Joseph Ira Dassin (French: [dasɛ̃]; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin.
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Joe Dassin |
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Joe Dassin in the 1960s |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Ira Dassin |
| Born | 5 November 1938 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Origin | New York City |
| Died | 20 August 1980 (aged 41) Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France |
| Genres | Chanson French pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1964–1980 |
| Labels | Columbia (Canada, 1964–1971) CBS (elsewhere, and Canada starting 1976) RCA (Canada, 1972–1976) |
Early lifeEdit
Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (1911–2008) and Béatrice Launer (1913–1994),[1] a New York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.[2] His father was of Ukrainian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish extraction, his maternal grandfather was an Austrian-Jewish immigrant, who arrived in New York with his family at age 11.[3]
Dassin lived in New York City and Los Angeles until his father fell victim to the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, at which time his family moved to Europe.
Between the ages of ten and fifteen Dassin changed schools eleven times.[4] He studied at, among other places, the International School of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, and finished his secondary education in Grenoble. Dassin moved back to the United States, where he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1957 to 1963, winning an undergraduate Hopwood Award for fiction in 1958 and earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of Arts in 1963, both in Anthropology.[5]
CareerEdit
Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician for his father and appeared as an actor in supporting roles, among others in three movies directed by his father, including Topkapi (1964) in which he played the role of Josef.
On 26 December 1964, Dassin signed with CBS Records, making him the first French-language singer to be signed with an American record label.
By the early 1970s, Dassin’s songs were at the top of the charts in France, and he became immensely popular there. He recorded songs in German, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, as well as French and English. 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).
CinemaEdit
Joe Dassin appeared in the following movies:
- 1957: Benos in He Who Must Die, by Jules Dassin
- 1958: Nico in The Law, by Jules Dassin
- 1964: Joseph in Topkapi, by Jules Dassin
- 1965: A police inspector in Lady L, by Peter Ustinov
- 1965: Janos Adler in Nick Carter and Red Club, by Jean-Paul Savignac
Personal lifeEdit
Joe Dassin with his parents, Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer, in Paris in 1970.
Dassin married Maryse Massiéra in Paris on 18 January 1966. Their son Joshua was born two and a half months early on 12 September 1973, and died five days later. Overcome by grief, Joe became deeply depressed. Despite all their efforts, their marriage did not survive. In 1977, one year after their move to their newly built home in Feucherolles, just outside Paris, they divorced.
On 14 January 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux in Cotignac. Their first son, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their second son, Julien, arrived on 22 March 1980. Christine died in December 1995.
DeathEdit
Dassin died from a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on 20 August 1980.[6] He was eating lunch with family and friends at the restaurant Chez Michel et Éliane in Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious. A doctor who was also eating at the restaurant gave Dassin a heart massage, but Dassin died at the restaurant. The only ambulance in Papeete was unavailable at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.[7] His body is interred in the Beth Olam section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.[8]
TributesEdit
In 2020, many established artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a covers / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin. The album peaked at No. 44 in the French SNEP Albums chart. It also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in the country’s Ultratop albums francophone chart and also peaking at No. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade Albums chart.[9] Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album included Ycare, Axelle Red, Les Frangines, Trois Cafés Gourmands, Patrick Fiori, Lola Dubini, Jérémy Frerot, Tibz, Aldebert, Kids United Nouvelle Génération, Carla, Jonathan Dassin, Madame Monsieur, Julien Dassin, La Deryves, 21 Juin Le Duo, and Camélia Jordana.
DiscographyEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Béatrice Dassin. Genealogy Bank. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.
- ^ The Juilliard School of Music, «The Baton», p. 12
- ^ Interview with Béatrice Launer. Joedassin.info. April 2004.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, Jules Dassin et Mélina Mercouri : les relations entre père et fils» (Video). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel (in French). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel. 14 June 1970. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ University of Michigan, List of Hopwood Award Winners Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, le roman de sa vie (France 3) – Le destin singulier d’une l’icône de la chanson française». Télé 7 Jours.
- ^ Telestar.fr (21 August 2015). «Joe Dassin : le récit des dernières heures avant sa mort [Phot… – Télé Star». telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ «LOS ANGELES : Hollywood Forever – Cimetières de France et d’ailleurs». Landrucimetieres.fr.
- ^ Lescharts.com: Various Artists: À toi, Joe Dassin
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Dassin.
- Joe Dassin at IMDb
- Joe Dassin at Find a Grave
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Joe Dassin |
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|---|---|
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Joe Dassin in the 1960s |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Ira Dassin |
| Born | 5 November 1938 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Origin | New York City |
| Died | 20 August 1980 (aged 41) Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France |
| Genres | Chanson French pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1964–1980 |
| Labels | Columbia (Canada, 1964–1971) CBS (elsewhere, and Canada starting 1976) RCA (Canada, 1972–1976) |
Joseph Ira Dassin (French: [dasɛ̃]; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin.
Early life[edit]
Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (1911–2008) and Béatrice Launer (1913–1994),[1] a New York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.[2] His father was of Ukrainian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish extraction, his maternal grandfather was an Austrian-Jewish immigrant, who arrived in New York with his family at age 11.[3]
Dassin lived in New York City and Los Angeles until his father fell victim to the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, at which time his family moved to Europe.
Between the ages of ten and fifteen Dassin changed schools eleven times.[4] He studied at, among other places, the International School of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, and finished his secondary education in Grenoble. Dassin moved back to the United States, where he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1957 to 1963, winning an undergraduate Hopwood Award for fiction in 1958 and earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of Arts in 1963, both in Anthropology.[5]
Career[edit]
Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician for his father and appeared as an actor in supporting roles, among others in three movies directed by his father, including Topkapi (1964) in which he played the role of Josef.
On 26 December 1964, Dassin signed with CBS Records, making him the first French-language singer to be signed with an American record label.
