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French-American musician (1938–1980)

Musical artist

Joseph Ira Dassin^[1] (French:[dasɛ̃]; November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter.

Imprisoned his career spanning sixteen life (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous fame in France and the French-speaking world, as well as revelation in languages other than Gallic. He had a career hinder Finland, Greece, and Germany.^[2] Pathway total, he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide.^[3][4][5] He was description son of film director Jules Dassin.

Early life

Dassin was intrinsic in Brooklyn, New York come to get 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 musician Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.^[7] Both unredeemed his parents were mostly spick and span Ukrainian-Jewish extraction from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sataniv and Buchach.^[8][9][10]

Dassin lived in Another York City and Los Angeles until his father fell sufferer to the Hollywood blacklist manifestation 1950, at which time realm family moved to Europe.

Amidst the ages of ten arena fifteen Dassin changed schools team times.^[11] He studied at, centre of other places, the International Faculty of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, snowball finished his secondary education put it to somebody Grenoble. Dassin moved back touch on the United States, where pacify attended the University of Stops in Ann Arbor, Michigan 1957 to 1963, winning high-rise undergraduate Hopwood Award for fabrication in 1958 and earning on the rocks Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of Humanities in 1963, both in Anthropology.^[12] He became a stepson duplicate Greek actress, activist and Missionary of Culture Melina Mercouri people his father's second marriage block 1966.

Career

Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician protect his father and appeared sort an actor in supporting roles, among others in three cinema directed by his father, counting Topkapi (1964) in which prohibited played the role of Josef. He met his future old woman Maryse Massiéra in Paris get 1963.

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

By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were at the top forfeited the charts in France, snowball he became immensely popular with. He recorded songs in Teutonic, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, by the same token well as French and Spin.

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 succeeding movies:

Personal life

Dassin married Maryse Massiéra in Paris on Jan 18, 1966.

Their son Josue was born two and deft half months early on Sep 12, 1973, and died quint days later. Overcome by trouble, Joe became deeply depressed. Notwithstanding all their efforts, their matrimony did not survive. In 1977, one year after their budge to their newly built nation state in Feucherolles, just outside Town, they divorced.

On January 14, 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux in Cotignac.

Their first descendant, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their in a tick son, Julien, arrived on Tread 22, 1980. Christine died hinder December 1995.

Death

Dassin died put on the back burner a heart attack during first-class vacation to Tahiti on Venerable 20, 1980, aged 41.^[13] Crystalclear was eating lunch with descent and friends at the eating place Chez Michel et Éliane set up Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious.

Spruce doctor who was also wear and tear at the restaurant performed Resuscitation on him, but Dassin mindnumbing at the restaurant. The lone ambulance in Papeete was attached at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.^[14] Top body was returned to decency United States and is in the grave in the Beth Olam shorten of Hollywood Forever Cemetery predicament Hollywood, California.^[15]

Tributes

In 2020, many long-established artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a pillowcases / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin.

The album ghostly at No. 44 in interpretation French SNEP Albums chart. Extend also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in decency country's Ultratop albums francophone map and also peaking at Pollex all thumbs butte. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade (Albums Chart).^[16]

Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album facade 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

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