Herbert Kretzmer, OBE is a South African-born English journalist and lyricist. He is best known as the lyricist for the English-language musical adaptation of Les Misérables as well as for his long-time collaboration writing the English-language lyrics to the songs of French chansonnier Charles Aznavour.
Juliette Gréco is a French actress and chanson singer.
Paul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include El Bimbo, "Toccata," "Love in Every Room/Même si tu revenais," and "Penelope."
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara was a French singer of Italian descent and born in Casablanca, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian.
Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.
"She" is a song written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer and released by Aznavour as a single in 1974. The song was written in English as a theme tune for the British TV series Seven Faces of Woman.
"Granada" is a song written in 1932 by Mexican composer Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a standard in music repertoire.
"Hier Encore", whose original French title translates as something like "Just yesterday" or "Not so long ago", is a song written by Charles Aznavour and released in September 1964.
Georges Diran Garvarentz was an Armenian-French composer, noted for his music for films and Charles Aznavour's songs.
Janine Micheau was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of her era in France, particularly associated with lyric soprano and coloratura soprano repertory.
This is a discography for Charles Aznavour.
Charles Aznavour, released in December 1961, is the eighth French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. This album is also known under the title "Il faut savoir". It was in TOP 10 charts in France, Italy, Belgium, Israel and other countries.The album includes songs by Charles Aznavour, Georges Garvarentz, Michel Legrand, Eddie Barclay and others.
Charles Aznavour, released on January 1961, is the seventh French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. This album is also known under the title "Je m'voyais déjà". The album includes songs by Charles Aznavour, Georges Garvarentz, and others. According to The book of golden discs, 'J'm voyais deja' was one of the hits which from 1961 helped Aznavour to become "an international favourite". The album became a bestseller in Belgium and a hit in France.
La mamma is the eleventh French studio album by the French singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1963. It achieved TOP1 in France for several weeks, Spain, it was a TOP10 hit in Belgium, Holland, and other countries. It became a bestseller, and sold over a million copies only in France. The English version of 'La Mama' entitled 'For Mama', was written in 1964, with words by Don Black and became a hit in Philippines. In the US Ray Charles performed it.
Nicoletta Grisoni, longer name Nicole Fernande Grisoni-Chappuis, better known by her mononym Nicoletta is a French pop singer. Becoming very popular on French radio and television, where she had a number of hits in the 1960s and the 1970s, she was considered as part of what is known as the French yé-yé generation heavily influenced by American music, particularly Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll and Beat music. She is mostly known for her version of "Mamy Blue".
Niño de Murcia is a French flamenco singer and guitarist, born in Spain and moved to France at age of 20 years, known for his Spanish / Latin songs. He was signed to Disques Festival label that released most of his recordings. He sang mainly in Spanish, but also released a number of songs in French and a number of other languages and was famous internationally, notably in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. His Spanish language songs "El Emigrante" and "Esperanza" remain iconic songs of the early 1960s in France, as well as his famous covers of many classics like "Granada", "Guantanamera", "Malagueña" etc.
Marcel Jean-Pierre Balthazar Miramon is a French singer and actor of the 1960s and 1970s. Amont also recorded in Occitan and promoted Bearn culture from the 1950s.
Marc Hamilton is a French Canadian singer best known for his 1970 single "Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer".
This is a filmography for French singer Charles Aznavour. In a career spanning over 70 years, he appeared in more than 60 feature films and was the subject of at least three documentary films.