By the early 1970s, Dassin’s songs were at the top of the charts in France, and he became immensely popular there. He recorded songs in German, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, as well as French and English. 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[edit]
Joe Dassin appeared in the following movies:
- 1957: Benos in He Who Must Die, by Jules Dassin
- 1958: Nico in The Law, by Jules Dassin
- 1964: Joseph in Topkapi, by Jules Dassin
- 1965: A police inspector in Lady L, by Peter Ustinov
- 1965: Janos Adler in Nick Carter and Red Club, by Jean-Paul Savignac
Personal life[edit]
Joe Dassin with his parents, Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer, in Paris in 1970.
Dassin married Maryse Massiéra in Paris on 18 January 1966. Their son Joshua was born two and a half months early on 12 September 1973, and died five days later. Overcome by grief, Joe became deeply depressed. Despite all their efforts, their marriage did not survive. In 1977, one year after their move to their newly built home in Feucherolles, just outside Paris, they divorced.
On 14 January 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux in Cotignac. Their first son, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their second son, Julien, arrived on 22 March 1980. Christine died in December 1995.
Death[edit]
Dassin died from a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on 20 August 1980.[6] He was eating lunch with family and friends at the restaurant Chez Michel et Éliane in Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious. A doctor who was also eating at the restaurant gave Dassin a heart massage, but Dassin died at the restaurant. The only ambulance in Papeete was unavailable at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.[7] His body is interred in the Beth Olam section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.[8]
Tributes[edit]
In 2020, many established artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a covers / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin. The album peaked at No. 44 in the French SNEP Albums chart. It also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in the country’s Ultratop albums francophone chart and also peaking at No. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade Albums chart.[9] Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album included Ycare, Axelle Red, Les Frangines, Trois Cafés Gourmands, Patrick Fiori, Lola Dubini, Jérémy Frerot, Tibz, Aldebert, Kids United Nouvelle Génération, Carla, Jonathan Dassin, Madame Monsieur, Julien Dassin, La Deryves, 21 Juin Le Duo, and Camélia Jordana.
Discography[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Béatrice Dassin. Genealogy Bank. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.
- ^ The Juilliard School of Music, «The Baton», p. 12
- ^ Interview with Béatrice Launer. Joedassin.info. April 2004.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, Jules Dassin et Mélina Mercouri : les relations entre père et fils» (Video). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel (in French). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel. 14 June 1970. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ University of Michigan, List of Hopwood Award Winners Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, le roman de sa vie (France 3) – Le destin singulier d’une l’icône de la chanson française». Télé 7 Jours.
- ^ Telestar.fr (21 August 2015). «Joe Dassin : le récit des dernières heures avant sa mort [Phot… – Télé Star». telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ «LOS ANGELES : Hollywood Forever – Cimetières de France et d’ailleurs». Landrucimetieres.fr.
- ^ Lescharts.com: Various Artists: À toi, Joe Dassin
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Dassin.
- Joe Dassin at IMDb
- Joe Dassin at Find a Grave
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Joe Dassin |
|
|---|---|
|
Joe Dassin in the 1960s |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Ira Dassin |
| Born | 5 November 1938 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Origin | New York City |
| Died | 20 August 1980 (aged 41) Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France |
| Genres | Chanson French pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1964–1980 |
| Labels | Columbia (Canada, 1964–1971) CBS (elsewhere, and Canada starting 1976) RCA (Canada, 1972–1976) |
Joseph Ira Dassin (French: [dasɛ̃]; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin.
Early life[edit]
Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (1911–2008) and Béatrice Launer (1913–1994),[1] a New York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.[2] His father was of Ukrainian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish extraction, his maternal grandfather was an Austrian-Jewish immigrant, who arrived in New York with his family at age 11.[3]
Dassin lived in New York City and Los Angeles until his father fell victim to the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, at which time his family moved to Europe.
Between the ages of ten and fifteen Dassin changed schools eleven times.[4] He studied at, among other places, the International School of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, and finished his secondary education in Grenoble. Dassin moved back to the United States, where he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1957 to 1963, winning an undergraduate Hopwood Award for fiction in 1958 and earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of Arts in 1963, both in Anthropology.[5]
Career[edit]
Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician for his father and appeared as an actor in supporting roles, among others in three movies directed by his father, including Topkapi (1964) in which he played the role of Josef.
On 26 December 1964, Dassin signed with CBS Records, making him the first French-language singer to be signed with an American record label.
By the early 1970s, Dassin’s songs were at the top of the charts in France, and he became immensely popular there. He recorded songs in German, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, as well as French and English. 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[edit]
Joe Dassin appeared in the following movies:
- 1957: Benos in He Who Must Die, by Jules Dassin
- 1958: Nico in The Law, by Jules Dassin
- 1964: Joseph in Topkapi, by Jules Dassin
- 1965: A police inspector in Lady L, by Peter Ustinov
- 1965: Janos Adler in Nick Carter and Red Club, by Jean-Paul Savignac
Personal life[edit]
Joe Dassin with his parents, Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer, in Paris in 1970.
Dassin married Maryse Massiéra in Paris on 18 January 1966. Their son Joshua was born two and a half months early on 12 September 1973, and died five days later. Overcome by grief, Joe became deeply depressed. Despite all their efforts, their marriage did not survive. In 1977, one year after their move to their newly built home in Feucherolles, just outside Paris, they divorced.
On 14 January 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux in Cotignac. Their first son, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their second son, Julien, arrived on 22 March 1980. Christine died in December 1995.
Death[edit]
Dassin died from a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on 20 August 1980.[6] He was eating lunch with family and friends at the restaurant Chez Michel et Éliane in Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious. A doctor who was also eating at the restaurant gave Dassin a heart massage, but Dassin died at the restaurant. The only ambulance in Papeete was unavailable at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.[7] His body is interred in the Beth Olam section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.[8]
Tributes[edit]
In 2020, many established artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a covers / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin. The album peaked at No. 44 in the French SNEP Albums chart. It also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in the country’s Ultratop albums francophone chart and also peaking at No. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade Albums chart.[9] Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album included Ycare, Axelle Red, Les Frangines, Trois Cafés Gourmands, Patrick Fiori, Lola Dubini, Jérémy Frerot, Tibz, Aldebert, Kids United Nouvelle Génération, Carla, Jonathan Dassin, Madame Monsieur, Julien Dassin, La Deryves, 21 Juin Le Duo, and Camélia Jordana.
