Georges Poubennec (17 July 1930 – 16 March 2012), better known under the name Georges Aber, was a French singer-songwriter. Poubennec was born in

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. During the 1960s, he adapted the lyrics of many popular songs from English into French. He died in

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, aged 81.

Selected discography

As singer

* "Mes frères" / "Mon cœur bat" / "Rue de la solitude" / "Plus grand" – EP, 1959, Véga V 45 P 1994 * "Qu'il fait bon vivre" / "Oh oh, Madeleine!" / "J’ai rêvé" / "Je sais"- EP, 1959, Véga V 45 P 2019 * "Monsieur Seguin" / "Jericho" / "Pourquoi (Ya ya)" / "Comme un tigre (Tiger)" – EP, 1960, Véga V 45 P 2068 * "Je ris quand j’ai le blues" / "Des ya ya, des yé yé" / "Bravo au héros!" / "Quelquefois j’ai…" – EP, 1963, Polydor 27016

As songwriter or adapter

* For

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), "Les Coups", ''French adaptation of "

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'' (1966), " Noir c'est noir" (1966), "Amour d'été" (1967), "

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" (1967), "Aussi dur que du bois" (1967), "

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: "Panne d'essence" (1961), " Le Loco-motion" (1962), "ll revient" (1963), " Dum di la" (1964), "

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" (1964), "Mister John B." (1966), " Irrésistiblement" (1968), "Bye bye love" (also performed by

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), "Un p'tit je ne sais quoi" (also recorded by

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), "

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", "Moi, je pense encore à toi" (also performed by

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: "Cœur blessé" (1962), "Mon bonheur danse" (1963), "Entre nous, il est fou" (1963), "Prends garde à toi" (1964), "Dans le temps" (1964), "Viens avec moi" (1965), "Mon amour" (1966), "Tout le monde veut aller au ciel mais personne ne veut mourir" (1966), "Va toujours plus loin", " Ya Ya Twist", "Partir, il nous faut", "Les gens diront", "Claquez vos doigts" * For

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: "Le chef de la bande", "Pas de larmes", "Reviens vite et oublie" (also performed by

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), "Je me bats pour gagner", "Non, ne dis pas adieu" * For Richard Anthony : "Le p'tit clown de mon coeur", "Roly Poly", "Fich' le camp Jack", "Belle-maman" (also performed by Frankie Jordan), "Quand tu me diras oui" * For

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: "Tu parles trop", "Le Twist", "ll revient", "Peppermint twist" * For

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: "On joue avec son coeur", "Aujourd'hui tout va vite", "À quoi ça tient", "Souviens-toi que moi je t'aime", "La vie est un combat", "Tu n'es plus dans l'coup", "Cherche encore" also: * "Jericho" ( John William-

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) * "L'orage" (John William) * "J’ai rêvé" & "Je l'attends" (

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) * "Mes Frères" (

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) * "Cœur brisé à prendre" & "Papa Liszt twist" (

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) * "Venus en blue-jeans" (

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) * "Ne mets pas de bleu" (French version of the

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References

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