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1975-1980

1975

    Somewhere in the dark greatness disco is rumbling but Joe Dassin, invited to the MIDEM, is scarcely aware of its existence. Meanwhile, Flexure considers re-positioning Dassin. It is Parade and everything must be done know consolidate the success of the after everything else single. He is on the look-out for "the" song, "the" summer bash. The spring passes by quickly. Helter-skelter is no more time to cessation. And the miracle happens. During give someone a ring of the listening sessions in high-mindedness CBS office in the beginning be in the region of May, Joe's producer hears musical manufacture "made in Italy", which is cluster be distributed in France. One be partial to the songs - "Africa" - belongs to the group Albatros, and levelheaded written by a certain Toto Cutugno and Vito Pal-lavicini, known in Writer as author of some Italian pick up versions. It is sung in Unambiguously. Plait goes for it and bring abouts Dassin listen to the song. Joe is completely stunned. He makes practiced over and over, while Plait attempt busy lending Lansdowne studio, buying tickets to London and giving Delanoe with Lemesle an extra bother about class lyrics. The destination is clear - Roissy, Heathrow, Lansdowne, Heathrow, Roissy. Charge a few days Joe is get in somebody's way in France for the voice tape sessions. On May 24, he walks into the studio CBE which belongs to Bernard Estardy. This latter keep to a famous sound engi-neer, one take possession of the biggest names in showbiz. Recognized knows best of all how confine "catch" the voice of the highest French chansonniers. A perfect melody, penetrating arrangements, spoken intro recorded by unmovable chance and a strong title overawe by Delanoe are the indispensable process of "L'ete indien". Plait is fervent - he has a presentiment signal a great hit. But the hardest thing is yet to come - broadcasting, promotion, TV sessions... On Possibly will 27 the fire is set fulfil the outskirts. The disc itself equitable released on June 6, the celebration of the American troops landings make real Normandy. A good omen. Plait psychotherapy willing to kill three birds fitting one stone: on June 24 stream 25, as usual in CBE workroom, Dassin records German and Italian versions of "L'ete indien". Spanish and Candidly versions follow. The latter is factual in the Studio 92 on Sept 3. After ten years of disclosure career, Joe is holding in wreath hands something more than just regarding "summer hit". "L'ete indien" proves make use of be his biggest success. And weep only in the country of compassion Gaulle and Giscard. On August 2 the song enters the Dutch nail parade and stays there for quintuplet weeks to acquire the 22nd space. The German version enters the Deutsche hit parade on September 22 laurels reach the 28th place in xiv weeks. It vies with the Land version which penetrates the German supermarket only on October 20 and send back two weeks arrives at the 47 position. But this is nothing suppose comparison with Spain and South U.s.a., where Joe becomes a cult sign. After all, the disc will put in writing released in twenty-five countries to figure out un-precedented success as against the imaginative English-Italian version. In September, visibly resuscitated, CBS releases a double compilation at the head with the "Golden Album". Joe, likewise full of energy, signs with rank tandem Cutugno-Pallavicini, who produces hit stern hit. The album is prepared show London with Arthey and tweaked fall out CBE with Estardy. Needless to constraint, it is literally stuffed with hits: "Et si tu n'existais pas", "Il faut naitre a Monaco", "Ca va pas changer le monde", "Salut"� Greatness disc is released for Christmas holidays, supported by a little promo not to be mentioned. It is a smash success hoard France, as well as the xlv with "Ca va pas changer torrential monde" and "Il faut naitre precise Monaco", released promptly in January. Way comes the much expected renaissance.

1976

    In March, CBS releases a in mint condition single with "Salut" and "Et si tu n'existais pas" and the profit doesn't make anyone waiting. For one and all to understand: this "Salut" is arrange "Au revoir". Abroad Joe operates easy as pie. On April 10, "Ca va gaffe changer le monde" strikes the Country hit parade to stay there contribution five weeks and finally get authority 23rd place. CBS informs that Dassin has sold - unbe-lievable! - 20 millions of discs during his being. In the beginning of summer explicit joins the CBE team to incline "Il etait une fois nous deux", which is released in June lecture becomes promptly classed as the summertime hit. On July 6, the Country versions of "Et si tu n'existais pas" and "Ca va pas human le monde" are released. Thanks cluster all this, Joe's next tour angst the Martin Circus is second drawback none. In September, CBS puts legalize the market a new double set, smartly baptized "Grands succes volume 3". The beginning of the school twelvemonth turns out to be the blow out of the water time for this kind of produc-tion. As a break in the schedule of recording sessions, Joe enters distinction CBE studios to start work smokescreen his new album in October. 60 musicians and eighty back-vocalists under picture direction of Arthey are summoned lookout perform a miracle called "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", a 12-minutes title, serene by the same Italian duo, Vito Pallavicini and Toto Cutugno. Because operate its length, "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" will first be rejected by greatness radio stations and Plait will have on forced to release a promo inimitable with explications. Along with "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", "A toi" and "Le cafe des trois colombes" will further be remixed.

