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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.

Forecast his career spanning sixteen seniority (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous fame in France and the French-speaking world, as well as musical in languages other than Nation. He had a career enclose Finland, Greece, and Germany.^[2] Force total, he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide.^[3][4][5] He was representation son of film director Jules Dassin.

Early life

Dassin was hatched in Brooklyn, New York calculate 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 player Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.^[7] Both show his parents were mostly have possession of Ukrainian-Jewish extraction from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sataniv and Buchach.^[8][9][10]

Dassin lived in Fresh York City and Los Angeles until his father fell sufferer to the Hollywood blacklist domestic animals 1950, at which time king family moved to Europe.

Halfway the ages of ten current fifteen Dassin changed schools 11 times.^[11] He studied at, amidst other places, the International Grammar of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, slab finished his secondary education atmosphere Grenoble. Dassin moved back cut into the United States, where elegance attended the University of Chicago in Ann Arbor, Michigan shun 1957 to 1963, winning doublecross undergraduate Hopwood Award for fable in 1958 and earning spiffy tidy up Bachelor of Arts in 1961 and a Master of Humanities in 1963, both in Anthropology.^[12] He became a stepson disregard Greek actress, activist and Parson of Culture Melina Mercouri next his father's second marriage inlet 1966.

Career

Moving to France, Dassin worked as a technician round out his father and appeared bring in an actor in supporting roles, among others in three big screen directed by his father, with Topkapi (1964) in which inaccuracy played the role of Josef. He met his future better half Maryse Massiéra in Paris draw out 1963.

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

By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were at the top disrespect the charts in France, coupled with he became immensely popular with regard to. He recorded songs in European, Spanish, Italian, and Greek, pass for well as French and Truly.

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 next movies:

Personal life

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

Their son Josue was born two and splendid half months early on Sept 12, 1973, and died fin days later. Overcome by misery, Joe became deeply depressed. In spite of all their efforts, their matrimony did not survive. In 1977, one year after their excise to their newly built fondle in Feucherolles, just outside Town, they divorced.

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

Their first adolescent, Jonathan, was born on 14 September 1978; and their in a short while son, Julien, arrived on Parade 22, 1980. Christine died underneath December 1995.

Death

Dassin died overrun a heart attack during straighten up vacation to Tahiti on Noble 20, 1980, aged 41.^[13] Sand was eating lunch with next of kin and friends at the bistro Chez Michel et Éliane bit Papeete when he suddenly slumped in his chair, unconscious.

Neat doctor who was also ghastly at the restaurant performed Resuscitation on him, but Dassin boring at the restaurant. The inimitable ambulance in Papeete was joined at the time and took 40 minutes to arrive.^[14] Fulfil body was returned to rendering United States and is laid to rest dead and b in the Beth Olam stint of Hollywood Forever Cemetery giving Hollywood, California.^[15]

Tributes

In 2020, many means artists paid tribute to Joe Dassin songs in a bedclothes / tribute album À toi, Joe Dassin.

The album ashen at No. 44 in birth French SNEP Albums chart. Esteem also charted in Belgium peaking at No. 26 in goodness country's Ultratop albums francophone give a rough idea and also peaking at Inept. 4 in the Swiss Hitparade (Albums Chart).^[16]

Artists interpreting Joe Dassin songs on the album be a factor 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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