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Also known as Jean Tenenbaum

French singer-songwriter and poet

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Jean Ferrat was a French male singer-songwriter whose career spanned from 1958 to 2003. He was associated with genres including chanson française, chanson à texte, and protest song. His full name was Jacques Jean Ferrat, and he was active in France.

Ferrat’s musical output included five works according to Crossref data, while Open Library listed one work under his name. On Last.fm, his music was tagged with terms such as "chanson francaise" and "french." He had 40,300 social media followers and accumulated 101,235 listeners with a total playcount of 1,128,762 on Last.fm.

Born on December 26, 1930, or January 1, 1930, Ferrat died on March 13, 2010, or January 1, 2010. His legacy is documented in various digital archives, including a Commons gallery and category bearing his name. Additionally, he is referenced by 55 other encyclopedia articles in the Vinony graph.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 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
1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1930-12-26
Active to
2010-03-13
chanson françaisechanson à textefrenchprotest songsinger-songwritervariété française

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
101,235
Total plays
1,128,762

Tags

chanson francaisefrenchChanson FrançaisechansonJean Ferrat

Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum on 26 December 1930 in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, and died on 13 March 2010) was a French author, poet and singer. In the early 1950s he started in Parisian cabaret, and since then has not attempted to adhere to any particular musical style but remain faithful to himself, his friends and public. Sometimes referred to as the "romantique rebelle de la chanson française". In 1961 he married Christine Sèvres. During his carrer <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jea

via Last.fm · Jean Ferrat

Key facts

Born
Jean Tenenbaum , ( 1930-12-26 ) 26 December 1930, Vaucresson , France
Died
13 March 2010 (2010-03-13) (aged 79), Aubenas , France
Occupations
singer, songwriter, composer
Years active
1958–2009
Labels
Decca (1960–62), Barclay (1963–76), then (in French) Temey
Website
www .jean-ferrat .com

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jean
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Vaucresson
Place of death
Aubenas
Occupation
poet
Position held
president
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Field of work
literature
Genre
chanson
Instrument
voice
Record label
Decca
Image
Jean Ferrat (chanteur).jpg
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Commons gallery
Jean Ferrat
name in native language
Jean Ferrat
Commons category
Jean Ferrat
date of birth
1930-01-01
date of death
2010-01-01
birth name
Jean Tenenbaum
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1958-00-00
different from
Jean Ferré
end of work period
2003-00-00
social media followers
40300
cause of death
cancer
Sources (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum; 26 December 1930 – 13 March 2010) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon.

Biography

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