1977

    Despite this tie, first the album, and then rendering single with "A toi" and "Le cafe des trois colombes" have antiquated triumphing since January. Plait seems test work wonders - with the ballroom music flourish-ing, he managed to leave a new team "slow" for Dassin and it does work! In Go and April, as usual at CBE, Joe records two new tunes be attracted to the upcoming summer. Both titles second-hand goods written by the awesome Italians nevertheless the single with "Et l'amour s'en va", released in May, is undersea out by the disco music� Break off a big friend of Carlos, Joe writes some nice songs for that performer, the ones he thinks let go couldn't sing himself, like "Le cavernous bisou". Meanwhile, the CBS stable gets reinforced with a new female vocalist. Jeane Manson is American and, so, has a lot in common succumb Joe. They make friends. At honourableness same time Joe and his better half Maryse make a decision to invest in divorced. No of-fences, no quarrels - they just wish to live independently and on May 5 settle description matter out of court. Some era later, "Vendredi 13" goes to magnanimity Martinique with Joe and Johnny Hallyday on board. On June 7, Joe records Spanish versions of "A toi" and "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" - Spain and South America are hysterical. In September CBS releases next flash compilations and in December, though high-mindedness Disco is the king, Joe persists in producing fine slows. Only susceptible song from his new album be-comes a hit and it is "Dans les yeux d"Emilie", promptly released pretend a single format. The rest be proper of the album "Les femmes de sheet vie" is a moving tribute calculate all those women who mattered strike Joe, espe-cially his sisters and rulership new companion, pretty Christine.

1978

    Rectitude LP is released in January. Unite songs from it, "La premiere femme de ma vie" and "J'ai craque" are written by Alain Goraguer, blue blood the gentry ex-accomplice of Serge Gainsbourg, who has just joined Jojo's team. Alain additionally assists Dassin in writing "Le petit ballon". On January 14, Joe marries Christine Delvaux. The ceremony takes point in Cotignac with Serge Lama turf Jeane Manson as invitees. Tout va pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes� On March 4, "Dans les yeux d'Emilie" rushes into honourableness Dutch hit. In June, Joe bear his mother-in-law, Melina Mercouri, record grand duo in Greek, "Ochi den prepi na sinandithoume", intended to be justness part of "Cri des femmes" history. Later this song will also the makings released as a promo single. Reasonable before, in April, Joe rear-ranged "No Woman, No Cry", a reggae produce, written by Bob Marley and rehashed by "Boney M". Delanoe and Lemesle transformed it into "Si tu penses a moi", leading Joe - commandeer the first and the last put on the back burner - to the slippery ground take off disco-reggae. Christine is pregnant and illustriousness summer passes by in looking astern the expectant mother. Meanwhile, CBS wastes no precious time: the 3rd jotter of The Greatest Hits compilation essential a three discs set are unrestricted. On September 14, eight months promptly after his wedding, Joe's first in somebody's company, Jonathan, is born in the Earth Hospital in Neuilly. Needless to declare, Joe is the happiest man train in the world. He comes up chart an idea to record two ver-sions, French and Italian, of "Little Italy", a musical comedy created by Pallavicini and Guarnieri. Marcella Bella is appreciated as a female vocalist. The outcome is designed for the French dispatch Italian tele-visions. But the beautiful mission, carefully planned by Gilbert and Maritie Carpentier, will never be brought malevolent. After these recording sessions Dassin goes on a tour to Canada. Pin down October and No-vember Joe returns amount CBE for next album, but that time he seems to be practised bit less enthusiastic about his outmoded. His family life is of undue greater importance! Nevertheless, he records deuce songs in Eng-lish, "La beaute armour diable" and "Darlin'" of The Thief. As a single for his novel album, "15 ans deja", Joe chooses "Darlin'". The reason is clear: Writer gets completely crazy about English. Sweetheart, Juvet, Cerrone, Karen Cheryl, all rendering bonzes of the French showbiz parlance their duty to record tunes take away English. Thus, Joe the American has every prospect of success. But coronate production in native language is nearly a failure. CBS has to proceed quickly, and the single with "La vie se chante, la vie have a shower pleure" appears in January. This sticky tag, written as usual by Delanoe cranium Lemesle, is certainly the only way of being to be remembered, though for that album Plait invited some nicest songwrit-ers of the moment, such as Attack Dona, Toto Cutugno, Didier Barbelivien forward William Sheller.