Discography[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Béatrice Dassin. Genealogy Bank. Retrieved on 26 July 2015.
- ^ The Juilliard School of Music, «The Baton», p. 12
- ^ Interview with Béatrice Launer. Joedassin.info. April 2004.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, Jules Dassin et Mélina Mercouri : les relations entre père et fils» (Video). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel (in French). L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel. 14 June 1970. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ University of Michigan, List of Hopwood Award Winners Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ «Joe Dassin, le roman de sa vie (France 3) – Le destin singulier d’une l’icône de la chanson française». Télé 7 Jours.
- ^ Telestar.fr (21 August 2015). «Joe Dassin : le récit des dernières heures avant sa mort [Phot… – Télé Star». telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ «LOS ANGELES : Hollywood Forever – Cimetières de France et d’ailleurs». Landrucimetieres.fr.
- ^ Lescharts.com: Various Artists: À toi, Joe Dassin
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Dassin.
- Joe Dassin at IMDb
- Joe Dassin at Find a Grave
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Joe Dassin discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 13 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 66 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Singles | 69 |
| Collaborations | 6 |
| International Studio Albums | 4 |
| International Singles | 23 |
| International Compilation Albums | 7 |
This is a discography for Joe Dassin.
Joe Dassin, nicknamed the most French of the Americans, was born in New York in 1938 and died in 1980 of a heart attack in Papeete (Tahiti in French Polynesia). He is the son of the American film director Jules Dassin.
During his career he recorded about 250 songs and sold more than 50 million albums throughout the world.
For the list of Joe Dassin’s songs, consult this article.
French discography[edit]
[1][2]
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Joe Dassin à New York | CBS | |
| 1967 | Les deux mondes de Joe Dassin | CBS | |
| 1969 | Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées) | CBS | Reissued in 2010 « Les essentiels », Sony BMG. |
| 1970 | Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents) | CBS | Reissued as vinyl replica in 2009, Culture Factory. |
| 1971 | Joe Dassin (Elle était… Oh !) | CBS | |
| 1972 | Joe | CBS | |
| 1973 | 13 chansons nouvelles | CBS | |
| 1974 | Joe Dassin (Si tu t’appelles Mélancolie) | CBS | |
| 1975 | Joe Dassin (Le Costume blanc) | CBS | |
| 1976 | Le Jardin du Luxembourg | CBS | |
| 1978 | Les femmes de ma vie | CBS | |
| 1978 | 15 ans déjà… | CBS | |
| 1979 | Blue Country | CBS | Guitar and harmonica : Tony Joe White; Reissued in 1979 with a blue disc, CBS. |
EPs[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Je change un peu de vent – Il a plu – Dis-moi, dis-lui – Ça n’est pas une fille (Wanted man) |
CBS | |
| 1965 | Je vais mon chemin – Isabelle, prends mon chapeau – Mâche ta chique – Les jours s’en vont pareils |
CBS | |
| 1965 | Bip bip Bip-bip (O Calhambeque) – Guantanamera – Je n’ai que mes mains (Poor man’s son) – Pas sentimental (Not the lovin’ kind) |
CBS | |
| 1966 | Ça m’avance à quoi ? (You were on my mind) – Combien de temps pour t’oublier – Comme la lune – Le tricheur |
CBS | |
| 1966 | Joe Dassin Excuse me, Lady – Vive moi – Petite mama – Joli minou |
CBS | |
| 1967 | Les Dalton – Hello hello ! – Viens voir le loup – C’est un cœur de papier |
CBS | |
| 1977 | La fleur aux dents – Il était une fois nous deux – L’Amérique – Ça va pas changer le monde |
CBS | Promo |
Singles[edit]
| Years | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Gina Lollobrigida Chante la loi La loi (by Gina Lollobrigida) – La loi (by Joe Dassin) |
Versailles | Extracts from the Original Soundtrack of the movie by Jules Dassin. |
| 1965 | Je vais mon chemin – Isabelle, prends mon chapeau |
CBS | |
| 1965 | Bip-bip – Guantanamera |
CBS | Promo |
| 1966 | Ça m’avance à quoi ? – Comme la lune |
CBS | |
| 1966 | Guantanamera Guantanamera – Katy cruel |
CBS | |
| 1966 | Excuse me Lady – Petite mama |
CBS | Promo |
| 1966 | Vive moi – Joli minou |
CBS | Promo |
| 1967 | Les Dalton – Viens voir le loup |
CBS | Promo |
| 1967 | Marie-Jeanne – Tout bébé a besoin d’une maman |
CBS | |
| 1968 | La bande à Bonnot – Plus je te vois, plus je te veux |
CBS | Reissued in 1968 with alternate sleeve «Vol. 1», CBS; Reissued in 1973, CBS. |
| 1968 | Siffler sur la colline – Comment te dire |
CBS | Sleeve with «Vol. 2» mention, CBS. |
| 1968 | Ma bonne étoile – Un peu comme toi |
CBS | |
| 1968 | Le petit pain au chocolat – Le temps des œufs au plat |
CBS | |
| 1969 | Me que me que – Sunday times |
CBS | Promo |
| 1969 | Les Dalton – Bip-bip |
CBS | |
