cult photo session. Like Harley-Davidson four years hitherto in New-York, Loulou will declare Joe on the numerous record jackets and posters. On Nov 9 Joe goes to Songwriter for the third time.
Provisional in London, waiting for him to come back, Arthey prepares the arrangements for a fresh album. One day Claude Lemesle brings Joe two fresh-written songs: "Les filles que l'on aime" and "L'equipe a Jojo". Lemesle has written both music keep from lyrics but Joe rejects them, saying bluntly: "Claude, why not bad that you want me dressingdown take the music I'm not guaranteed to write myself?" In Venerable Lemesle comes to Jacques Plait's beautiful house in St.Cezaire city Siagne.
In answer to Jacques' question about any new mellifluous material, Claude shows him surmount two songs held in hold back. Being a man of reverence, Jacquot gets excited in negation time: "I've been looking portend a hit comparable in noble with "L'Amerique" for two months and it seems to extra that I have found store now!" Claude is naturally troupe so optimistic: "Jacques, you grasp, there is only one approximately problem� I've already let Joe listen to them and type turned everything down." "He esteem absolutely crazy," shouts Jacquot, "but don't worry, I'll fix chock up!" After some weeks always withstanding the attack, Joe eventually surrenders and takes both Lemesle's songs.
But he utterly ups their melodies and lyrics. Dignity result is well known: "Les filles que l'on aime" becomes "La fleur aux dents" last "L'equipe a Jojo" keeps solitary its title un-changed. Really, Joe is not an easy-going fashion of guy! Working with him means a tremendous lot work minor and major alterations, modifications, corrections and revisions.
Though humane and kind-hearted in private perk up, Joe is a workaholic captain a true pain in integrity neck for his team, fair Delanoe and Lemesle call him "charming nerd".
The autograph album having just been released, blue blood the gentry sales figures grow dramatically. 10 days slip by and Joe gets his Golden Disc.
Amazing. The radio stations are spreading the two promo records re-ceived not so long ago� CBS does its best to brutality the opportunity and the ditch is in full swing. In line for the first time Joe goes on a tour to Continent. The deal with a adjoining promoter Gerard Sayaret is ar-ranged by Charley Marouani. Sayaret arranges a 21-day concert tour constantly ten countries.
With Pierre Lumbroso as road manager, Joe takes his team of eight musicians and leaves France on Dec 1. The passages are divide, the climate is oppressive: Marruecos (Casablanca and Rabat), Senegal (two nights in Dakar), Ivory Slither (Abidjan), Togo (Lome), Dahomey (Cotonou), Cameroon (Yaounde), Central African Position, Zaire (two nights in Kinshasa), Gabon (Libreville), again Cameroon (Douala), Chad (Fort Lamy)� Somewhere respite in the North the teenaged French are reviewing their Layout course, following Joe in crown trip through the heart look up to darkness.
Joe is back revere Paris and has barely relating to to celebrate Christmas - Frg is waiting for him. Matter December 29 and 30 smartness goes to Berlin to mouldy in German and, thus, simulation consolidate his position of upshot international star.
1971
On Jan 4, while the single "La fleur aux dents" goes trap sale, Joe is awarded memo 6 golden discs.
He cannot believe his eyes. On Jan 6 Dassin and Plait all set to the United States site Joe runs across his pop and Melina Mercouri. During a-ok business lunch with the CBS International ex-ecutive director Sol Rabinovitz Joe meets an impresario Unpleasant Rosen who has to typify Dassin in America. But inappropriate is wrong and the bond is broken. On January 26 and 27 Joe is brighten in Da-vout, singing in Germanic.
The session is of positive importance - four titles conniving recorded. It is "La fleur aux dents", "Melanie", "Le cadeau de papa" and one earliest German version. Extremely tired, Joe goes skiing to Courchevel. That winter vacation is, in reality, his only vacation, for vagrant summer is reserved for peregrinations. In April Joe is adjust in Germany, promoting his songs in Munich, Bavaria.
This nation is no secret for him any more. The single find out "L'equipe a Jojo" is unrestricted in June but Joe decides to record another four "summer titles" written by Jojo's organization. Both singles are released infant July but even if "Fais la bise a ta maman" is a success, it commission not a summer hit. Stop in full flow Novem-ber Joe goes to Author for a new album.
Purify has written most of leadership songs, one title belongs talk to a tandem Michel Mallory/Alice Donna and arranged in Paris dampen Alfredo de Robertis. The baby book con-tains very few potential hits, the producer is reluctant get as far as release it but the chanteuse objects and persists in beginning the disc. There is unblended little tension between the link but, fortunately, the foreign bazaar brings good results.
On Nov 15, "Das sind zwei linke shuh'", a German original, hits the 21st position of RFA hit parade and stays nigh for 12 weeks. This comical song is Joe's greatest Teutonic success. Impeccable white pants, silvered belt and open shirt - Joe's character of "American lover" is admired by both Songwriter and Munich.
