Pierre Barouh (born Élie Pierre Barouh; 19 February 1934 – 28 December 2016) was a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on

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's film ''

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'' as an actor and the lyricist/singer for

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's music score.

Early life and music

Barouh was born in

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and along with his brother, Albert, and sister, was raised in

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. Their parents were Turkish-Jewish stallholders selling fabrics. During the

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, their parents hid them from the Nazis; Pierre and his sister in Montournais and Albert in

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. During these years Élie, baptised Pierre, lived at La Grèlerie, the home of Hilaire and Marie Rocher, who had two sons. From this time, he drew inspiration for songs like "À bicyclette", "Des ronds dans l'eau" and "Les Filles du dimanche". After the war, he was briefly a

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for Paris-Presse-Intransigeant and also played for the national

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B team in the 1950s. He spent some months in

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and discovered Brazilian music. He visited

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in 1959 and on his return to Paris came to know Brazilian writers and composers of

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. With his first earnings he bought the mill, la Morvient, by the river in

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in the

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where he had spent part of his childhood. There he established a recording studio and welcomed other artists, using it to advance the talent of others and creating his own label

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in 1965. With the label, he wished to mix musicians and styles, to multiply musical encounters. He worked with

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, Gérard Ansaloni,

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, Alfred Panou,

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, David McNeil, and

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. Soon after the label's creation, Barouh realised that he was not a manager and so entrusted management to a teenage friend he had known when he was 15 playing volleyball. However, in 1972, he discovered that this friend had stolen 1,500,000 francs by means which prevented Barouh from being able to get any of it back, as he "had given him everything: signatures, etc".

Cinema and theatre

As an actor, he played the role of the gypsy leader in the film ''D'ou viens-tu Johnny?'' and appeared in Lelouch's ''

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''. As writer/performer he had success with ''La Plage'' – immortalised by

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and the guitarist Claude Ciari -, ''Tes dix-huit ans'' and ''Monsieur de Furstenberg''. He shot a documentary on the beginnings of bossa nova with his longtime friend

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. In 1966, he participated in the film ''

'' which won the

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at the 1966

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. He married the actress

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the same year; they divorced three years later. Barouh died in the

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in Paris from an

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on 28 December 2016, at the age of 82. He was buried a week later at

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Discography

Studio albums

* ''Pierre Barouh'' (1966) (also released as ''Vivre'') – FR #15 * ''Viking bank'' (1977) * ''Le pollen'' (1982) * ''Sierras'' (1984) * ''Noël'' (1991) * ''Itchi go Itchi e – Une rencontre, une occasion'' (1998) * ''Daltonien'' (2007)

Live albums

* ''Dites 33 (Volume 2)'' (with

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and the

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) (2001) (concert at the Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris on 15 February 1983)

Soundtrack albums

* '' A Man and a Woman ("Un homme et une femme")'' (with Frances Lai and

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) (1967) – FR #15, NOR #4 * '' 13 jours en France'' (with Francis Lai and Nicole Croisille) (1969) – FR #4 * ''Ça va, ça vient'' (1971) * ''Au Kabaret de la dernière chance'' (with Anita Vallejo, Oscar Castro and the Aleph Theatre troupe) (1992)

Compilation albums

* ''Saudade (Un Manque Habité)'' (2001) * ''Les Années Disc'AZ – L'intégrale Des Chansons'' (2008) * ''60 ans de chansons à des titres Divers (parfois Dit Vert) sur l'humain et ce qui l'entoure'' (2012)

Production credits

Albums

* '' Brigitte Fontaine est... folle !'' by

(1968) * ''

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'' by Brigitte Fontaine,

and the

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(1969) *''Higelin & Areski'' by

and Areski Belkacem (1969) * ''Chante Jean-Roger Caussimon'' by

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(1970) * ''

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'' by Areski Belkacem (1971) * ''

'' by Brigitte Fontaine (1972) * ''Moshi'' by Barney Wilen (1972) * ''Chorus'' by Michel Roques (1972) * ''David McNeil'' by David McNeil (1972) * ''

Je ne connais pas cet homme ''Je ne connais pas cet homme'' is the sixth album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine and the fourth by Areski Belkacem, released in 1973 on the Saravah Saravah is a French jazz record label founded by singer-songwriter Pierre ...

'' by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem (1973) *''Jean-Roger Caussimon'' by Jean-Roger Caussimon (1973) *''Nandipo'' by

(1974) *''Nana, Nelson Angelo, Novelli'' by

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, Nelson Angelo and Novelli (1975) *''Growing Up'' by Chic Streetman (1975) *''Dreams'' by Steve Lacy (1975) *''J’ai déjà fait mon arche, j’attends les animaux'' by David McNeil (1975) *''Afrika Obota'' by Pierre Akendengué (1976) *''Jeunes Années'' by

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and Olivier Colé (1976) *''Shakespeare Says'' by

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(1976) *''Schumann – Sonate Op.11 / Ravel – Miroirs'' by

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(1977) *''À l'amour comme à la guerre'' by

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(1990) *''Voce a Mano'' by Allain Leprest and Richard Galliano (1992) *''Sur les quais'' by Daniel Mille (1993) *''Mes plus grands succès'' by Fred Poulet (1995) *''De la Scarpe à la Seine'' by Françoise Kucheida (1995) *''Encore cédé'' by Fred Poulet (1996) *''La mémoire du vent'' by

Bïa Krieger Bïa Krieger, better known by her first name, is a Brazilian-born singer and recording artist who lives in France and Quebec.Le Bonheur (Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem album), Le Bonheur'' by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem (1997) *''En revenant du bal'' by Gérard Pierron (1997) *''Ces moments'' là by Aram Sédèfian (1997) (co-produced with Bertrand Mougin) *''Le Funambule'' by Daniel Mille (1997) *''Les heures tranquilles'' by Daniel Mille (1998) *''Cris de coeur'' by Françoise Kucheida (1998) *''Sources'' by Bïa Krieger (2000) *''Et s'il était deux fois'' by Eric Guilleton (2000) *''Improvisations'' by Étienne Brunet and

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(2001) *''Le Trio Camara'' by Le Trio Camara (2001) (co-produced with Yves Chamberland)

Non-album singles

* "Simple routine" by Joël Favreau (1969) * "I Love the Queen" by Jacques Higelin (1971) * "Nini" by Jacques Higelin (1971) * "Jamai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ais" by Brigitte Fontaine (1972) * " Un jour, un papillon" by Joël Favreau (1972) *"La Transatlantique" by Dominique Barouh (1972) *"Likwala" by Pierre Akendengué (1975) *"Femmes parmi les femmes" by

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(1975)

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barouh, Pierre 1934 births 2016 deaths Male actors from Paris French male film actors French singer-songwriters French film score composers French male singers French people of Turkish-Jewish descent French male film score composers French male singer-songwriters