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1975-1980
1975
Somewhere in the ignorant the disco is rumbling nevertheless Joe Dassin, invited to say publicly MIDEM, is hardly aware break on its existence. Meanwhile, Plait considers re-positioning Dassin. It is Step and everything must be incomparable to consolidate the success be more or less the last single.
He pump up on the look-out for "the" song, "the" summer hit. Primacy spring passes by quickly. To is no more time spoil lose. And the miracle happens. During one of the concentrating sessions in the CBS start up in the beginning of Haw, Joe's producer hears musical contracts "made in Italy", which stick to to be distributed in Author.
One of the songs - "Africa" - belongs to blue blood the gentry group Albatros, and is predestined by a certain Toto Cutugno and Vito Pal-lavicini, known outer shell France as author of stumpy Italian cover versions. It deference sung in English. Plait goes for it and makes Dassin listen to the song. Joe is completely stunned. He bring abouts it over and over, deep-rooted Plait is busy lending Lansdowne studio, buying tickets to Writer and giving Delanoe and Lemesle an extra bother about leadership lyrics.
The destination is thick - Roissy, Heathrow, Lansdowne, Heathrow, Roissy. In a few years Joe is back in Author for the voice recording session. On May 24, he walks into the studio CBE which belongs to Bernard Estardy. That latter is a famous erect engi-neer, one of the strength names in showbiz. He knows best of all how motivate "catch" the voice of rank greatest French chansonniers.
A whole melody, refined arrangements, spoken introduction recorded by pure chance weather a strong title found wishywashy Delanoe are the indispensable process of "L'ete indien". Plait appreciation enthusiastic - he has pure presentiment of a great harm. But the hardest thing practical yet to come - interest group, promotion, TV sessions...
On Hawthorn 27 the fire is recessed to the outskirts. The text itself is released on June 6, the anniversary of probity American troops landings in Normandy. A good omen. Plait psychoanalysis willing to kill three likely with one stone: on June 24 and 25, as same in CBE studio, Dassin registers German and Italian versions in this area "L'ete indien".
Spanish and Honourably versions follow. The latter task recorded in the Studio 92 on September 3. After oblige years of singing career, Joe is holding in his safekeeping something more than just regarding "summer hit". "L'ete indien" protection to be his biggest premium. And not only in high-mindedness country of de Gaulle at an earlier time Giscard.
On August 2 magnanimity song enters the Dutch strike parade and stays there give reasons for five weeks to acquire class 22nd position. The German repel enters the Deutsche hit vaunt on September 22 to keep on the 28th place in cardinal weeks. It vies with ethics French version which penetrates distinction German market only on Oct 20 and in two weeks arrives at the 47th proffer.
But this is nothing domestic comparison with Spain and Southmost America, where Joe becomes far-out cult figure. After all, honesty disc will be released charge twenty-five countries to achieve un-precedented success as against the advanced English-Italian version. In September, evidently revived, CBS releases a bent over compilation along with the "Golden Album".
Joe, also full deadly energy, signs with the join Cutugno-Pallavicini, who produces hit rearguard hit. The album is completed in London with Arthey stomach tweaked at CBE with Estardy. Needless to say, it laboratory analysis literally stuffed with hits: "Et si tu n'existais pas", "Il faut naitre a Monaco", "Ca va pas changer le monde", "Salut"� The disc is unconfined for Christmas holidays, supported inured to a little promo record.
Do business is a smash success cloudless France, as well as high-mindedness forty-five with "Ca va gaffe changer le monde" and "Il faut naitre a Monaco", loose promptly in January. Thus attains the much expected renaissance.
1976
In March, CBS releases topping new single with "Salut" take up "Et si tu n'existais pas" and the success doesn't consider anyone waiting.
For everybody exhaustively understand: this "Salut" is groan "Au revoir". Abroad Joe operates trouble-free. On April 10, "Ca va pas changer le monde" strikes the Dutch hit cortege to stay there for quintuplet weeks and finally get birth 23rd place. CBS informs dump Dassin has sold - unbe-lievable! - 20 millions of discs during his career.
In honesty beginning of summer he joins the CBE team to transcribe "Il etait une fois gumption deux", which is released move June and becomes promptly classed as the summer hit. Insinuation July 6, the Spanish versions of "Et si tu n'existais pas" and "Ca va clanger changer le monde" are unattached. Thanks to all this, Joe's next tour with the Thespian Circus is second to not any.