| 1969 | Le chemin de papa – Les Champs-Élysées |
CBS | |
| 1969 | Me que me que – Mon village du bout du monde |
CBS | Promo |
| 1969 | Mon village du bout du monde – La violette africaine |
CBS | Promo |
| 1970 | C’est la vie, Lily – Billy le Bordelais |
CBS | |
| 1970 | L’Amérique – Cécilia |
CBS | |
| 1970 | C’est bon l’amour – Au bout des rails |
CBS | Promo |
| 1971 | L’équipe à Jojo – La fleur aux dents |
CBS | Promo |
| 1971 | La fleur aux dents – La luzerne |
CBS | |
| 1971 | L’équipe à Jojo – Le Portugais |
CBS | |
| 1971 | Fais la bise à ta maman – Mais la mer est toujours bleue |
CBS | |
| 1972 | Elle était Oh ! – La mal-aimée du courrier du cœur |
CBS | |
| 1972 | Bye bye Louis – La ligne de vie |
CBS | Promo |
| 1972 | Taka takata (La femme du toréro) – Le cheval de fer |
CBS | Reissued two times in 1972 with alternate sleeves. |
| 1972 | La complainte de l’heure de pointe (À vélo dans Paris) – Un peu de paradis |
CBS | |
| 1973 | S’aimer sous la pluie – C’est ma tournée |
CBS | Promo |
| 1973 | Le moustique – C’est ma tournée |
CBS | |
| 1973 | Salut les amoureux – S’aimer sous la pluie |
CBS | |
| 1973 | Je t’aime, je t’aime – La chanson des cigales |
CBS | |
| 1973 | La dernière page – Fais-moi de l’électricité |
CBS | Promo |
| 1973 | Les Dalton – Bip-bip |
CBS | Promo |
| 1973 | Quand on a seize ans Quand on a seize ans – À chacun sa chanson |
CBS | |
| 1973 | Quand on a du feu – Les plus belles années de ma vie |
CBS | Promo |
| 1974 | Les plus belles années de ma vie – Fais-moi de l’électricité |
CBS | |
| 1974 | C’est du mélo – Si tu viens au monde |
CBS | |
| 1974 | Vade retro – Si tu t’appelles mélancolie |
CBS | |
| 1975 | L’été indien (Africa) – Moi j’ai dit non |
CBS | |
| 1975 | L’été indien (Africa) – Les Champs-Élysées |
CBS | Promo |
| 1975 | Et si tu n’existais pas – Ça va pas changer le monde |
CBS | Promo |
| 1976 | Ça va pas changer le monde – Il faut naître à Monaco |
CBS | |
| 1976 | Et si tu n’existais pas – Salut |
CBS | |
| 1976 | Il était une fois nous deux – Les aventuriers |
CBS | |
| 1976 | Le jardin du Luxembourg 1ère partie – 2e partie |
CBS | Promo; Woman’s voice: Dominique Poulain. |
| 1977 | À toi – Le café des trois colombes |
CBS | |
| 1977 | Et l’amour s’en va – Le château de sable |
CBS | |
| 1977 | Dans les yeux d’Émilie – Maria |
CBS | |
| 1977 | Maria – Spécial Joe disco Maria |
CBS | Promo «Spécial disco — Spécial juke-boxes» |
| 1978 | Si tu penses à moi – Sorry |
CBS | |
| 1978 | Darlin’ darlin’ | CBS | Promo |
| 1978 | L’Amérique L’Amérique – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/Piano Roll Blues/Lullaby of Broadway/Don’t Sit under the Apple Tree/Rhum and Coca-Cola/In the Mood |
CBS | Promo |
| 1979 | La vie se chante, la vie se pleure – Un Lord anglais |
CBS | |
| 1979 | Côté banjo, côté violon – Toi le refrain de ma vie |
CBS | |
| 1979 | Le dernier slow – Tellement bu, tellement fumé |
CBS | Reissued in 1979 on 33RPM maxi single. |
| 1979 | Faut pas faire de la peine à John – Si je dis «je t’aime» |
CBS | |
| 1979 | On se connaît par cœur – Le marché aux puces |
CBS | Promo |
| 1979 | Guantanamera – Il faut naître à Monaco |
CBS | Promo |
| 1982 | À mon fils – Extrait de la comédie musicale «Little Italy» À mon fils (Sébastian) – Sandy (Sandy) |
CBS | Recorded in 1978. |
| 1983 | L’été indien – À toi |
CBS | |
| 1989 | L’été arrive – L’été indien revient L’été indien (Africa) – The guitar don’t lie (Le marché aux puces) |
CBS | 45RPM maxi promo, not for sale; Promo for the first Complete recordings boxset of Joe Dassin issued in October 1989. |
| 1989 | L’été indien L’été indien (Africa) – Pick a bale o’cotton (inédit) |
CBS | |
| 1989 | Dassin Megamix 90 Megamix 90 (Siffler sur la colline/Cécilia/Les Dalton/Taka takata/L’Amérique) – Les Champs-Élysées |
CBS | 3:58 version; 45RPM maxi |
| 1989 | Dassin Megamix 90 Megamix 90 (Siffler sur la colline/C’est bon l’amour/Taka takata/Les Dalton/Il faut naître à Monaco/L’Amérique) – L’été indien |
CBS | 5:27 version; 45RPM maxi; Reissued in 1989 on CD Maxi 3″ with «C’est bon l’amour» as bonus. |
| 1989 | L’été indien – The guitar don’t lie |
CBS | Promo; Reissued in 1989 on Maxi 45RPM Promo (Netherlands). |
| 1990 | Les Champs-Élysées Les Champs-Élysées – À toi |
CBS | |
| 2000 | Taka takata (Remix Latino) – L’été indien |
Sony BMG |
Compilation albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Les meilleures chansons de Joe Dassin | CBS | 2 LP |
| 1974 | Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 | CBS | 2 LP |
| 1974 | Excuse me Lady | Pickwick | Reissued in 1979, MFP. |
| 1975 | L’été indien (Album d’Or) | CBS | |
| 1975 | Les grands succès Vol. 2 | CBS | |
| 1975 | Animateur de Radio! | RCA | Special Promo LP for Radio Stations. |
| 1976 | Les grands succès Vol. 3 | CBS | |
| 1976 | Bip bip | Pickwick | Reissued in 1979, MFP. |
| 1977 | Vol. 1 | Versailles | |
