Carlos (born Yvan-Chrysostome Dolto; February 20, 1943 — January 17, 2008) was a French singer, entertainer and actor. He is sometimes called Jean-Christophe Doltovitch.
Biography
He was the son of the
psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto (; November 6, 1908 – August 25, 1988) was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst.
Biography
Born as Françoise Marette, she was the daughter of an affluent far-right royalist family of traditional Catholics in Paris. Her Als ...
and the
physiotherapist
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Boris Dolto
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(born Doltovitch) a Russian migrant from
Crimea
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. He also obtained a diploma in 1961 at ''l’École française d'orthopédie et de masso-kinésithérapie'', headed by his father.
At the age of 14 he met
Johnny Hallyday
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France.
During a career spanning 57 ...
, who befriended him. He was renamed Carlos in 1958, in homage to the percussionist
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
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. He then became Hallyday's artistic assistant. From 1962 to 1972, he was
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...
's artistic assistant, and it was he and Vartan who discovered
Mike Brant
Mike Brant (born Moshe Michael Brand, he, משה מיכאל ברנד, 1 February 1947 – 25 April 1975) was an Israeli singer and songwriter who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let Me Lov ...
, whom they brought to France in 1969.
Carlos was heavily
overweight and cultivated a jovial countenance, and adopted a look similar to the singer
Antoine, with
leis and
Hawaiian shirt
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s. In 1980, he became a spokesman for the Oasis brand fruit drink, with his song "Rosalie" (a cover of , singer for
Typical Combo, a Guadeloupean group)
Rosalie written and composed by Georges Plonquitte
/ref> being used in their television advertisements.
In 1988, he was named the mascot of the amusement park
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Mirapolis, open in the Val-d'Oise
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in 1989, but was not elected. He regularly participated in the radio program ''Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes (; ("The Big Heads" or "The Big Brains" in English) is a daily comedy radio programme on the French language RTL radio network. Broadcast since 1 April 1977, the current host since 2014 has been Laurent Ruquier.
Presently bro ...
'' of Philippe Bouvard
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and had his own cartoon, ''Around the World in Eighty Dreams
''Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams'' (french: Les Aventures de Carlos) is a French animated series that first premiered on Canal+ on November 13, 1992, and later aired on TF1 in December 1993.
A co-production between Saban Internationa ...
'' (''Les aventures de Carlos''), in 1992. He was also the narrator of the French version of ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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'' (''T'as l'bonjour d'Albert''). From 2000 to 2007, he directed documentary films for the series ''Le Gros homme et la Mer'' (''The Fat Man and the Sea''), for the stations ''Odyssée'' and ''Voyage''.
Carlos died in January 2008 of a liver cancer in Clichy and was buried in Bourg-la-Reine cemetery beside his mother, Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto (; November 6, 1908 – August 25, 1988) was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst.
Biography
Born as Françoise Marette, she was the daughter of an affluent far-right royalist family of traditional Catholics in Paris. Her Als ...
, and his father, Boris Dolto
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
*:''See'': List of people with given name Boris
* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his d ...
.
Discography
* À faire danser les Antilles (1983)
* À la queue leu leu (1974)
* Ali Baba (1971)
* Allez la France (1998)
* Animal parade (1971)
* Arriba Sevillana (1986)
* Arriba Sevillana (Version maxi) (1986)
* Avec elle (1991)
* Baby bla-bla (Susanne) (1984)
* Bakana (Bakala Nanu Meme) (1977)
* Balade animée (1991)
* Bamba Carlos (1976)
* Barbe Bleue (with Chantal Goya
Chantal de Guerre (; born 10 June 1942), known as Chantal Goya (), is a French singer and actress.
Goya started her career as a ''yé-yé'' girl, singing a catchy mid-1960s hybrid of girl-group pop and French ''chanson''. She also enjoyed a car ...
