Dassin Joe Biography

French pop singer, composer, musician, actor of American origin. The full name is Joseph Aira Dassen. His father Jules Dassen, a Russian Jew, at that time tried to make an acting career, and his mother, Beatrice Loner, born in Hungary, was a violinist in a women's orchestra.

Soon after the birth of Joseph, the family moved to Los Angeles, where Jules became one of the outstanding Hollywood directors of the 10ths. Joe spent a happy childhood in California with the sisters of Ricky and Julie. However, the idyll ended when Mac of the picture came to power, and Father Joe got a black list of Hollywood because of his political beliefs, without the opportunity to find a job.

The family left the States, and the long period of moving from the country to the country began. Dassins settled in Paris in the year. Joe, who was much more fond of sports than studying, nevertheless finished bachelor in Grenoble, even with honors. The young man was obviously shining a university career, but after the divorce of his parents in the year, Joe left France and returned to the United States.

There he finally entered the university, studying medicine, and then ethnology. The gifted student soon received a doctoral degree. A student, Joe earned a living as a cook, a cleaner and a locksmith before he received a DJ on the WCX radio in Detroit in the year. There he met Berry Gordy, the famous author of Tamla Motown. During his stay in the United States, Joe made friends with many famous people of show business, including the Folk-singer of the xs of Pete Sieger, who introduced him to a man named Robert Zimmerman later known as Bob Dylan.

Joe is increasingly interested in music and with his French friend often performs Brassen's classic songs on the streets and in a cafe. This turned out to be a useful experience for Joe and his practice of playing the guitar. In the beginning of the x, Joe returned to France and worked in several places. His father arranged him in the film industry, but for Joe the decisive work of Dictor at the Paris RTL radio station, which was a turning point in his career.

There, Joe met with the press attachment of the recording company CBS, which convinced him to record the first single. Joe's debut single “Je Change Un Peu de Vent”, adaptation of the popular American song of those times, was released in March. It was not a success, all the copies sold, but it did not stop Joe. He was already carried away by music and was now absolutely sure of his intention to engage in a singing career.

After a fateful meeting with the songwriter Jacques, the career of Joe sharply went uphill. Joe's low, deep voice, his exotic American origin and natural elegance became a real breakthrough on the French stage, and the new repertoire from American Folk Pesen and Country became an innovation that was well perceived in France in the years. Mariz supported his career, becoming a personal secretary and press attache, as well as the main impresario.

Joe, who suddenly knew glory, soon learned the basic rules of the sound recording industry. Familiar to his perfectionism, the young singer demanded to record all the songs in London, claiming that there the recording studios provide a better and more modern sound. In London, Joe worked with the best professionals, such as Johnny Art, one of the most talented musical arrangers of the 10ths.

Joe's concert debut took place in the year when he accompanied Adamo Salvatore on the tour. In the year, the young Franco-American star was already firmly established at the forefront of the French pop. After the tour of Canada and Africa, Joe gave a series of concerts in France, and crowds of jubilant fans accompanied him everywhere. There is no need to say that concert tickets were sold a few weeks before the start of concerts.

The hits of Dassen brought him a large collection of golden discs, and a year later the singer received the prestigious “Cross Cross Academy of Cross Academy”. At the end of this year, Joe spoke in Olympia, the most famous Parisian concert hall, which in itself was a success. Joe continued to move according to his dense graphics, making a full-wing tour, receiving new golden discs and becoming a regular participant in the French talk show.

In May, Joe invested part of his newly-made wealth in real estate-a house on Tahiti, near the island of Bora-Broke, where he could relax, indulging in his beloved occupation-fishing. In between concerts and notes, Joe left for his house on an island with a company of close friends, including the famous singer Carlos, the only artist except himself, for whom Joe wrote songs. Joe worked with two talented French songwriters - Claude Lemezle and Pierre done.

In the same year, Joe bought a new house in a suburb north from Paris and made an office and a home studio there, thanks to which he could control everything directly from the house. Joe is a man who protected his personal life from the public, as soon as he could, could not remain in the shadow. He was born ahead of schedule, very prematurely, and died five days after birth.This tragedy leads to a deterioration in relations between Mariz and Joe, and on May 5 they officially divorced.

His marriage with Christine Delvo, whom he met two years earlier in Normandy, immediately hit the cover of all magazines. Surrounded by the sea of ​​photographers and fans, the wedding ceremony took place on January 14 of the year in the small village of Kotignac in Provence where Joe had another house. After the wedding, the couple went on a honeymoon in North America, although Joe had to fly to Europe due to concerts and record-based contracts.

When a year later the singer performed in Canada, on September 14, his first son Jonathan was born in Paris. He was invited to the opening of the Cosmos hotel in Moscow. In the same year, Joe returned to Olympia, as it turned out, with the last concert. In December, he had a heart attack, later he was taken to the hospital for surgery, finding an ulcer of the stomach. Joe was forced to cancel the remaining concerts.

Joe had health problems for the rest of the year, and he again ended up in a hospital in Paris, then in Los Angeles due to heart problems. Last summer, Joe Dassen. During the second compartment, he fell unconscious and was sent to the Neyi hospital. Joe seemed happy, speaking of the upcoming vacation, which he was going to spend with his children and with his mother - with those whom he loved more than anything else.

There, Dassen could have a rest for some time, forgetting about the exhausting tour and a divorce. He rejoiced at this unexpected respite. Arriving at Tahiti with his mother Bi, with two children and with a friend Claude Lemel, Joe tried to forget about problems and start a new life. But fate refused him this. The hot summer day of the year in the restaurant "At Michel and Elian" Joe Dassen died of a strong heart attack.

Christin Gato describes everything like this: “Usually he was dressed in white. He loved this color. But then, on that Wednesday, he made a sacrifice of the Tahitian fashion, to the people who loved, and put on a red shirt. At half a day, on August 20, he opened the doors of the Michelle and Elian restaurant in Papietta Tahita to dine with friends. I drank orange juice, then went out to the table on the terrace.

The tenderness of gesture, gaze: swallowing a piece of fish, he barely managed to put the fork and instantly lost consciousness, leaning to the shoulder of Claude Lemuel. Katrin and Michelle Ronshon are complemented by Christin Gato’s story: “A doctor who was among visitors, immediately began to do a heart massage to him, which lasted 15 minutes. Then he rose from his knees and said:“ It's over.

Nothing else can be done. He is dead. "In the restaurant hall, where a few minutes before, the melody of the" Indian summer "sounded loudly, there was a deafening silence. Augustus breathed hotly behind the doors. August of the year. The last summer of Joe Dassen. We will be very grateful for help.