Charles Trenet
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2001
- Works
- 20
Top works
- La vie qui va
- Un noir éblouissant
- Paris River Gauche
- Boum!
- Boum Chansons Folles
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Narbonne, Aude, France
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is also noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he…
Known for
- Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles — Self (archive footage)2023
- Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur — Self (archive footage)2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Le monde est à vous — Self (archive footage)1987
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Sacrée soirée — Self (voice)1987
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
- La Chance aux chansons — Self (archive footage)1984
- La Chance aux chansons — Self1984
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 280,102
- Total plays
- 2,235,245
Tags
frenchchanson francaisechansonjazzfrancais
Charles Trenet (May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France – February 19, 2001, Créteil, France) was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s. In an era in which it was exceptional for a singer to write his or her own material, Trenet wrote prolifically and preferred to record his own songs. Some of his best known songs include "Boum...!", "Y'A D'La Joie", "Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours?", "Ménilmo
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,528x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 28,461x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,891x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,016x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,953x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “La pendule fait tic-tac-tic-tic Les oiseaux du lac pic-pac-pic-picGlou-glou-glou font tous les dindonsEt la jolie cloche ding-dang-dong”
- “La mer Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs A des reflets d`argent La mer Des reflets changeants Sous la pluie”
- “La mer Au ciel d`été confond Ses blancs moutons Avec les anges si purs La mer Bergère d`azur Infinie”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet , ( 1913-05-18 ) 18 May 1913, Narbonne , France
- Died
- 19 February 2001 (2001-02-19) (aged 87), Créteil , France
- Genres
- Jazz , easy listening
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1933–1999
- Labels
- Pathé-Marconi , Columbia
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 18 May 1913
- Died
- 18 February 2001
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet ( French pronunciation: [lwi ʃaʁl oɡystɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ tʁenɛ] ; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is also noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance de Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000.
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