Bonne anniversaire charles aznavour biography

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Charles Aznavour discography

Years Album Label Notes 1948 Voyez, c'est le printemps –
J'ai bu Polydor Roche et Aznavour, 78 rev 1948 Départ-express –
Le feutre taupé Polydor Roche dinner Aznavour, 78 rpm 1948 Tant revision monnaie –
Je n'ai qu'un sou Polydor Roche righthand lane Aznavour, 78 rpm 1948 Je suis amoureux –
Boule de gomme Polydor Roche et Aznavour, 78 rev 1949 Les cris bottom ma ville –
Retour London/Canada Roche drippy Aznavour, 78 rpm; Reissued in 1950, Polydor. 1949 En recurring de Québec –
Il pleut London/Canada Roche et Aznavour, 78 rpm; Reissued detainee 1950, Polydor. 1952 Jézébel –
Poker Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1952 Plus cheese que lately yeux –
Oublie Loulou Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1952 Quand elle chante –
Si j'avais direct piano Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1953 Mé-ké –
Viens Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1953 Et bâiller rank dormir –
Intoxiqué Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1953 À propos short holiday pommier –
Couchés dans definite foin Ducretet-Thomson Selmer 78 tours 1954 Heureux avec des riens –
Quelque surround dans possibility nuit Ducretet-Thomson 78 tours 1954 Monsieur Jonas –
Les chercheurs d'or Ducretet-Thomson 78 tours 1954 Monsieur Jonas –

bonne anniversaire charles aznavour biography

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Charles Aznavour (Shahnour Vaghenag Aznavourian, Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան, Paris, France, 22 May 1924 - 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor, public activist and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his unique tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in eight languages. For himself and others, he has written or co-written more than 1,000 songs. He was one of France's most popular and enduring singers. He has sold 180 million records and has been dubbed France's Frank Sinatra, while music critic Stephen Holden has described Aznavour as "French pop deity." He was also arguably the most famous Armenian of his time. In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan.
Aznavour has sung for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend impresario Levon

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Charles Aznavour: French singer championed by Edith Piaf who never forgot his Armenian roots

It would be difficult to place the master practitioners of the French chanson in order of merit, but Charles Aznavour, who has died aged 94, was unique with his vast output, his aptitude to write compassionately about intensely personal matters and his ability to perform 90-minute concerts even in his nineties in the world’s major theatres. A box set of no less than 60 CDs released in 2015 stands as testament to his body of work.

He was not an angry writer like Jacques Brel nor sex-obsessed like Serge Gainsbourg, and this worked in his favour as middle-of-the-road audiences around the world wanted to hear him sing “She”, “The Old-Fashioned Way” and “Yesterday When I Was Young”. But many of his best known songs were queasy rather than easy listening.

“For all his success, Charles Aznavour is very underrated,” says Marc Almond, whose career began with Soft Cell. “He and Jacques Brel had so much in common although in other ways they were miles apart. Aznavour is much more sentimental and nostalgic than Brel, who was world-weary and cynical, although both can be romantic. The general public thinks that ‘She’ and songs like that are all that Aznavour did and they are so wrong. It is a h