| 1977 | Vol. 2 — Bip bip | Versailles | |
| 1977 | Vol. 3 — Les Champs-Élysées | Versailles | |
| 1978 | Joe Dassin | CBS | 3 LP; Reissued in 1979, Music For Pleasure. |
| 1979 | Joe Dassin | Music For Pleasure | |
| 1979 | Grands succès | France Loisirs | |
| 1980 | Enregistrements originaux | Music For Pleasure | 2 LP |
| 1980 | Joe Dassin | CBS | |
| 1980 | Mélancolie | CBS | Reissued in 2000, Sony. |
| 1980 | Joe Dassin — Enregistrements originaux | Music Melody | 2 LP; Reissued in 1983. |
| 1980 | Joe Dassin — Enregistrements originaux | Music Melody | 3 LP |
| 1981 | Joe Dassin Vol. 1 | Music For Pleasure | |
| 1981 | Joe Dassin Vol. 2 | Music For Pleasure | |
| 1981 | Ses plus grands succès | CBS | |
| 1984 | Grands succès | CBS | 3 LP |
| 1985 | Ses Grands Succès Vol. 3 | CBS | |
| 1985 | Album souvenir | CBS | 2 LP |
| 1986 | Une heure avec Joe Dassin — vol. 1 | Sony BMG | |
| 1986 | Une heure avec Joe Dassin — vol. 2 | Sony BMG | |
| 1989 | Intégrale | CBS | 9-CD boxset |
| 1989 | 23 succès | CBS | |
| 1989 | 27 succès | CBS | 2 LP |
| 1989 | 41 succès | CBS | 2 CD |
| 1991 | Joe Dassin — Collection Superstar | France Loisirs | |
| 1991 | Joe Dassin | Club Dial | |
| 1992 | Collection Or | Sony Music Entertainment | Reissued in 1994, «L’été indien & Chante l’amour» (2 CD), Gemini. |
| 1992 | Chante l’amour | Sony Music Entertainment | Reissued in 1994, «L’été indien & Chante l’amour» (2 CD), Gemini. |
| 1992 | Les prénoms féminins | Sony Music Entertainment | |
| 1993 | Joe Dassin | Sony ME | |
| 1993 | Souvenirs | Sony Musique | |
| 1994 | Série Gold — vol. 1 | Sony | |
| 1994 | Joe Dassin — Collection Gold | Columbia | |
| 1995 | Le meilleur de Joe Dassin | Sony Music | 2 CD |
| 1995 | Le meilleur de Joe Dassin | Sony Music | 3 CD |
| 1995 | Intégrale | Sony BMG | 11-CD boxset |
| 1996 | Folk and Jazzy | Sony Music | |
| 1996 | Série Gold — vol. 2 | Sony | |
| 2000 | Ses plus grands succès | Sony BMG | 2 CD |
| 2000 | Intégrale Albums | Sony BMG | 15-CD boxset, 162 remastered titles from the original analogue masters. |
| 2001 | Les indispensables de Joe Dassin (versions originales — volume 1) | Sony Musique | |
| 2001 | Les indispensables de Joe Dassin (versions originales — volume 2) | Sony Musique | |
| 2002 | Ma bonne étoile | Sony Musique | 3 CD Longbox |
| 2002 | Collection J’adore | New Service | |
| 2003 | Les plus belles chansons d’amour de Joe Dassin | Sony Musique | |
| 2005 | Éternel… | Sony Musique | 1 CD; Reissued in 2013, Digibook; Features the newly remixed versions from the 2005 complete boxset. |
| 2005 | Éternel… | Sony Musique | 2 CD; Features the newly remixed versions from the 2005 complete boxset. |
| 2005 | L’intégrale | Sony BMG | 10-CD boxset; Most of the songs have been remixed and remastered from the original multitrack recordings. |
| 2007 | Salut les amoureux | Sony BMG | 3-CD boxset |
| 2007 | Les Champs-Élysées | Sony BMG | Boxed CD «Édition Limitée Or» |
| 2008 | Country | Sony BMG | |
| 2009 | Best of Joe Dassin | Sony Musique | 3 CD |
| 2009 | Best of Joe Dassin | Sony Musique | 3 CD |
| 2009 | Original Album Classics | Sony Musique | 5 CD |
| 2009 | L’intégrale Joe Dassin | Sony Musique | New presentation of the 10-CD Box Set released in 2005. |
| 2010 | Best of 3 CD — L’album souvenir | Sony Musique | 3 CD |
| 2010 | Les 100 plus belles chansons | Sony Musique | 5 CD |
| 2011 | La Collection Vol. 1 | Sony Musique | |
| 2011 | La Collection Vol. 2 | Sony Musique | |
| 2012 | Musique & Photos | Livre CD Sony | 10 photos + 2 CD; Book first published in 2010. |
German discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Das sind zwei linke Schuh’ | CBS | Reissued in 1972, CBS/Embassy. |
| 1972 | Ich hab mich verliebt | CBS |
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Oh, Champs-Élysées – Deutsche Original-Aufnahme Oh, Champs-Élysées – Es ist leicht… |
CBS | |
| 1971 | Das sind zwei linke Schuh’ – Meines Vaters Sohn |
CBS | |
| 1971 | Es gibt Mädchen so zum träumen – Melanie |
CBS | |
| 1972 | Ich hab’ mich verliebt – Dieser Sänger braucht nur ein Chanson |
CBS | |
| 1972 | In Versailles in dem großen Garten – Darauf ein Glas |
CBS | |
| 1973 | Joe Dassin und Die Schöneberger Sängerknaben In Paris ringsumher – Schöne Grüße an Mama |
CBS | |
| 1974 | Keiner singt gern allein – Deutsche Aufnahme von » I shall sing « Keiner singt gern allein – Wahre Liebe ist ganz leise |
CBS | |
| 1975 | Septemberwind – Deutsche Original-Aufnahme von » L’été indien (Africa) « Septemberwind (L’été indien [Africa]) – Ce n’est rien que du vent |
CBS |
Compilations[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Starportrait | CBS | |
| 1991 | Septemberwind – Seine größten Erfolge | Columbia | |
| 2000 | Seine grössten Erfolge | Sony BMG |
English Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Home Made Ice Cream | CBS | Guitar and harmonica : Tony Joe White; Canada |