) (1978)
* Big bisou (part I) (1977)
* Big bisou (part II) (1977)
* Big bisou (version intégrale) (1977)
* Big bisous (version 1993)
* Big bisous (version 97) (1997)
* Bonsoir Véronique (1980)
* Boum boum (1997)
* C'est bon (salsa) (1980)
* C'est la faute à Dagobert (1970)
* C'est pas du tout cuit (1972)
* C'est pas parce qu'on est grand (1977)
* C'est toujours occupé (1977)
* Canon (1991)
* Captain Carlos (1986)
* Carlos à Saint-André-les-Alpes (1981)
* Carlos Colomb (1978)
* Carlos lapin (1970)
* Carlostenstrasse (1976)
* Cha cha chaud (version 1998) (1998)
* Cocotte en papier (1974)
* Cocotte en papier (version 1998) (1998)
* Cocotte en papier (Version single) (1974)
* Colucci (1997)
* Crazy Joe (1974)
* Crésus et Roméo (duo with Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin (; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin.
Early life
Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (19 ...
) (1974)
* Croak the monster (1980)
* Cuentame (Cha-cha-cha) / Cha cha chaud (1977)
* Dame tartine (1988)
* Dédé Bilo (1984)
* Demandez-moi ce que vous voulez (1974)
* Des week-ends de sept jours (1976)
* Dis bonjour au Monsieur, dis bonjour à la dame (1978)
* Dis moi Monsieur Carlos (1994)
* Dis pourquoi papa (1980)
* Docteur Boogie (1981)
* Eh dis Père Noël (1991)
* El rey (1986)
* Elle m'emballait (1991)
* Epilogue (1974)
* Eso es el amor (Ah lachez-moi !) (version intégrale) (1979)
* Est-ce que j'ai une tête à chanter des chansons d'amour ? (1976)
* Fanfan la fanfare (1e partie) (1983)
* Fanfan la fanfare (2e partie) (1983)
* Faut s'éclater (1982)
* Fiou d'elle (1986)
* Gargantua (1988)
* Gros nounours (1985)
* Happiness (1970)
* Idého (1991)
* Intro(1974)
* J'fais rien qu'à faire des bêtises (Duo with Alice Dona) (1974)
* J'suis un rigolo (after ''I'm Just A Gigolo
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* " I Am that I Am", a common English translation of the response God used in the Hebrew Bible when Moses asked for His name
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* "I Am" (p ...
'' by Louis Prima
Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...
) (version 1993)
* Jamais sans mes potes (1997)
* Je m'balade (1976)
* Je rêve des petits hommes verts (1978)
* Je suis indécis (hou la la) (1978)
* Je suis trop sentimental (1981)
* Je suis un magicien (1976)
* Je suis un rigolo / Fou le boogie (1981)
* Je viens de la part de ma cousine (1970)
* Kangourou (1984)
* L'amour ça rend beau les laids (version 1998) (1998)
* L'amour ça rend bô lélé (1987)
* L'amour con ''g'' (1996)
* L'année des nanas (1975)
* L'auto du papa de Toto (1979)
* La Bamboula (1974)
* La Bamboula (version 1993)
* La cantine (1973)
* La cantine (version 1993)
* La chanson des cromagnons (1981)
* La cigale et la fourmi (with Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...
)
* La Coladeira (2001)
* La danse pour faire bébé (1996)
* La demoiselle de déshonneur (1974)
* La demoiselle de déshonneur (version 1998) (1998)
* La divine sieste de papa (1986)
* La fête à bicyclette (1997)
* La France le matin (1973)
* La France le matin (version 1993)
* La leçon de square-dance (with Gédéon) (1980)
* La maison en chocolat (1980)
* La pêche au gros (1986)
* La reine du shopping (1970)
* La smala (1974)
* La vie est belle (1970)
* Le berger des Folies-bergères (1976)
* Le bougalou du loup-garou (1973)
* Le bougalou du loup-garou (1976)
* Le bougalou du loup-garou (1993)
* Le bus (1974)
* Le copain des enfants (1972)
* Le Kankondanse (1984)
* Le kikouyou (1991)
* Le mignon petit canard (1976)
* Le Père Noël a disparu (1970)
* Le Père Noël du supermarché (1978)
* Le petit baisenville (with the group Il était une fois) (1974)
* Le rigolo (1997)
* Le tiercé (1974)
* Le tiercé (version 1993)
* Le tiercé (version single) (1974)
* Le tirelipimpon (version courte) (1989)
* Le tirelipimpon (version longue) (1989)
* Les canaris (1977)
* Les Croisades (1975)
* Les pauvres papas (1981)
* Les pieds bleus (1974)
* Les premiers sont les bonnets d'âne (1977)
* Les rues de Saint-Germain (1994)
* Les têtards (1991)
* Ma Corrida (1981)
* Ma gym en musique (1980)
* Maguy (1981)
* Malabar et Roudoudou (1974)
* Mama Panama (1982)
* Manger un croissant (1974)
* Mario mon coco (1982)
* Marourou Tahiti (Merci Tahiti) (1986)
* Maxwell (1991)
* Medley (1993)
* Medley 98 (1998)
* Mets ton doigt dans le vent (1979)
* Miam Miam (1981)
* Mille coups de cœur (1986)
* Moi y'a bobo (1976)
* Mon royaume pour une femme (1974)
* Nostracarlus (1981)
* Ô Zitouna (1973)
* Ô Zitouna (version 1998) (1998)
* Oh yé (Oye) (1986)
* On est foutus on mange trop (based on the Papa Mambo of Alain Souchon
Alain Souchon (; born Alain Édouard Kienast ; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.
