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Autobiographie
''Autobiographie'' is the 30th French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1980. History In 1980 the album became No 5 in France (42 weeks) of France (for 49 weeks). The album includes songs by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz. It was reissued by EMI in 1998. One of the songs, Une Vie D'amour performed also in Russian, became a hit. Track listing (vinyl) Side A: #Ça Passe 3:49 #Mon Ami, Mon Judas 3:36 #Mon Ėmouvant Amour 2:41 #Autobiographie 7:05 Side B: #L'Amour Bon Dieu l'Amour 5:19 #Allez! Vaï Marseille! 4:07 #Je Fantasme 3:39 #Le Souvenir de Toi 3:23 Track listing (CD/SACD DSD upsampled) #Un Corps (bonus) #Je Ne Connais Que Toi (bonus) #Ça Passe #Mon Ami, Mon Judas #Mon Ėmouvant Amour #Autobiographie #L'Amour Bon Dieu L'Amour #Allez! Vaï Marseille! #Je Fantasme #Le Souvenir De Toi #Être (bonus) #Rien Moins Que l'Amour (bonus) #Une Vie d'Amour (version 1) (bonus) #Une Vie d'Amour (version 2) (bonus)(Version langue Russe) #U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Vie D'amour
"Une vie d'amour" (A life of love) is a song written by Charles Aznavour to the music of Georges Garvarentz. The Russian Language, Russian lyrics of the song were written by Natalia Konchalovsky. History The original version, sung by Aznavour in French Language, French, was introduced in the 1981 movie Teheran 43 (USSR). In March the same year it was by released by French Barclay Records in three separate albums - ''Teheran 43'', ''Autobiographie'' and ''Une vie d'amour'' single with Mireille Mathieu. The song, whose title can be loosely translated as "A Life in Love", is a slow love ballad. There is also alternative Russian translation (by Alexander Solin) and a Chinese version of the song. Other recordings *Duet by Charles Aznavour and Mireille Mathieu *Duet by Filipp Kirkorov and Alsou *Duet by Avraam Russo and Oksana Lepska *Duet by Lev Leshchenko and Tamara Gverdwiteli *Lyudmila Gurchenko *Demis Roussos *Alexey Vorobyov *Duet by Larisa Dolina and Garik Martirosyan *Valery Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters in the history of music and an icon of 20th-century pop culture. One of France's most popular and enduring singers, he was dubbed France's Frank Sinatra, while music critic Stephen Holden described Aznavour as a "French pop deity". He was also arguably the most famous Armenian of his time. In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanson
A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic songs of troubadours and trouvères, though the only polyphonic precedents were 16 works by Adam de la Halle and one by Jehan de Lescurel. Not until the '' ars nova'' composer Guillaume de Machaut did any composer write a significant number of polyphonic chansons. A broad term, the word "chanson" literally means "song" in French and can thus less commonly refers to a variety of (usually secular) French genres throughout history. This includes the songs of chansonnier, ''chanson de geste'' and Grand chant; court songs of the late Renaissance and early Baroque music periods, ''air de cour''; popular songs from the 17th to 19th century, ''bergerette'', ''brunette'', ''chanson pour boire'', ''pastourelle'', and vaudeville; art song of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barclay Records
Barclay is a French record company and label founded by Eddie Barclay in 1953. Eddie Barclay was a bandleader, pianist, producer, and nightclub owner. With his wife, Nicole, who was the vocalist in his band, he started Barclay. The catalogue included the work of Stéphane Grappelli, Lionel Hampton, and Rhoda Scott. In 1978, 40 % of the label was sold to Polygram. Jazz issues ceased in 1983. Barclay's catalogue includes Hugues Aufray, Charles Aznavour, Alain Bashung, Jacques Brel, Les Chaussettes Noires, Dalida, Jean Ferrat, Léo Ferré, Nino Ferrer, Jimi Hendrix, Patrick Juvet, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Danielle Licari, Mireille Mathieu, Mika, Eddy Mitchell, Modjo, Noir Désir, Paradis, Henri Salvador, Emilie Simon, Rachid Taha, the Wild Magnolias and the label is also affiliated with convicted murderer Bertrand Cantat. Barclay Records is owned and distributed by Universal Music Group. See also *List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Enfant Est Né
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining international peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je Fais Comme Si
Je or JE may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''JE'' (TV series), a Canadian television newsmagazine series on TVA * Joy Electric, an analogue purist synthpop group Businesses and organizations * Johnny's Entertainment, a Japanese talent agency * Jonathan Edwards College, a residential college at Yale University * Junior enterprise, a local non-profit organization offering consulting services (managed by students) * Mango (airline) IATA code Language * Je (Cyrillic), a character in several alphabets * Jê languages, a language family of Brazil * Yei language, or Je, a language of Papua New Guinea People * Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), Tibetan religious leader Other uses * JE, an intermediate source text postulated by the documentary hypothesis for the Torah * ''Jahnke and Emde'' aka "''Tables of Functions with Formulas and Curves''", a mathematics book on special functions * Japanese encephalitis, an infectious disease * Jersey, an island in the English Channel (ISO 3166- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Garvarentz
Georges Diran Garvarentz ( hy, Ժորժ Տիրան Կառվարենց, 1 April 1932 - 19 March 1993) was an Armenian- French composer, noted for his music for films and Charles Aznavour's songs. Biography Georges Garvarentz was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants. His father, literature professor and poet Kevork Garvarentz, was the author of the Armenian military anthem. In 1942 Garvarentz's family moved to Paris, France, where Georges attended Conservatoire de Paris. Career In 1956 Georges met Charles Aznavour and started writing music for his songs. Together they wrote over 100 songs, including "Prends garde à toi" (1956), "Et pourtant" (1962), "Il faut saisir sa chance" (1962), " Retiens la nuit" (1962), " La plus belle pour aller danser" (1964), "Hier encore" (1964), "Paris au mois d'août" ("Paris in August", 1966), " Une vie d'amour" (1980). The period from the latter half of the 1980s until Garvarentz’s death in 1993 represented one of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mauriat
Paul Julien André Mauriat ( or ; 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) 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 number 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". He co-wrote the song Chariot (also known as I Will Follow Him) with Franck Pourcel. Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Mauriat (using the pseudonym Del Roma). Biography 1925–1956: Early life and career In 1925, Mauriat was born and raised in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. His father was a postal inspector who loved to play classical piano and violin. Mauriat began playing the piano between the age three or four, and his father gave him music lesson when he was eight. In 1935, at the age of 10, he enr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Albums
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