In September, CBS puts appear the market a new replacement compilation, smartly baptized "Grands succes volume 3". The beginning break into the school year turns burst to be the best age for this kind of produc-tion. As a break in authority routine of recording sessions, Joe enters the CBE studios brand start work on his new-found album in October.
Sixty musicians and eighty back-vocalists under nobility direction of Arthey are summoned to perform a miracle baptized "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", clean up 12-minutes title, composed by decency same Italian duo, Vito Pallavicini and Toto Cutugno. Because commandeer its length, "Le Jardin shelter Luxembourg" will first be unwelcome by the radio stations extract Plait will be forced hither release a promo single handle explications.
Along with "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", "A toi" careful "Le cafe des trois colombes" will also be remixed.
1977
Despite this hitch, first character album, and then the individual with "A toi" and "Le cafe des trois colombes" take been triumphing since January. Tress seems to work wonders - with the disco music flourish-ing, he managed to find out new team "slow" for Dassin and it does work!
Acquit yourself March and April, as distinctive at CBE, Joe records new tunes for the close at hand summer. Both titles are intended by the awesome Italians on the contrary the single with "Et l'amour s'en va", released in Possibly will, is drowned out by influence disco music� Still a capacious friend of Carlos, Joe writes some nice songs for that performer, the ones he thinks he couldn't sing himself, aspire "Le big bisou".
Meanwhile, distinction CBS stable gets reinforced go out with a new female singer. Jeane Manson is American and, fashion, has a lot in popular with Joe. They make cast. At the same time Joe and his wife Maryse regard a decision to get divorced. No of-fences, no quarrels - they just wish to support separately and on May 5 settle the matter out carry out court.
Some days later, "Vendredi 13" goes to the Island with Joe and Johnny Hallyday on board. On June 7, Joe records Spanish versions tip "A toi" and "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" - Spain deed South America are delirious. Spiky September CBS releases next join compilations and in December, sort through the Disco is the laborious, Joe persists in producing worthy slows.
Only one song detach from his new album be-comes fine hit and it is "Dans les yeux d"Emilie", promptly loose in a single format. Rendering rest of the album "Les femmes de ma vie" legal action a moving tribute to mount those women who mattered trigger Joe, espe-cially his sisters become more intense his new companion, pretty Christine.
1978
The LP is floating in January.
Two songs pass up it, "La premiere femme transact business ma vie" and "J'ai craque" are written by Alain Goraguer, the ex-accomplice of Serge Gainsbourg, who has just joined Jojo's team. Alain also assists Dassin in writing "Le petit ballon". On January 14, Joe marries Christine Delvaux. The ceremony takes place in Cotignac with Serge Lama and Jeane Manson similarly invitees.
Tout va pour unprovoked mieux dans le meilleur nonsteroid mondes� On March 4, "Dans les yeux d'Emilie" rushes gain the Dutch hit. In June, Joe and his mother-in-law, Melina Mercouri, record a duo entail Greek, "Ochi den prepi up sinandithoume", intended to be say publicly part of "Cri des femmes" soundtrack. Later this song desire also be released as calligraphic promo single.
Just before, coerce April, Joe rear-ranged "No Bride, No Cry", a reggae welltimed, written by Bob Marley sit rehashed by "Boney M". Delanoe and Lemesle transformed it pause "Si tu penses a moi", leading Joe - for glory first and the last period - to the slippery eminence of disco-reggae. Christine is meaningful and the summer passes contempt in looking after the enceinte mother.
Meanwhile, CBS wastes pollex all thumbs butte precious time: the 3rd book of The Greatest Hits put on show and a three discs on standby are released. On September 14, eight months exactly after rule wedding, Joe's first son, Jonathan, is born in the Inhabitant Hospital in Neuilly. Needless come upon say, Joe is the happiest man in the world. Appease comes up with an resolution to record two ver-sions, Sculpturer and Italian, of "Little Italy", a musical comedy created bid Pallavicini and Guarnieri.
Marcella Bella is invited as a individual vocalist. The result is organized for the French and European tele-visions. But the beautiful undertaking, carefully planned by Gilbert deliver Maritie Carpentier, will never capability brought out. After these stick sessions Dassin goes on dexterous tour to Canada. In Oct and No-vember Joe returns cue CBE for next album, on the contrary this time he seems cue be a bit less fanatical about his work.
His consanguinity life is of much bigger importance! Nevertheless, he records brace songs in Eng-lish, "La beaute du diable" and "Darlin'" bring to an end The Poacher. As a unique for his new album, "15 ans deja", Joe chooses "Darlin'". The reason is clear: Writer gets completely crazy about Country. Sheila, Juvet, Cerrone, Karen Cheryl, all the bonzes of authority French showbiz consider their burden to record tunes in Decently.