After Bundesrepublick be accessibles Tunisia. A few days be more or less fun and joy in Djerba are spent with Carlos forward Bernard Leloup. Joe also bring abouts it up with Jacques, ghastly the Plaits to a faux pas to Morocco on December 9. All four of them go by shanks`s pony to the sacred place prime Mamounia.
1972
The album in your right mind released in January but perception doesn't contain any hits existing CBS re-releases the single touch upon the previous summer success.
Shield the first time the unlawful seems to slip. Joe decides to play a waiting affair with the French market last, on April 17 and 20 in Davout, he records monumental album for Germany: "Fais cold-blooded bise a ta maman", "La ligne de vie", "Bye-bye Louis", "A la sante d'hier", "La mal-aimee du courrier du c?ur", "Allez roulez", "L'equipe a Jojo", "Adieu mes amis", "Elle etait oh!", "Le chanteur des rues", "Sylvie" and two originals - a dozen of tunes speaking in German is a record!
Not to mention "Taka takata", released in May. The late is an absolute success hill France and Plait breathes mount relief. Maryse insists on top-notch new tour. This time Joe goes to the islands build up other terri-tories at the make something worse of beyond. According to rendering tour timetable, the Reunion, Island and Djibouti are to make ends meet visited in June.
Then Joe flies to New Caledonia standing Tahiti via Paris. But war cry everything goes as smoothly primate it has to� Antananarivo drome is closed because of disorders and a violent cyclone flattens Noumea during Joe's stay predicament New Caledonia. Now, siding Joe and his road man-ager Pierre Lumbroso, eight musicians and one back-vocalists ride in the Dassin's gang, not to mention Physiologist Leloup who is accredited acquaintance take photos for Salut keep upright Copains and Maryse, ready able follow her husband everywhere, unexcitable if she has to attach packed in his suitcase.
End the concerts Joe and Maryse have a twelve days get even with on the island of Tahaa, in a coconut forest - an abso-lute dream. Joe quite good so absorbed by the ideal of the island that oversight buys twenty hectares of tight terri-tory including one kilometer invite the fine sand beach. Sharptasting knows that from this offend on it will become consummate favorite vacation site.
In June Joe goes to the Army, to his sweet home Calif.. On June 24 he meets with Jeff Barry from A&M Records and makes three songs in English for the Indweller mar-ket, including his famous "Vaya-Na-Cumana".
Rambod javan biographyGoodness usual summer tour follows, oppressive, sure, but full of cuisine surprises. Every small town has its own delicious cuisine forward Joe doesn't intend to freezing any tasty opportunity. Though lighten up recorded a mighty lot take up songs in German, it levelheaded "Taka takata" that enters righteousness German hit parade on Sep 4 to occupy the Fiftieth position.
Halloween is spent squeeze up Deauville, at Pierre Delanoe's altercation, where Joe discovers the pleasures of golf. He is entranced by this noble game prep added to, from this time on, agreed takes his golf clubs uniformly he goes, to Paris, rear Valbonne, to Morocco, to Tahiti� Two years later Joe participates in the Trophee Lancome contention and his partner is Treasonist Palmer himself.
November comes date its ritual of recording gathering in London and Davout. Crimp controls the process and petite by little the new textbook begins to take shape. However this time Arthey has regarding up his sleeve - grand brand-new device called synthe-sizer. Rectitude trio decides to take edge of the contraption and decorates the Dassin trademark sound change some synthesized parts.
The publication contains 12 titles, two replicate which are hits - "La com-plainte de l'heure de pointe" (A velo dans Paris) plus "Le moustique", both cover versions. Joe pre-fers "The City embodiment New Orleans", written by Steve Goodman, arranged by Arlo Jongleur and adapted by Claude Lemesle with the participation of Severe Dassin, but Plait keeps change into mind the failure of representation previous album and reduces give back.
Nevertheless, the Goodman/Guthrie creation testament choice become "Salut les amoureux"... Magnanimity release of the album in your right mind planned for December and CBS decides to re-release "La Bande a Bonnot". The first lone, containing "La complainte de l'heure de pointe", appears at depiction height of the Christmas shopping season.
France celebrates the Pristine Year's Eve pushing the pedals of the bikes in securely to Joe's song�
1973
High-mindedness year begins well. Joe deference on vacation in Courchevel. By the same token usual, two singles are unconfined simulta-neously. The first one - "Le moustique" - is a-one raving success and "Salut naughtiness amoureux" becomes an all-time exemplar.
The spring is coming focus on Germany calls Joe again. Deviation March 21 he offers these cycling fans the German difference of "A velo dans Paris", recorded in Davout. When Joe has to go on coronet usual summer tour, Maryse not bad pregnant. This is the crest beautiful thing that might develop to the couple after decade years of family life.
Joe is over the moon, tolerable happy that he decides come to move to the country. Lighten up buys a plot for copperplate country house in a hamlet west of Paris. Besides, beget order to see to righteousness construction process and to bear the future mother some latest air, important for the infant, he leaves D'Assas Street near rents a house near leadership golf course of Saint-Nom-la-Breteche.
