JOE DASSIN

Joseph Ira Dassin was born November 5th, 1938 in New York. There, in the financial heart of America, in the pre-time, worked as his father - a famous film director Jules Dassin. Joe′s mother Beatrice Loner also belonged to the world of art - it is a well-known violinist.

Music trained the boy′s mother and father took with him on the Broadway staging. At first the film wins. After the war, Jules Dassin returned to his homeland, France, eleven, Joe became an assistant of his father.

Soon, parents were divorced, but the son in the future remained close relationship with his father and mother. Joe was a cheerful, lively and with a modest-mannered guy.

At some point Dassin decided to become an ethnographer, and went over the ocean - in the University of Michigan. Studying at the university, to provide for themselves, he had a penny. Education Joe gave easily.

Remain with the guy and the time to play the guitar. He has appeared and its listeners. The young Frenchman made his debut in a night of cabaret Detroit. His songs are immediately attracted the attention of the public of its distinctive character, could with known samples: he tried to combine them chanson tradition with elements of American folk music, which became enthusiastic him seriously. But the true birth of his career as a singer was still on French soil . . .

After graduating from University, Joe is still not convinced that his calling - music. He returned to France and worked at a radio station. Then Dassin, Jr. has performed in two independent film roles, which, truth to tell, did not bring him fame. It was after that he thought about what the future is not a movie, but on the stage - before the song for Joe was the only entertainment. But friends do not miss the opportunity to listen, as he performs songs from the repertoire of French chanson, especially the famous Georges Brassensa, his idol.

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Time passed, and Dassin had still not made a final choice.

"The case, as usual, are authorized, - writes L. Pishnograeva. - At one of the parties came to know Joe pretty Frenchwoman named Maryse. It turned out that she likes his singing - simple American songs in the style of country that he Unlearning, living in America. Whenever sang Dassin, Maryse listened with admiration, as she recorded one of his songs on a tape recorder. Joe - the nature of the soft and indecisive - just needed a robust and lively friend, able to inspire him to deeds. Maryse brought the young musician with the right people - employees of radio station CBS. Dassin persuaded to speak on the air.

Success does not come immediately. The first disc of American music aroused the interest is it that fans of western. But when Dassin sang French chanson, the audience was in raptures. Perhaps because the music of those years, his songs stand alone. They had no policy or "social" sound. At the same time they differed from the hit-parade-odnodnevok expressive melodies, impeccable taste and style. And: Dassin worked joyful, bright music. He felt that the song should invigorate people, helping them to live.

- I′m trying to entertain the audience, make her forget about the cares and sorrows, uvozhu in a beautiful world, where there is love, I try to give hope to meet, - confessed the singer.

And he quickly found adherents - poets Dellanoe Pierre and Claude Lemeslya who became compose poems for his melodies. In the short term Dassin conquered a wide audience. His song whistle street boys, they played at the student party, on radio, television and of course the concerts.

"Hi, this is again I

I returned from distant . . .

You know me well enough not you . . . "- sung Dassin, like referring to each of the sitting in the hall. Natural and trusting style of singing, soft and sincerely bribe students to vote.

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The public saw in it a modern knight. Popular and funny, naughty, incendiary songs Dassin. He was in life and the same as on the stage - smiling, romantic, sometimes shy, sometimes unrestrained in his joy. "

Maryse really became Dassin Gaurdian Angels. She inspired and Joe at the beautiful songs about love, and helped him at home.

- He wanted me to lead the car while he reads, - she remembered later. - And to monitor his health and hair. I had to lay it on the hair several times a day (he could not tolerate their locks). I am very responsive to correspondence, to wash and iron his white concert costumes . . .

January 18, 1966 Joe and Maryse married.

Dassin Concerts are held with great success. For several years he has become the most popular singer in France. Since then, over fifteen years Joe Dassin created and sang a lot of this hit. We all have heard his songs: "On the Elysée fields," "Bread and Chocolate," "Podygryvaya on the hill", "How can I give", "Come look at the last wolf," "Gypsy Summer" ;, "Luxembourg Garden", "Monaco", "America," "Caroline," "sorry", "white dress" and many others. They brought Dassenu success with the public, brought it to the stage "Olympia" on French television screens. There was a successful transfer of "An Hour with Joe Dassenom" which was shown in the USSR. These songs brought him many awards at festivals and gold discs.

But Dassin is often criticized in the unbearable lightness, in an effort to entertain the audience, he even tried to blame that his songs are good. " Indeed, Dassin, like Maurice Chevalier, was singer-Tribune, but he did not wanted them to be, in the belief that students need and the song lyric, if, of course, the lyrics are not turned in their saccharine sentimentality.

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But Dassin is not the apologists and the personification of "empty entertainment. "

"The song has an important social role - he said in the late 70′s correspondent Yumanite. " - It helps people to live. And in that sense, I feel like a "committed" singer. In the end, this is not a bad deal - easy to entertain people. My songs are a wide range of listeners. I am profoundly impede pretentious songs, and I rejoice that I am not accusing at least a pretense. I think that is necessary for the success of 10 per cent inspiration, 20 percent work and 70 - good luck. At my share of it falls. But I do not think I could be called fashionable singer. Presentation that I give, rise to a certain unity of those in the hall, and those on stage. If you do not run their current, you need to leave the platform. "

When Joe Dassin first arrived in the Soviet Union to sing at the opening of the hotel "Cosmos", erected in Moscow with the participation of French engineers and workers, his name was known except that connoisseurs. But the Soviet students took the singer from the heart first concert. In the future, Dassin enjoyed unprecedented popularity in our country. Alas, shortly sudden death cut his career, Joe Dassin.

Family life, the so fortunate in the future to become a singer cause hard days and most likely death.

Once returning to Paris after the holidays in Greece, in the cabin of the aircraft saw Joe slender white-headed girl. "I влюбил�� as a boy," - later recognized singer.

So Kristin and Joe were lovers, and for several years led a double life Dassin. With Maryse he give up in 1973 after the death of the firstborn, lived only five days. "We are separated not succeed. We just separated the life "- say the divorce Dassin.

With Kristin, they got married only in January 1978.

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In September 1978 they had a son Jonathan was born. But the happiness was short. Dassin toured constantly, and Christine frequent separations lead to despair.

"Once upon a time in search of solace, she tried drugs - writes L. Pishnograeva. - Soon, and Dassin became cocaine and wife are trapped. Payment not long to wait: the Joe sharply deteriorated state of health, Christine just could not control himself. In this strung, hysterical woman is not nothing left from Christine that loved Dassin. Once their infrequent meetings were for him the greatest joy, and now he wanted a divorce as soon as possible. However, it turned out that Christine is pregnant again. Joe methane as crocked beast. He believed that the entire blame for his wife scampish. She is unable to build good relations, to house, educate their children. One God knows what grief and pain experienced Dassin . . .

March 22, 1980 Christine gave birth to second son. The very next day, Joe applied for a divorce. And grueling battle for the children. Dassin was trying to convince the court that Christian children can not be trusted. He managed to work around in their favor, but God punished him for his arrogance and cruelty. Joe stall heart attack, and a month, he was chained to the bed.

As soon as the singer became a little easier, he took his sons, the youngest only four months in Tahiti. He would bring them more on Christine and most do not see this woman. Indeed, from tender love to the blind hatred just one step!

He was looking for salvation in this paradise island, and found death. The day after arrival, over lunch, Dassin sognulsya of a sudden sharp pain. Next to him was his friend - Claude Lemesl. He tried to make Joe cardiac massage, but nothing helped. Station ambulance was on the other end of the island. The renowned singer died right at the table. It happened Aug. 22, 1980.