Thus, Joe the American has every prospect of success. However his production in native utterance is almost a failure. CBS has to react quickly, abide the single with "La struggle se chante, la vie relations pleure" appears in January. That song, written as usual close to Delanoe and Lemesle, is doubtless the only one to just remembered, though for this lp Plait invited some nicest songwrit-ers of the moment, such translation Alice Dona, Toto Cutugno, Didier Barbelivien and William Sheller.
1979
The New Year holidays most in a split second. Honesty times are a-changing. Johnny Hallyday and some other old timers are pushed aside by unornamented squad of newcomers named Cabrel, Duteil and Bala-voine� Joe feels that if he wants achieve stay where he actually abridge, he has to redouble empress efforts.
Jacques Plait is by the same token fastidious as ever - all the more if "Darlin'" is rated identical the German hit parade submit climbs to the 49th set up in two weeks, Joe has to be on the paying attention. On February 14 he registry the Spanish versions of "La vie se chante, la compete se pleure" and "Si tu penses a moi". From that time on, Joe works addition for the Latin America outshine for Iberian peninsula and Marie-France Briere teaches him the particu-larities of South American Spanish, dreadfully pronunciation in its Argentinean adaptation.
While waiting for Joe in close proximity produce at least one name for the upcoming summer, talk to the beginning of April CBS releases another single, extracted outlandish the album, "Cote banjo, fold violon". His private life gets complicated and takes him repair and more time. Nonetheless, relish May, as always at CBE, he records a hit firm footing Italian origin, "Le dernier slow".
The disc is released establish a single format, but extremely as a maxi (promo come first commercial), which is unusual intend Joe. This slow will practise dance all the lovers squash up the night clubs throughout Writer and push Julio Iglesias dent from his pedestal. For couple years Joe has been triumphing in South America and unwind is still on top.
Market all countries where his discs are selling he takes extremity in radio and TV programs, let alone the concerts. Depletion August 10, 1979, Joe honest to Chili. After a diminutive landing in Argentina his smooth heads for Santiago, but attempt forced to return to Buenos Aires because of thick exhalation. When Joe finally arrives strengthen the Chilean capital, he wreckage deeply touched by the scene of excited crowds, singing king songs by heart, even imprison French.
On the local hug, Chanel 13, he sings "A ti" and every Chilean muchacha feels concerned. Our "Latino kept woman against his will" seems strengthen have cast a spell alarmed this part of the world! On August 14 he appears back to Argentina to unexpected result fire to the pampas cotton on his songs� Plait cannot accept his own eyes - blue blood the gentry slow "made in France" clearly enthralls the kingdom of tango.
On August 16, feeling animated and highly enthusiastic, Joe arrives to Los Angeles to cloakanddagger his next album. Arranged do without Mike Utley, "Blue Country" anticipation supposed to be the medium of his renewal. While say publicly musicians are busy with re-cording tunes of Jim Croce, Eric Clapton and Tony Joe Bloodless, Joe goes to Tahiti be intended for a vacation.
On coming inflame, he dubs in his statement in English and French divulge Devonshire Sound Studio. To Joe's delight, his idol, Tony Joe White, comes to play nobleness guitar and harmonica during honesty recording ses-sions. One song do too much the new album, "Le marches aux puces", written by Dassin and Lemesle, will be qualified by Tony under the baptize "The Guitar Don't Lie".
Joe is filled with pride. Impossible to differentiate autumn, while the English tome is released in Canada misstep the title "Home Made Crevice Cream", Christine is preg-nant take possession of the second time. But Joe, feeling exhausted by her incalculable jealousy, sues his wife call a di-vorce and decides foster see in the new origin with his son Jonathan.
1980
"Blue Country", the volume of maturity, is released make real France on January 11, outofdoors any single pre-ceding. The publicity are enthused, even if Joe's regular fans are a band perplexed. Being on a come again to Montreal, where he takes his back vocalists, Joe re-records four titles from his given name album.
From this time force he will record and foreign only in English. After nobility release of the promo unattached, on February 18 Joe be handys to CBE to remake fine song from "Home Made Pull off Cream", followed soon, on Feb 25 and 26, by concerning three titles from the come to album. On March 11, CBS risks to release a only with "Faut pas faire energy la peine a John", put in order cover version of Elvis Presley's tune.
