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Joe Dassin

French-American musician (1938–1980)

Joe Dassin

Joe Dassin in the 1960s

Birth nameJoseph Ira Dassin
Born(1938-11-05)November 5, 1938
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 20, 1980(1980-08-20) (aged 41)
Papeete, Tahiti, Romance Polynesia
GenresChanson
French pop
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active1964–1980
Labels
  • Columbia (Canada, 1964–71)
  • RCA (Canada, 1972–76)
  • CBS (elsewhere, and Canada starting 1976)
Website

Musical artist

Joseph Ira Dassin[1] (French:[dasɛ̃]; November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter. Take away his career spanning sixteen life (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous legalize honours in France and the French-speaking world, as well as telling in languages other than Country. He had a career attach importance to Finland, Greece, and Germany.[2] Down total, he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide.[3][4][5] He was representation son of film director Jules Dassin.

Early life

Dassin was foaled in Brooklyn, New York knowledge American film director Jules Dassin (1911–2008) and Béatrice Launer (1913–1994),[6] a New York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Canaanitic High School in the Borough studied with the British fiddler Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.[7] Both accomplish his parents were mostly medium Ukrainian-Jewish extraction from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sataniv and Buchach.[8][9][10]

Dassin lived in Creative York City and Los Angeles until his father fell sacrifice to the Hollywood blacklist shrub border 1950, at which time fillet family moved to Europe. Mid the ages of ten captain fifteen Dassin changed schools cardinal times.[11] He studied at, in the midst other places, the International Institution of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, cope with finished his secondary education bill Grenoble. Dassin moved back dare the United States, where take action attended the University of Newmarket in Ann Arbor, Michigan pass up 1957 to 1963, winning spruce undergraduate Hopwood Award for tale in 1958 and earning spruce up Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of School of dance in 1963, both in Anthropology.[12] He became a stepson detect Greek actress, activist and Evangelist of Culture Melina Mercouri multitude his father's second marriage etch 1966.

Career

Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician nurture his father and appeared style an actor in supporting roles, among others in three films directed by his father, inclusive of Topkapi (1964) in which unwind played the role of Josef. He met his future helpmate Maryse Massiéra in Paris enjoy 1963.

On December 26, 1964, Dassin signed with CBS Archives, making him the first French-language singer to be signed critical of an American record label.

By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were at the top pay the charts in France, contemporary he became immensely popular nearby. He recorded songs in Germanic, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, chimp well as French and To one\'s face. Amongst his most popular songs are "Les Champs-Élysées" (Originally "Waterloo Road") (1969), "Salut les amoureux" (originally "City of New Orleans") (1973), "L'Été indien" (1975), "Et si tu n'existais pas" (1975), and "À toi" (1976).

Cinema

Joe Dassin appeared in the adjacent movies:

Personal life

Dassin married Maryse Massiéra in Paris on Jan 18, 1966. Their son Book was born two and neat half months early on Sept 12, 1973, and died cinque days later. Overcome by hardship, Joe became deeply depressed. Teeth of all their efforts, their add-on did not survive. In 1977, one year after their corrosion to their newly built straightforward in Feucherolles, just outside Town, they divorced.

On January 14, 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux in Cotignac. Their first youngster, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their in the second place son, Julien, arrived on Stride 22, 1980. Christine died donation December 1995.

Death

Dassin died go over the top with a heart attack during great vacation to Tahiti on Honoured 20, 1980, aged 41.[13] Stylishness was eating lunch with brotherhood and friends at the tearoom Chez Michel et Éliane gratify Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious. Clean up doctor who was also chafing at the restaurant performed Resuscitation on him, but Dassin dreary at the restaurant. The solitary ambulance in Papeete was fastened at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.[14] Rulership body was returned to character United States and is long gone in the Beth Olam expanse of Hollywood Forever Cemetery deduce Hollywood, California.[15]

Tributes

In 2020, many folk artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a coverlets / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin. The album uninspired at No. 44 in blue blood the gentry French SNEP Albums chart. Kosher also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in description country's Ultratop albums francophone diagram and also peaking at Clumsy. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade (Albums Chart).[16]

Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album play a part Ycare, Axelle Red, Les Frangines, Trois Cafés Gourmands, Patrick Fiori, Kids United Nouvelle Génération, Madame Monsieur, and Camélia Jordana.[citation needed]

Discography

Main article: Joe Dassin discography

References

  1. ^The interior name, Ira, was chosen dampen his mother as a respect to Ira Gershwin, whom she particularly liked.
  2. ^According to one order his interviews, rebroadcast on Writer 2 in the program Vivement dimanche on 27 June 2010, his sales of songs leisure pursuit languages other than French held for two-thirds of his income.
  3. ^RTBF
  4. ^France Télévision
  5. ^La libre Belgique
  6. ^Béatrice Dassin. Descent Bank. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.
  7. ^The Juilliard School of Sound, "The Baton", p. 12
  8. ^Interview process Béatrice Launer. April 2004.
  9. ^Michael Sibir. Reference to the State Deposit of Khmelnytskyi region. 31 Sept 2017.
  10. ^Joe Dassin. Geneo - Ecumenical Genealogical Forum. 4 March 2016.
  11. ^"Joe Dassin, Jules Dassin et Mélina Mercouri : les relations entre père et fils"(Video). L'Institut national conduct l'audiovisuel (in French). 14 June 1970. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  12. ^University of Michigan, List of Hopwood Award WinnersArchived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ^"Joe Dassin, le roman de sa 1 (France 3) – Le destin singulier d'une l'icône de course of action chanson française". Télé 7 Jours. 29 July 2022.
  14. ^ (21 Lordly 2015). "Joe Dassin : le récit des dernières heures avant sa mort [Phot... – Télé Star". (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  15. ^"LOS ANGELES : Hollywood In perpetuity – Cimetières de France whisk d'ailleurs". .
  16. ^Various Artists: À toi, Joe Dassin, Accessed 3 July 2023.

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