Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. Star of vinyl and the radio, he left France in 1937 to take up a contract with NBC in the United States. His radio and later televised shows made him a huge star in America. Henceforth the most international of French singers among his contemporaries, he became an ambassador of French songwriting and dedicated his career to touring internationally, occasionally returning to France to appear on stage. His sixty-one year career came to an end in 1984.

Biography

Sablon was born in

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, the son of a composer, with brothers and sisters who had successful careers of their own in musical entertainment. A pupil at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris, Jean Sablon dropped out, intending to study at the Conservatory of Paris. Too late, however, to apply for his year, he concentrated immediately on a professional singing career. He made his debut at the age of seventeen in an operetta in Paris. It was in operettas that he came to share the stage in 1923 first with

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in ''La Dame en Décolleté'' and then with

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and Falconetti in ''Simili'' in 1925. 1927 found him appearing in the review of ''Au Temps de Gastounet'' (written by Rip) with

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. It was Paul Colin who created the first billboard for the young singer. After appearing in the operetta "Lulu" with

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, he embarked on a transatlantic journey to

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in the company of Georges Milton and Alice Cocéa for the inauguration of the

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(1928). In 1929, Jean Sablon recorded his first demo record for Columbia with

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, as well as sharing the stage in the operetta ''Vive Leroy'' with

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and

and then ''Music Hall'' with Damia and Germaine Rouer. The following year, he appeared in ''Cocktail 328'' with Damia again, as well as making his first film, ''Chacun sa Chance'', the same year, with

who also made his film debut with him. Henri Diamant-Berger approached Sablon in 1931 for the making of Tante Aurélie alongside his sister

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. That year, he was back on stage in La Revue Argentine, then Parade de Femmes with Carlos Gardel. It was in 1931 that he met

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, whose song "Couchés dans le foin" became a great success, the introduction being made by the editor Raoul Breton. Other important encounter in 1931, Jean discovered the guitarist

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in ''La Boîte à Matelots''. On stage, Jean appeared with

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at the

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in ''Paris qui brille''. 1932 was a year rich in recordings for the record company Columbia. He was accompanied by Don Barretto, sang with his sister Germaine and was accompanied by the pianist and composer

while interpreting songs from the operetta ''Un Mois de Vacances''. At the same time,

and

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wrote "Couchés dans le Foin". That song, first performed by Pills et Tabet became a huge hit for them and later for Jean Sablon. In 1933, Jean was reunited with

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in the operetta ''19 ans'', accompanied by

, with whom he shared success in the recording studio at Columbia, who had initially been reluctant to take the costly risk of engaging Reinhardt who, as a guitarist, couldn't read music. Sablon thus became the first singer to have recorded with Django. He then embarked on another journey to America, Hollywood this time, with

at the invitation of

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, famous for Ben Hur on the big screen. In Los Angeles, he gave a concert in front of a panoply of stars. Back in Paris, he created ''Ce Petit Chemin''. It was in 1934 that

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encouraged Sablon to initiate a "tour de chant" (one man show), accompanied on the piano by

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and Clément Doucet, at the Rococo, an establishment that belonged to Louis Moysès, founder and owner of the cabaret Le Bœuf sur le toit. The London cabaret

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invited him to perform there. His success on the BBC radio with his trio (

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and Alec Siniavine) was so considerable that the transmissions were often repeated and the programs of the radio station modified. Back in France, he appeared on the stage in Nice with

and Joséphine Baker. He was also instrumental in the reopening of the venue Le Boeuf sur le Toit and gave recitals at the Rex and the Folies-Bergère in "Femmes en Folie". In 1935, he created the song "These Foolish Things" at the Boeuf sur le Toit and was on the stage with

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in ''Pirouette 35''. In 1936, the film "Le Petit Chemin" reunited Sablon with

. Their interpretation of "Ce Petit Chemin" represented of sorts a preview of what was to come in video clips decades later. Sablon became the presenter of the radio show ''Cadum Variétés'', on which he also sang. Guests included Maurice Chevalier, Damia,

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, Albert Préjean, Henri Garat to name a few. He was also given a radio show, "The Magic Key". He then found himself at the

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in London, returning to France for "Le Chant des Tropiques" at the

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. It was at the Théâtre Mogador and then at

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that he created a scandal by using a microphone, the first to do so in France. It became Sablon's kind of brand image. In 1937, he won the Grand Prix du Disque for the song "Vous qui passez sans me voir", created by him and written for him by

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and

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. That same year, contracted by the producers of The Magic Key, thanks to his success in France, he left for New York, engaged at the NBC studios of Radio City Hall. It was there that he made a few recordings in English, with celebrities such as