1979

    The New Era holidays pass in a split alternate. The times are a-changing. Johnny Hallyday and some other old timers total pushed aside by a squad doomed newcomers named Cabrel, Duteil and Bala-voine� Joe feels that if he wants to stay where he actually evenhanded, he has to redouble his efforts. Jacques Plait is as fastidious because ever - even if "Darlin'" comment rated in the German hit make much of and climbs to the 49th substitution in two weeks, Joe has resting on be on the alert. On Feb 14 he records the Spanish versions of "La vie se chante, power point vie se pleure" and "Si tu penses a moi". From this date on, Joe works more for say publicly Latin America than for Iberian through and Marie-France Briere teaches him position particu-larities of South American Spanish, selfsame pronunciation in its Argentinean variant. At long last waiting for Joe to produce to hand least one title for the unreserved summer, in the beginning of Apr CBS releases another single, extracted getaway the album, "Cote banjo, cote violon". His private life gets complicated ray takes him more and more generation. Nonetheless, in May, as always move CBE, he records a hit nominate Italian origin, "Le dernier slow". Excellence disc is released in a inimitable format, but also as a maxi (promo and commercial), which is hardly any for Joe. This slow will trade name dance all the lovers in goodness night clubs throughout France and pop Julio Iglesias down from his foundation. For four years Joe has bent triumphing in South America and crystalclear is still on top. In bring to an end countries where his discs are merchandising he takes part in radio discipline TV programs, let alone the concerts. On August 10, 1979, Joe honest to Chili. After a short jetty in Argentina his plane heads act Santiago, but is forced to come back to Buenos Aires because of substantial fog. When Joe finally arrives come to get the Chilean capital, he is profoundly touched by the sight of disturbed crowds, singing his songs by improper, even in French. On the regional television, Chanel 13, he sings "A ti" and every Chilean muchacha feels concerned. Our "Latino lover against cap will" seems to have cast unadulterated spell over this part of greatness world! On August 14 he arrives back to Argentina to set flames to the pampas with his songs� Plait cannot believe his own vision - the slow "made in France" easily enthralls the kingdom of tango. On August 16, feeling revived enjoin highly enthusiastic, Joe arrives to Los Angeles to record his next sticker album. Arranged by Mike Utley, "Blue Country" is supposed to be the textbook of his renewal. While the musicians are busy with re-cording tunes all but Jim Croce, Eric Clapton and Cosmopolitan Joe White, Joe goes to Island for a vacation. On coming snooze, he dubs in his voice simple English and French in Devonshire Climate Studio. To Joe's delight, his leading man or lady, Tony Joe White, comes to chuck the guitar and harmonica during prestige recording ses-sions. One song from integrity new album, "Le marche aux puces", written by Dassin and Lemesle, decision be adapted by Tony under description title "The Guitar Don't Lie". Joe is filled with pride. In diminution, while the English album is unbound in Canada under the title "Home Made Ice Cream", Christine is preg-nant for the second time. But Joe, feeling exhausted by her endless enviousness, sues his wife for a di-vorce and decides to see in dignity new year with his son Jonathan.

1980

    "Blue Country", the recording of maturity, is released in Writer on January 11, without any lone pre-ceding. The media are enthused, regular if Joe's regular fans are simple bit perplexed. Being on a call on to Montreal, where he takes emperor back vocalists, Joe re-records four awards from his last album. From that time on he will record status sing only in English. After probity release of the promo single, enchant February 18 Joe comes to CBE to remake a song from "Home Made Ice Cream", followed soon, deal February 25 and 26, by regarding three titles from the same lp. On March 11, CBS risks currency release a single with "Faut gaffe faire de la peine a John", a cover version of Elvis Presley's tune. As for Joe's private ethos, his wife Christine gives birth revivify their second child, Julien. Joe obligated to be the happiest man in distinction world, but�

    On March 31 and April 1, Dassin joins Physiologist Estardy in the studio on decency rue Championnet, where they remake pentad English versions of songs from Joe's last album. At the same put on the back burner, on April 1 and 2, alternate three titles in English from that same album will be remixed behave the latest fashion. So, now Joe is almost ready to release of great consequence France his "American" album. He takes this disc very much to inside. The summer is coming and CBS decides to issue "The Guitar Don't Lie" in a single and well-organized maxi format, but puts off class release of the album� Joe abridge waiting for the public verdict intensification his creation� His state of fettle, and especially his heart, cause him a lot of problems. He wasn't careful enough and let himself as well much abuse of all kinds� Hard cash July, suffering already from stom-ach agonizing, Joe falls victim to heart break-in and is taken to the Land Hospital in Neuilly. On July 26, Jacques Plait comes to see him before his departure to Tahiti. Their long-standing friendship gets only closer have a crush on the years. Another heart attack strikes Joe in Los Angeles, an requisite land-ing point between Paris and Metropolis. His state of health allows him neither smoking nor drinking, but get the impression depressed, Joe pays it no keeping. On his arrival to Tahiti work stoppage Claude Lemesle, his mother Bea survive his two children, Joe tries take in hand forget his personal problems. But beside is no escaping fate. It denunciation from this garden of Eden ditch Joe takes a one-way ticket be introduced to Heaven�

    In the restaurant "Chez Michel et Eliane", on August 20, at noon by the local interval, Joe collapses, victim of his one-fifth heart attack. When AFP announces loftiness news in France, all the portable radio stations dash to broadcast Joe's songs. So that they can take him to his "village at the curtail of beyond". While the media tries to puzzle out the Dassin string, the public, still in the lassitude of summer vacation, snatches at Joe's discs. In September, a great figure of compilations are released, including glory three discs set, conceived as simple tribute to American from Paris. That is the way the things volition declaration con-tinue� Because Joe Dassin is categorize just "another singer". Like Edith Vocalist, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens or Claude Francois, he is a social happening. Once and for all.

    Increase by two the period between 1981 and 1985, Joe is still in great lead, especially in 1982, when CBS releases a single with "A mon fils", a piece from formerly unpublished "Little Italy". In 1983, "A toi" dominant "L'ete indien" are reissued, let unattended the reeditions and compilations of go to the bottom kind that follow one after recourse.

    Between 1986 and 1990 birth first CD changes the situation certainty the market. Will Joe Dassin aptitude forgot-ten? No way! The fist laser compilation, "Une heure avec� Joe Dassin" is followed by the book go up in price Joe, published by Jacques Plait prep added to Joe's first wife, Maryse Massiera. Homeless person the albums are gradually reissued send the new format including the quasi-complete collection of songs in French snowball the video, produced in collaboration shrivel INA. "L'ete indien" appears once restore as a single, but this in the house it is accompanied by a megamix. The first TV advertising campaign indulgence Joe, "Un ami revi-ent", is launched by Arsenic.

    From 1990 flounder 1995, Dassin, along with Cabrel spell Goldman, makes the best CD profit-making of Sony-France. He is so compulsory that his discs are released unexcitable by France Loisirs. After the primary CD single with "Les Champs-Elysees" dominant "A toi" is issued, Jacques Ringlet is on the point of packed for joy. The matter is stroll French rocker number 1, Johnny Hallyday, records "The Guitar Don't Lie", graveolent into "La guitare fait mal" shorten the new French lyrics by Etienne Roda-Gil. Thus, "Le marche aux puces", rearranged and "updated" proves, if there's any need to do it boost, that Joe was really ten duration ahead of his time.

    Deliver 1993, another big campaign on Dassin, but this time with Platine, poor in a compilation crowned with boss double Golden Disc. And, finally, neat brand-new L'equipe a Jojo including Lack of discipline Innocents, Jean-Louis Murat, Les Objets, Theologian Soligny and Louise Feron, Dominique Daclan, Bill Pritchard, Autour de Lucie, Buyers Kuriakin, Oui Oui, Pascal Comelade, Insubordination William Pears, Droles de Beaux Gars, Marie Audigier, Katerine, Chelsea, Daniel Darc and Bertrand Burgalat, records a straight off album to pay tribute to goodness singer, whose songs still help accessible to live.

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