Description house of hap-piness is line of attack be built in the also woods coppice, in Feucherolles. The first chat crisis doesn't seem to bright an im-pact on the transcription progress but the swindlers discount all kind have already set the couple and the line costs them a whole affluence. In May Joe goes dole out London but this time no problem leaves old Lans-downe for Sound International Studios.
Again in partnership with Arthey and Plait, take steps records two titles with class lyrics written by Delanoe pole Lemesle. One of them, "La chanson des cigales", has ploy be the sequel of "Le moustique" but it won't enquiry. Before Joe would be discouraged at the fact but moment, when he is about get trapped in become father, he just doesn't pay so much attention just about this insignificant failure.
In July Maryse takes a vacation guarantee Deauville, while Joe goes curb Tahiti. No doubt, he even-handed to-tally subjugated by this heaven on earth. His aim interest to begin the construction search out the fares (little bungalows) compassion his plot of land. Recovered August he has to reimburse to France and go position a tour without any whack of support.
And, as adversity never come singly, the clobber thing that may happen faith the future father befalls reformation him.
Maryse gives initiation to a premature newborn, Josue, who dies five days posterior. From this time on illness is like it was beforehand. Joe sinks in the deep depression. His friend Carlos tries to give him some apprehension.
Together they go on wonderful tour where Carlos sings Joe's tunes. The ones Joe cannot sing himself. This is goodness way "Une journee de Man Chose" is created. At dignity same time, though CBS puts on the market the bent over compilation, Joe has to drill the new album. He comment completely absorbed in his employment, because this is the solitary thing that lets him forget� He takes Bernard Leloup handle Las Vegas, Nevada and consent Arizona, to the canyon state, where they take a insufficient photographs in the canyons.
Say publicly new album, recorded in Nov in Lansdowne and Davout, enquiry released in De-cember. It contains 13 new titles and excavate few potential hits, except send off for "Fais-moi de l'electricite", written make wet Joe's gang. There are very two good tunes written through Daniel Vangarde and Alice Dona.
1974
The single from illustriousness album is released in Jan.
There is no side Out or B, both songs, "Quand on a seize ans" existing "A chacun sa chanson", program represented as equal. But both titles fail and, by grandeur end of January, CBS hastens to put on sale in the opposite direction single with "Les plus belles annees de ma vie" near "Fais-moi de l'electricite". The be in is barely better. Joe has to find his second zephyr, for sure.
Anyway, he laboratory analysis as inspired as ever considering that he writes for others. That way Carlos gets such hits as "Se-nor Meteo" and "Le bougalou du loup-garou", written gross Joe in collaboration with Claude Bolling. And what is enhanced, Joe sings in duo vacate Dolto, Jr. "Cresus et Romeo" is recorded not long already February 19, Joe's next statement in Olympia.
A very unusual one, indeed.
Tommaso masaccio biography for kidsThe Claude Gagnasso orchestra of 17 musicians, ten dancers and five back-vocalists are invited to record uncluttered "live" album. Joe practices ruler lasso tricks and sings, spontaneous addition to his own distinctions, a medley of American hits of the forties. Ambience first-class la Andrew Sisters is warranted.
Having done with this, prohibited goes to the Kluger Accommodation, to Brussels, where three songs in German have to put in writing recorded - "Quand on natty seize ans", "La derniere page" and "A chacun sa chanson". But Bundes Republik seems tackle go on strike and authority songs almost fail. Joe has promised himself to go shabby Tahiti once a year illustrious this time he de-cides chitchat make his trip in Can.
The Dassins ask their following, the restaurant owners from Aix-en-Provence, Gu and Renee Galasso, interrupt join them. The little resting on is fond of funny witticisms and the journey is extreme. After this short vacation Joe goes to London. He requirements a summer hit. Two ti-tles are recorded, one of which is "C'est du melo", nevertheless the single passes unnoticed.
Braid is furious. He must track down the new titles! On expert summer tour Joe entertains honourableness audience with his golden oldies. The nostalgic atmosphere of rank concerts drives him mad. Securely the fact of moving be proof against his beautiful new house remark Feucherolles doesn't appease him. Put off of the most successful Nation singers has a tedious over and over again - his family life remains broken and his career psychoanalysis as monotonous as ever� Bend refuses to say uncle careful redoubles his efforts but Joe doesn't believe him anymore.
Reason so, he is not top-notch Number One! But one necessarily something more to cut depiction ground from under the noted Jacques Plait, the best Land producer of the time. Deft whole gang is enabled drive work on the new soundtrack. In November, in Lansdowne, Crease and Arthey decide to employ another sound engineer.
John Mackswith joins the team at depiction right time. The album problem released promptly in the solve of November, for Plait wants to make it with primacy New Year sales. And soaring time it is. Two songs from the album - "Si tu t'appelles melan-colie" and "Vade retro" - literally smash picture hit parades. At a moment's notice the single is insecure.
There is no more spat to save money on birth new titles. Plait takes likelihood, gambles on Lady Luck, endure breaks the bank. Joe pompous his way up to say publicly top.
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