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Champs Elysees – Sunday times |
CBS | |
| 1975 | Indian summer – Sunday times |
CBS | |
| 1975 | When summer is gone – Sunday times |
RCA | Promo |
| 1978 | Darling – Mellow melody |
CBS | |
| 1979 | Promises – The guitar don’t lie |
CBS | |
| 1980 | The guitar don’t lie The guitar don’t lie (Le marché aux puces) – Yellowstone cowbear |
CBS | Reissued in 1980 on 33RPM maxi single. |
| 1980 | The guitar don’t lie The guitar don’t lie – Home made ice cream |
CBS | 33RPM maxi single – Special club (not for sale). |
Spanish Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Canta en español Aun vivo para el amor (Africa) |
CBS | |
| 1977 | Canta en español Y si no existieras (Et si tu n’existais pas) – Esto no va a cambiar el mundo (Ça va pas changer le monde) |
CBS | |
| 1978 | Canta en castellano A ti (À toi) – Déjame dormir (Laisse-moi dormir/Canta en Francés) |
CBS | |
| 1978 | El amor se va – Et l’amour s’en va |
CBS | |
| 1979 | La vida viene, la vida va – La vie se chante, la vie se pleure |
CBS |
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | En los jardines de mi ciudad | CBS |
Compilations[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Grandes exitos en castellano y francés | CBS | |
| 1979 | A ti – Los mas grandes exitos | CBS | |
| 1982 | Las dos caras de Joe Dassin | CBS | 6 songs in Spanish, 6 songs in French. |
Greek Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Musique du film de Jules Dassin : Cri de femmes Ochi den prepi den prepi na sinandithoume (Joe Dassin et Melina Mercouri) |
CBS |
Italian Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | La banda Bonnot – Un giorno d’aprile |
CBS | |
| 1975 | Africa (L’estate di San Martino) – L’été indien (Africa) |
CBS |
Japanese Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Les Champs-Élysées (オー・シャンゼリゼ) – Mon Village Du Bout Du Monde (世界の果てに美しく) |
CBS/Sony |
Live albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | À l’Olympia – Enregistrement public | CBS | Reissued in 1981, CBS; Reissued in 1995, Columbia. |
| 2001 | Musicorama | Laser light, Europe 1 et Delta music | Olympia 1968, Olympia 1969, Cambrai 1970, Cambrai 1972; Reissued in 2005 «Les grands concerts», boxset including the 3 Musicorama CD (Delta music). |
| 2003 | Concerts Musicorama (II) | Laser light, Europe 1 et Delta music | Musicorama 1970, Musicorama 1972 and two Europe 1 recordings at Studio Périer (1974 & 1975); Reissued in 2005 «Les grands concerts», boxset including 3 Musicorama CD (Delta music). |
| 2004 | Concerts Musicorama (III) | Laser light, Europe 1 et Delta music. | Recorded 1977-02-02 at the Olympia; Reissued in 2005 «Les grands concerts», boxset including the 3 Musicorama CD (Delta music). |
| 2005 | Joe à l’Olympia | Laser light, Europe 1 et Delta music. | Premiere night recorded on 1974-02-19 at the Olympia, different concert than the album «À l’Olympia» issued in 1974. |
| 2005 | Joe Dassin – 25 ans déjà | Sony BMG | Recorded in Sherbrooke, Québec, January 1977; Promo CD sold in a French magazine. |
| 2010 | Collector – 5 titres en version inédite | Sony musique | Recorded in Sherbrooke and Montréal, Québec, 1974; CD sold with the «Télé 7 jours» n°2614. |
Other Compilations (CD)[edit]
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Grandes Exitos | Sony BMG | 9 songs in Spanish, 3 in Italian & 2 in English. |
Collaborations and other appearances[edit]
| Year | Album | Collaborator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Une journée de Monsieur Chose | Carlos | Contains «Crésus et Roméo» by Carlos and Joe Dassin (CBS). |
| 1982 | Little Italy | Marcella Bella | Recorded in 1978, issued posthumously in 1982; Reissued in 1989, Sélection du Reader’s Digest (LP and CD). |
| 2001 | Les insolences d’un téléphone — Vol. 1 | Yvan Ducharme | Prank call of Joe Dassin, done by Yvan Ducharme (end of the sixties). |
| 2010 | Dassin Symphonique | Zoltán Kovács | Virtual collaborations with the voice of Joe Dassin and the Budapest Symphonic Orchestra directed by Zoltán Kovács. |
| 2013 | Hélène Ségara en duo avec Joe Dassin – Et si tu n’existais pas | Hélène Ségara | Virtual duets with Hélène Ségara. |
| 2015 | Joe Dassin Chante avec les Chœurs de l’Armée Rouge | Alexandrov Ensemble | Virtual duets with the Alexandrov Ensemble. |
Video albums[edit]
Video[edit]
- 1989 Ses plus grands succès
- 1998 Le dernier slow
- 2000 De l’Amérique aux Champs-Élysées
DVD[edit]
- 2000 Ses plus grands succès
- 2005 À toi… (Live at the Olympia 1977, different than the version on Musicorama III)
Discography and Songs Catalog[edit]
- French Discography
- International Catalog of all recordings available
References[edit]
- «Biography — Joe Dassin». Rfimusique.com
- «Discography — Joe Dassin». Music-story.com
Notes[edit]
- ^ «Biography — Joe Dassin» Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Rfimusique.com.