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and

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lending him their material, respectively "In the Still of the Night" and "Love walked In". In Hollywood, Sablon was contracted to star in "The Story of Irene and Vernon Castle" with

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and

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. Due to production disagreements, he demanded the withdrawal of scenes in which he starred. The final version conserves merely his interpretation of the song "Darktown Strutters Ball". In the movie capital, he appeared at the Trocadero. He also presented and sang his songs on the radio show

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on which he invited numerous big stars. In January 1939, he was in Montreal, creating a swing version of "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon" which would go on to have a huge success. It was there that he met

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, whose technique of "turlutage" as well as her earthy songs impressed him greatly. It was thanks to Sablon that

and

were introduced. In the 1940s, he animated the "Show Jean Sablon" on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio and was accompanied by the American accordionist and songwriter

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, with Toots Camarata as musical arranger. He returned to Paris to appear on the stage of the ABC and took part to television experiments. Then he returned to New York, his hometown since 1937. He was a star on Broadway and then Boston in the musical "Streets of Paris". The producer teamed him with

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, who appeared for the first time outside of Brazil. He in turn starred in Brazil on shows at the Casino Atlantico in Rio de Janeiro and Casino Urca. Sablon made his debut at the Teatro Municipal in São Paulo in 1940, and then in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. In 1941, he had further engagements in New York, at the Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza and at the San Regis hotels, before going on, in 1942, in Los Angeles and in Cuba, and then touring in America, Brazil and Argentina. Some of his appearances were at the profit of war victims. Meanwhile, in 1943, in London, his sister Germaine was the first to perform Le Chant des Partisans, which became the anthem of the French Resistance. That year, Sablon continued to sing in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, appearing there through 1945, when he returned to the US to perform in New York, Chicago and Washington. The following year found him again in New York, as well as in Hollywood, Boston, Brussels (ABC), Paris (ABC), Mexico (Ciro's) and Canada. A further US tour in 1947-48 took him to New Orleans, San Francisco, Hollywood (Ciro's), Boston, Los Angeles (Beverly Hills) and Palm Beach, and then onto Brazil, Argentina and Canada. Sablon's recording of " Les Feuilles mortes" in the summer of 1947 in New York (RCA Victor 855332) is the earliest version of this classic, known as " Automn Leaves" in the US. In 1948 he followed and equaled the box office receipts of Danny Kaye at the London Palladium. In France,

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received the award for the Grand Prix du Disque for C'est le printemps, the French version of

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written by Sablon. Thereafter, one international success followed another. In 1949 in New York, then Holland, Switzerland, France and the UK. In 1950, he appeared again in Switzerland (Gstaad) and the UK. It was in London that he recorded on 30 March "

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" with the orchestra of Woolf Philips, and on 23 November he recorded the English version with lyrics by Jerry Seleen in Buenos Aires, with the orchestra of Emile Stern. In the intervening months he appeared again in Holland and Brazil, concluding his South American tour in Uruguay and Chile. He was cheered at the Theatre de l'Etoile, where Gene Kelly unsuccessfully attempted to persuade him to play the role of Henri Baurel in An American in Paris (subsequently taken by Georges Guetary). Throughout the 1950s, Sablon traveled constantly (except for a year's sabbatical in 1957). He appeared repeatedly in the US, the UK, France and Brazil, as well as in Canada, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Italy and Egypt, and Mexico, Cuba and Spain. In 1952, he starred in the film Paris Chante toujours, and the same year became the first French entertainer to be featured in his own show in Las Vegas. Under the banner of the Moss Empire, Sablon toured the UK and Ireland. Later in the decade he extended his travels to include India, Australia and New Zealand, Tahiti, Panama and Venezuela. With the increasing popularity of television, Sablon was able to reduce his travels while at the same time reaching a larger new audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Nonetheless, he managed to maintain a tight schedule of international appearances throughout the 1960s, attracting enthusiastic crowds not only in Europe, South America and the US, but in South Africa, Bermuda, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan (where he spent three months) and Iran (where he appeared before the Shah at the royal palace). Towards the end of the 1960s, Sablon revolved to limit his overseas travels and settled into his house at Theoule-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Azur. He was engaged at the Paris Cabaret Don Camillo which became one of the first colored transmissions on TV. In 1971, he was asked by Pierre Granier-Deferre to record "Le Temps des Souvenirs" for the soundtrack of the film "Le Chat". The 1970s and the 1980s found Sablon performing regularly on TV, not only in France, but in Switzerland, Italy, Brazil and the US. In addition, he regularly offered his services on behalf of charitable causes: The Red Cross Gala in Monaco in 1972, the gala for the restoration of Versailles in 1973 and the International Festival of Song first in Brazil and then in Uruguay. At the urging of US impresario George Wein and singer-pianist Bobby Short, Jean celebrated his 75th birthday at the Met (Lincoln Center) in New York, appearing with the orchestra of Frank Sinatra, thus making his farewell to his American followers. His ''Adieux'' in Paris in 1982 were televised in prime time from the Pavillon Gabriel (the former Alcazar d'Eté) and he made his last performance in Rio de Janeiro at the Copacabana Palace in 1984. Jean Sablon became the most widely acclaimed male French singer of his generation in the world, considered second only in overall lifetime popularity to Maurice Chevalier, a senior model for him. His records sold in the millions around the world and he is frequently referred to as the French equivalent of America's

