Joe Dassin is a famous French singer and composer, whose songs in the 1970-80s became incredibly popular, especially in the Soviet Union. The audience fell in love with this elegant singer, whose velvet voice sunk into the soul of many. As Joe Dassin himself admitted: "I was born for success."
Joe Dassin Biography
Joe Dassin (Joseph Ira Dassin) was born on November 5, 1938 in New York. The boy's father, Jules Dassin, worked as an actor in a Jewish theater. The mother of the future singer, Beatrice Loner-Dassin, was a violinist. The theatrical activity of Joe Dassin's father was short - he soon became seriously interested in cinema, got a job as an assistant with the famous Alfred Hitchcock and became a film director.
Joe lived in New York until 1940, and only then moved to Los Angeles. Despite the good financial situation of the family, the boy began to earn extra money already at a young age. He spent his free time with his beloved younger sisters, and also was fond of reading. His first earnings, Joe Dassin spent on the purchase of the American universal encyclopedia Britannica, subsequently buying up all his volumes.
In Los Angeles, the future singer lived for almost 10 years. In 1949, his father fell into the "black list of sympathizers of the communist movement", as a result of which the whole Dassin family had to flee to France. Joe fell in love with this country, but a year later, the boy's parents sent him to study at Swiss College.
In 1951, Joe Dassin went to continue his studies in Italy, two years later, to Geneva, and soon received a bachelor's degree in Grenoble. Throughout the years of training, Joe was able to freely master three languages, loved swimming and skiing.
In 1955, Joe Dassin's parents divorced, which affected the emotional state of the future singer. Then he returns to America to study medicine at the University of Michigan. After 3 years, student Joe Dassin realized that he could not stand the sight of blood, and transferred to the faculty of ethnology, which he graduated with a master's degree, and for some time afterwards he even lectured at the same university.
Even in his student days, Joe Dassin discovered musical abilities, thanks to which he began to sing in cafes, earning at that time $ 50 for performances. Later he returned to France and decided to conquer this country with his voice.
Career and work of Joe Dassin
Joe began his first creative steps, performing folk songs, but in the 60s he thought about changing his repertoire. Joe Dassin rarely wrote his own songs, preferring to perform cover versions of foreign famous hits. At this time, the singer met with Jacques Pley, thanks to the collaboration with which, the world heard the songs "Bip-Bip" and "Guantanamera".
In 1965, Joe Dassin successfully recorded the songs "Les Dalton" and "Siffler sur la colline". In 1969, the fame of the singer reached Canada and Africa, touring and meeting the warm support of the public.
Over the next five years, his recordings were sold in millions of copies. In the late 70s, Dassin became a world-famous singer.
His songs are "L'ete Indien", "Ca va pas changer le Monde", "A toi", "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", and especially "Les Champs-Elysees", "Et si tu n'existais pas" became super hits in almost all countries of the world.
Joe Dassin released 20 studio albums and traveled to more than a dozen countries, receiving recognition of his vocal and artistic talent.