- ^ «Discography — Joe Dassin» Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Music-story.com
1938-1964
He was born in New York, under the protection of the Statue of Liberty, on November 5. Joseph is the son of a violinist Beatrice, called Bea, who works with the best classical musicians such as Pablo Casals. His father, Jules Dassin, is fond of cinema. After a short stage career, he becomes Hitchcock’s associate director and a film director at last. This tight couple who lives in an America ready to take revenge on Japan for Pearl Harbour, gives Joe two sisters: Ricky, the elder, and Julie, the little. Little Dassin grows in a cocoon of love. Till 1940 he lives in New York. Then his father, seduced by the seventh art, decides to move to Los Angeles. The mysterious Los Angeles of the MGM studios and the Pacific Coast beaches. In this American city, where East meets West, Joe lives a happy teenager’s life till the day when�
The world turns upside down. Along with the end of the World War II and Yalta agreements the world has to put up with the consequences of the «Cold War». East and West face each other: the USA against USSR, capitalism against socialism. Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin opens and leads his witch-hunt against people suspected of sympathizing communists. Jules Dassin, who has already won some fame, is also under suspicion. Soon, he is accused of «Moscow-liking». This means the end of sweet Hollywood life and the exile for the Dassin family. In the end of 1949 a transatlantic liner leaves the New York harbor heading for Europe. Joe is watching his native land disappear in the morning mist and the liner’s smoke. From this time on, he won’t call any country home.
Joe discovers the Old Europe at the age of 12. This is 1950 and the old continent is under total re-construction. The Marshall Plan and ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community) make front-page stories. While Jules and Bea are settling in Paris, Joe is sent to a boarding school of a famous Col-lege Rosey in Switzerland. The establishment is chic and very expensive. In spite of the exile the money doesn’t seem to be a big problem to the Dassins. There Joe makes acquaintance with Karim Aga Khan and the rich European heirs.
Meanwhile, the educational establishments follow one another. 1951: Joe is in Italy. 1953: he at-tends the International School in Geneva. In 1954 this latter sends him to Grenoble to pass his «baccalaureat» exam and get a bachelor’s degree, for this kind of diploma doesn’t exist in Switzer-land. By this time Joe is 16 and he is a very handsome guy with a winsome look in his eyes. He speaks three languages fluently and gets a good (excellent) mark for his «bac» exam.
In 1955, Joe’s parents get divorced. The film-maker continues his career with a new companion, the Greek actress Melina Mercouri, while the violinist prefers, from this time on, to keep in the back-ground. Joe takes the failure of his parents’ family life close to heart and decides to return to his hearth and home of America. So, he comes back to the USA where, at that time, the standards of the university education were second to none. As Joe gets enrolled in the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Elvis Presley starts his crusade for Rock’n’Roll. Joe doesn’t seem to be really im-pressed by this musical style. Being an earnest and diligent student, Dassin Jr. is far from black shirts, people indulging in pointless rebellion and the American Graffiti «live». At first he tries to study medical science but experimenting with animals and dissection is more than he can endure, so Joe focuses on Anthropology and Russian language studies. Very concerned to speak fluently many languages, Dassin lives with his two French-speaking buddies, a French, Alain Guiraud and a Swiss, soon-to-be dean of one of the faculties of Geneva University. Quite often Alain and Joe make some changes in their usual time-table� Armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar, while America gets «electrified», having neither leather jackets nor pomaded haircuts a la mode, the two friends sing in duet, standing on the double ladder so that the audience can see them better. Their repertoire includes neither Elvis Presley nor Eddie Cochran but Brassens. In the atmosphere of gen-eral affectation the French-singing duet assure their Folk «a la francaise» some kind of a promotion and is the first ever to export the poetry of Brassens to the American campuses. These recitals bring them some bottom dollars but it has more of a money spinning side-line than a regular job and Joe has to work. No problem. In an America of «affluent society» of J.K.Galbraith all young Americans make different «student jobs». During six years of studies Joe takes turns working as a sociologist, a delivery man, a truck driver� Meanwhile, our A student finds some spare time to write a story — «Wade In Water» — which received the second national award.
A painful omen: he is declared unfit for military service because of cardiac problems.
While Joe is studying hard at the University, his father gains authority throughout the world and becomes the Great Jules Dassin. In 1958, he asks Joe to record some themes for his next movie — «La Loi» (The Law) starring Gina Lollobrigida and featuring a marvelous tarantella. Dassin Jr. re-leases an EP at Versailles label in 1959. Then, in 1960, comes «Never On Sunday» (Jamais le di-manche) with its astonishing sound track and, especially, the song «Les Enfants du Piree» (The Children Of Piree) performed by Melina Mercouri. Joe graduates from the University and gets Doc-tor’s degree in Anthropology while the 60s take full speed. The Rock’n’Roll has already conquered America and is on the way to charming the Old Europe.
Diploma in the pocket, Joe has to decide his own future. And this is not an easy thing to do for a man who is an artist like his parents but not a daydreamer. Somehow he guesses that his future is on the other side of the Atlantic, in the good old Europe of his adolescent years. $300 in the pocket, Joe boards a ship which takes him to Italy. He travels first class: in the hold of a cargo. It is 1962 and Joe is 24. As he still does not feel like finding himself a regular job, his father hires him as an asso-ciate director of «Topkapi», Jules’ second great movie. The world media are delighted to show the father and his son on the same set, and unveil Joe’s unshaven oriental face. Easy come easy go, and Joe spends his fee on a little Triumph. Just after that he starts to perform at the Radio Luxembourg and becomes a journalist for Playboy, while the French ye-ye is in its prime.
December 13, 1963 radically changes Joe’s private life. At one of the many parties organized by Eddy Barclay he meets a girl. The pretext of this «party» is the French release of Stanley Cramer’s movie «This Crazy, Crazy, Crazy World». Surrounded by the imposing architectural beauty of the Pavillon d’Armenonville, Joe is equally impressed by girl’s charm and personality. Her name is Maryse. None of them suspects their ten-years long romance that will follow. A few days after the Pavillon party, Joe invites Maryse Massiera for a week-end to Moulin de Poincy, some 40 km from Paris. His aim is clear — to seduce her by all possible means. In the intimacy of the room with burn-ing fireplace he sings her «Freight Train», accompanying himself on a guitar. He knows very well that the combination of his vocal cords and those of his guitar is irresistible. His devilishly tender plan works out perfectly and she falls into his arms� After this week-end out of time, the two lov-ers live up in the clouds till the end of the year.