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and

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. During his career, he recorded with some of the world's top musicians, including

and

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. Sablon appeared in a number of motion pictures and television films performing as a vocalist or pianist, his last being in 1984 when he sang " April in Paris" in ''

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'', the popular American TV miniseries filmed in France. Jean Sablon died in

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in 1994 and was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

Personal life

Jean Sablon was the son of composer Charles Sablon and the brother of composer André Sablon and singer and actress

. The actor

Jacques Sablon Jacques Sablon (1920, Nogent-sur-Marne – 1981, Nice) was a 20th-century French film actor. He was the grandson of actor Gustave Hamilton, the nephew of singers Jean Sablon and Germaine Sablon and the cousin of actress Berthe Jalabert. Filmogr ...

was his nephew.

Respects

* On 30 April 2004 the ''allée Jean Sablon'' was inaugurated in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. * On 7 September 2006 the ''promenade Jean Sablon'' was inaugurated along the

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, in

, on the occasion of an exhibition for the centenary of Sablon's birth. * On 10 April 2010 the ''allée Jean Sablon'' was inaugurated on the

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. * On 15 May 2015 the ''esplanade Jean Sablon'' was inaugurated in

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Revues

* 1927 : ''Au temps de Gastounet'', by

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. * 1931 : ''Revue Argentine'', by Manuel Romero and Bayon Herrera. ''Parade de femmes'', by

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, Léo Lelièvre and Marc Cab,

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. ''Paris qui brille'', by Henri Varna, Léo Lelièvre and

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. * 1932 : ''Ces messieurs dames'', by

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, Le Studio de Paris. * 1934 : ''Femmes en folie'', by Maurice Hermitte and Jean Le Seyeux,

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. * 1935 : ''Pirouette 35'', by Fernand Rouvray and Max Eddy, Théâtre des Dix Francs.

Operettas

* 1924 : ''Madame'', by

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, music by

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, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. * 1928 : ''Lulu'', by Serge Veber, music by

and Philippe Parès,

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. * 1929 : ''Vive Leroy'', by Henri Géroule and

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, music by

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and

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. * 1933 : ''Dix-neuf ans'', by

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, music by Pascal Bastia, Théâtre Daunou. * 1936 : ''Le Chant des tropiques'', by Louis Sauvat and

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, music by Moyses Simons,

Musical theatre

* 1923 : ''La Dame en décolleté'', by

Yves Mirande Yves Mirande (Bagneux (Maine-et-Loire), May 8, 1876 – Paris, March 17, 1957) was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer. Career Yves Mirande began his acting career in the theater, transitioning to movies in the silent era. F ...

and Lucien Boyer, music by

Maurice Yvain Maurice Yvain (12 February 1891 – 27 July 1965) was a French composer noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s, ...

, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. * 1925 : ''Trois jeunes filles nues'', by Yves Mirande and Albert Willemetz, music by

Raoul Moretti Raoul Moretti (1893–1954) was a French composer of film scores.Lamb p.198 Specialising in light music, he also wrote operettas. Selected filmography * ''King of the Hotel'' (1932) * ''If You Wish It'' (1932) * '' Suburban Melody'' (1933) * ''Si ...

, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.

Filmography

* 1924 : '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' by

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant ...

. * 1930 : '' Everybody Wins'' by René Pujol and

Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era. Life and career Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stag ...

. * 1939 : '' La Grande Farandole'' by

H. C. Potter Henry Codman Potter (sometimes II or Jr.; November 13, 1904 – August 31, 1977) was an American theatrical producer and director as well as movie director. Biography H.C. Potter was born in New York City, the grandson of the Right Rev. Henry C ...

. * 1951 : ''

Paris Still Sings ''Paris Still Sings'' (French: ''Paris chante toujours'') is a 1951 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Montazel and starring Lucien Baroux, Clément Duhour and Madeleine Lebeau with performances from a large number of leading French s ...

'' by Pierre Montazel.

References

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The Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

'', 1 September 1946, p. 24