Profile
Alain Souchon was born in Casablanca, Morocco. His family on his mother ...
) (1979)
* On est tous des clowns (1974)
* One Man Slow (Moi, moi, moi) (1984)
* Ouvre ta maison (1970)
* P'tite fleur fanée (1986)
* Papa Mambo (version courte) (1979)
* Papa Mambo (version intégrale) (1979)
* Papayou (1983)
* Papayou (version 1993)
* Papoudoux (1997)
* Pare-chocs (1991)
* Pas assez beau (1998)
* Pas grandi (1982)
* Petit a (1980)
* Petit Jean (1980)
* Ping-pong (1980)
* Pourvou que ça doure (1981)
* Privé d'enfance (1997)
* Professeur Carlos (1976)
* Qu'est-ce qu'on était heureux en 1932 (1970)
* Réfléchis (1981)
* Rosalie (détourné plus tard dans la publicité pour le jus de fruit '' Oasis'' (''Qu'est-ce que tu bois Dou Dou, dis donc ?'') (1978)
* Rosalie (biguine) (1978)
* Rosalie (version 1993)
* Rosalie (version 1998) (1998)
* Rosalie (version longue durée)
* S.O.S (tendresse) (1981)
* Savez-vous comment danser ? (1979)
* Se ranger des ecritures (1974)
* Señor météo (1974)
* Señor météo (version 1993)
* Si j'étais président (1976)
* Si je maigris (1981)
* Si tu ne m'attendais pas (1974)
* Si tu vas Dario (1991)
* Susanna
* T'as l'béguin d'la béguine (1984)
* T'as l'bonjour d'Albert (1985)
* T'es bon public (1976)
* Tcha-tcha (1987)
* Tibou d'caoutchouc (1997)
* Tous les enfants vont chanter (1980)
* Tout nu, tout bronzé (version 1993)
* Tout nu, tout bronzé (1973)
* Trempe ton cul (1997)
* Tropical nanas (1986)
* Tubes à boum (1984)
* Un garçon comfortable (1972)
* Viens chez Roger (1974)
* Viens dans mon igloo (1974)
* Vive les grands Bretons (1976)
* Y'a des indiens partout (1970)
* Y'a des indiens partout (version 1993)
* Y'a plus de papas, y'a plus de mamans (1979)
Filmography
* 1964 : ''Patate
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'' of Robert Thomas : ''le copain d'Alexa''
* 1971 : '' Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques'' of Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard (; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He ...
: ''Purcell''
* 1979 : '' Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette'' of Jean Yanne
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: ''Condom''
Television
* 1992 : '' Les Aventures de Carlos''
* 1992 : '' Faux-Frère''
* 1992–1996 : '' Le Jap''
Bibliography
*Carlos (1996). ''Je m'appelle Carlos''. Paris: Ramsay.
*Carlos (1997). ''Les meilleures histoires drôles de Carlos''. Paris: Ramsay.
*Carlos (2001). ''Le bêtisier des bêtisiers''. Paris: Archipel.
References
External links
Official website
''Le Monde
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'', January 17, 2008
*
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1943 births
2008 deaths
Singers from Paris
French pop singers
French people of Russian descent
20th-century French male singers
Deaths from cancer in France
Deaths from liver cancer