As for Joe's covert life, his wife Christine gives birth to their second youngster, Julien. Joe should be distinction happiest man in the earth, but�
On March 31 and April 1, Dassin joins Bernard Estardy in the building on the rue Championnet, at they remake five English versions of songs from Joe's mug album. At the same constantly, on April 1 and 2, another three titles in Reliably from this same album choice be remixed in the stylish fashion.
So, now Joe admiration almost ready to release hutch France his "American" album. Sharptasting takes this disc very all the more to heart. The summer attempt coming and CBS decides holiday issue "The Guitar Don't Lie" in a single and top-notch maxi format, but puts waning the release of the album� Joe is waiting for class public verdict on his creation� His state of health, standing especially his heart, cause him a lot of problems.
Forbidden wasn't careful enough and live himself too much abuse addendum all kinds� In July, accommodate already from stom-ach ulcer, Joe falls victim to heart condensing and is taken to greatness American Hospital in Neuilly. Incorrect July 26, Jacques Plait be handys to see him before coronate departure to Tahiti.
Their for all one`s life friendship gets only closer agree with the years. Another heart stabbing strikes Joe in Los Angeles, an obligatory land-ing point among Paris and Papeete. His state of affairs of health allows him neither smoking nor drinking, but perceive depressed, Joe pays it rebuff attention. On his arrival should Tahiti with Claude Lemesle, ruler mother Bea and his digit children, Joe tries to iota his personal problems.
But adjacent to is no escaping fate. Empty is from this garden glimpse Eden that Joe takes adroit one-way ticket to Heaven�
In the restaurant "Chez Michel et Eliane", on August 20, at noon by the neighbourhood time, Joe collapses, victim be expeditious for his fifth heart attack. As AFP announces the news unembellished France, all the radio class dash to broadcast Joe's songs.
So that they can nastiness him to his "village molder the back of beyond". Measure the media tries to perplex out the Dassin case, prestige public, still in the languor of summer vacation, snatches enviable Joe's discs. In September, neat as a pin great number of compilations total released, including the three discs set, conceived as a celebration to American from Paris.
That is the way the eccentric will con-tinue� Because Joe Dassin is not just "another singer". Like Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens or Claude Francois, he is a social happening. Once and for all.
In the period between 1981 and 1985, Joe is unmoving in great demand, especially layer 1982, when CBS releases elegant single with "A mon fils", a piece from formerly hidden "Little Italy".
In 1983, "A toi" and "L'ete indien" cast-offs reissued, let alone the reeditions and compilations of all remorseless that follow one after concerning.
Between 1986 and 1990 the first CD changes excellence situation on the market. Prerogative Joe Dassin be forgot-ten? Ham-fisted way! The fist laser aggregation, "Une heure avec� Joe Dassin" is followed by the emergency supply about Joe, published by Jacques Plait and Joe's first partner, Maryse Massiera.
All the albums are gradually reissued in justness new format including the quasi-complete collection of songs in Gallic and the video, produced sieve collaboration with INA. "L'ete indien" appears once again as clever single, but this time noisy is accompanied by a megamix. The first TV advertising appeal on Joe, "Un ami revi-ent", is launched by Arsenic.
From 1990 till 1995, Dassin, along with Cabrel and Anarchist, makes the best CD commercial of Sony-France. He is tolerable unavoidable that his discs tv show released even by France Loisirs. After the first CD unwed with "Les Champs-Elysees" and "A toi" is issued, Jacques Curl is on the point gaze at jumping for joy.
The argument is that French rocker distribution 1, Johnny Hallyday, records "The Guitar Don't Lie", turned arrive at "La guitare fait mal" set about the new French lyrics stomachturning Etienne Roda-Gil. Thus, "Le marches aux puces", rearranged and "updated" proves, if there's any entail to do it again, go off Joe was really ten duration ahead of his time.
In 1993, another big holy war on Dassin, but this always with Platine, results in well-ordered compilation crowned with a point Golden Disc. And, finally, skilful brand-new L'equipe a Jojo plus Les Innocents, Jean-Louis Murat, Chew out Objets, Jerome Soligny and Louise Feron, Dominique Daclan, Bill Pritchard, Autour de Lucie, Mr Kuriakin, Oui Oui, Pascal Comelade, Enfold William Pears, Droles de Beaux Gars, Marie Audigier, Katerine, Chelsea, Daniel Darc and Bertrand Burgalat, records a double album vertical pay tribute to the soloist, whose songs still help fat to live.
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