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Also known as Giuseppe Mustacchi, Joseph Mustacchi, Yussef Mustacchi

Greek-French singer (1934–2013)

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Georges Moustaki was a French male singer-songwriter and author. His professional career spanned from 1958 to 2009. He is associated with genres including French chanson, folk, and Mediterranean music.

His literary works include *Hijo de la Niebla* and *Un gato de Alejandría*. He was born on May 3, 1934, and died on May 23, 2013.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
24

Top works

  • Hijo de la Niebla
  • Un gato de Alejandría
  • Un gato de Alejandría
  • Un gato de Alejandría
  • Un gato de Alejandría

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1934-05-03
Active to
2013-05-23
frenchméditerranéen

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
107,503
Total plays
1,033,373

Tags

chanson francaisefrenchsinger-songwriterchansonfolk

Georges Moustaki (1934-2013) was a singer-songwriter of Greek Jewish origin. Moustaki was born Yussef Mustacchi on the 3rd May 1934 in Alexandria, Egypt, of Sephardic Jewish parents who had moved there from Corfu, and who ran a bookshop in the city. The family spoke Italian at home, but Georges (then Yussef) spoke Arabic with his friends and attended a French school to which his Francophile parents sent him and his sisters. In 1951 he moved to Paris <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Georges

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Key facts

Born
Giuseppe Mustacchi , ( 1934-05-03 ) 3 May 1934, Alexandria , Egypt
Died
23 May 2013 (2013-05-23) (aged 79), Nice , France
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Instruments
Vocals guitar piano

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Greek-Jewish origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Georges Moustaki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.