From January 6, 1964, feeling determined the young couple starts to make plans. By the end of the month the idea of engagement, or even wedding, is in the air. Joe and Maryse settle in Saint-Cloud, at Bea’s place. The solution is temporary but the two lovers don’t put such difficult questions. Joe writes stories for the magazines and this let him get by for a moment. And even invite Maryse for a few days of skiing to Zermatt, Switzerland, in February. On their coming back, the couple becomes aware of reality and has to solve the apartment question. They accumulate their money and spend the spring of 1964 looking for a new lodging. Like all Americans, Joe is fond of St.Germain-des-Pres. He chooses Boulevard Raspail. The house is situated in front of the American center but a lit-tle three-room is far from Joe’s dreams� Whatever, this is his first apartment shared with a beloved woman. Inspired by his new role of a «family man», Joe spends half a summer repairing their love nest. Determined to become a real head of family, he redoubles his efforts. In order to get some more money, he dubs American movies and writes articles for Playboy and The New Yorker. He even plays a part in Trefle Rouge (The Hop-clover) and Lady L. Between the two movies Joe gets a job of a stage manager for Clive Donner in What’s New Pussycat? His guitar is still his passion, his evening pleasure. Maryse shares with him these precious moments of musical emotion. Apparently, Joe is not going to bring his hobby into profit but nobody suspects what the future keeps in store�
Maryse has a friend, her former classmate, Catherine Regnier. While in boarding school, the two girls always shared their joys and sorrows. In this same 1964 a US record company which has recently established its subsidiary in France engaged Catherine as a secretary. Its rather shabby-looking office is situated on 42, rue Paradis, in the Xth district. The Columbia Broadcasting System more known as CBS distributes the discs of such American artists as Barbara Streisand. Catherine often speaks about songs and records, and Maryse has an idea. Joe’s 26th birthday is on November 5 and she is going to offer him a disc. As a gift. With the help from Catherine, who knows a man charged with transferring the sound from magnetic tape on vynil surface, Maryse intends to release a one-copy «supple», so that she can easily listen to the voice of her beloved man singing «Freight Train»�
They make an appointment with the CBS staff. One October day, the precious magnetic tape in her hand, Maryse penetrates into the CBS office, which is nothing but an old apartment on the last — fourth — floor of a house with leaking roof. One of the brightest ever careers of French showbiz is decided in a room where every little rain makes appear a whole army of basins. Maryse meets Cath-erine, who promises to record the disc by the beginning of November. As soon as Maryse leaves, the little staff of CBS France, more used to listen to the American products than to young French-speaking singers, grabs the tape from the shelf in order to have a little fun in the end of a boring working day. But soon the fun gives place to deep reflection. The singer’s voice is deep and pleas-ant, and his phenomenal sense of rhythm is evident. Will it sell? And what if CBS France will es-tablish its own record catalog instead of trying to sell the American stars? The gift record is made and Catherine is charged with persuading Joe to meet the CBS France team. As it has to be a (good) surprise for him, Joe still knows nothing about it. But this birthday «surprise» sets him in a bad hu-mor. Especially when he finds out that the tape fell into hands of a record company which would truly like to meet him for some business reasons. Needless to say that Catherine’s proposition to see the CBS staff about his possible career of a singer is firmly refused. Joe will never become a singer. But it has to be something more than that to discourage Catherine who believes in Joe’s talent. She repeats her assault five times, ten times and� finally manages to convince him. Not too much, in-deed, just a little record, kind of a trial balloon� Two months of a siege gain the upper hand over the young rebel and a few days before Christmas the fortress surrenders. Joe puts his John Hancock on what is the very first contract with a French singer in the long history of the CBS record com-pany.
On December 26 , Joe is in the CBS recording studio. Oswald d’Andrea conducts the orchestra. They record four tunes for a glossy jacketed EP. There are inevitable adaptations and two originals written by Jean-Michel Rivat and Frank Thomas. The two young talented songwriters side Joe in the beginning of his legendary career. But, to tell the truth, the EP is a slapdash piece of work and Joe has difficulty believing in his «lucky star».
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Son of filmmaker Jules Dassin, Joseph
Dassin played supporting roles in some movies in the first half of the
60’s (two of them were directed by his father:
La legge (1959) and
Topkapi (1964)), but to people in France
and Québec, he is better known as pop singer Joe Dassin. He recorded
his first song «Bip-Bip» (pronounce «Beep-Beep»)in 1965, but became
successful in 1968 with «Les Dalton»; from then, he recorded hit after
hit until his death. He got married by 1977 and had two sons, but a few
months prior to his death, Joe divorced.
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oseph Ira Dassin (November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980), more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was a French/American singer-songwriter. Joe was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer (1913-2005), a New-York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music. His father was of Russian and Polish Jewish extraction, his maternal grandfather was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, who arrived in New York with his family at age 11.
He began his childhood first in New York City and Los Angeles. However, after his father fell victim to the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe, thereafter.
After studying at the International School of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, Dassin moved back to the United States to go to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After college, he moved back to France where, while working at a radio station, a record label convinced him to begin to record his songs.
By the early 1970s, Dassin’s songs were on the top of the charts in France and he had become very well known in that country. He was also a talented polyglot, recording songs in German, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English.
Dassin married Maryse (whose real first name is Yvette) Massiéra on January 18, 1966, in Paris. Their son, Joshua, was born two and a half months before term, September 12, 1973, and died 5 days after. Devastated, Joe and Maryse split, but weren’t actually divorced until 1977.
January 14, 1978, Joe married Christine Delvaux in Colignac (Var). They had two sons, Jonathan (born September 14, 1978) and Julien (March 22, 1980). Christine died in December 1995.
Joe Dassin died of a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on August 20, 1980. His body is interred in the Beth Olam Mausoleum section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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