Joe Dassin

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Joseph Ira Dassin (November 5, 1938 - August 20, 1980) was a French-speaking American musician.

Dassin was born in New York City to Jules Dassin (Yiddish actor and film noir director) and Béatrice Launer. He began his childhood first in New York and Los Angeles, California. However after his father became a victim of the anti-communist policies of Senator Joseph McCarthy, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe.

After studying at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, Dassin moved back to the United States to go to college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan after doing very well on his bachelor’s exam. After college, he moved back again to France where, while working at a radio station, a record label convinced him to begin to record his songs.

By the early 1970s, Dassin’s songs topped the charts in France and he became well known. Probably as a recognition of his parents’ left leanings, Dassin’s records were officially released in the USSR. However, the political views of his parents were not well known to the general public in the USSR, and Dassin’s popularity in the USSR should be connected to his talent only. He was also a talented polyglot, recording songs in German, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English.

He died of a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on August 20, 1980. He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

It’s rumored that the heart attack was caused by more than occasional use of drugs.

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1	Les Champs-Élysées	694
2	Et si tu n'existais pas	452
3	Les Champs-Elysees	396
4	A Toi	264
5	Salut	220
6	Les Champs Elysees	186
7	Siffler sur la colline	163
8	La fleur aux dents	111
9	Guantanamera	109
10	Les Champs-Elysées	107
11	L'Ete Indien	99
12	Le petit pain au chocolat	90
13	Salut les amoureux	75
14	Le chemin de papa	60
15	Ca va pas changer le monde	58

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off wrote:
Thursday morning

Училка по французскому часто напевала нам Джо Дассена, не думал я, что лет через 10 буду сам его слушать :)

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jcfcarvalho wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Quero nomes de artistas bons Brasil

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jcfcarvalho wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Boas tardes para todos Bom Domingo

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OlaF64ru wrote:
last week

Goood musik!

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Froggl wrote:
last month

Oh la la la

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wendayuan wrote:
last month

好sb的歌手啊，一点都不拽

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Aprilar wrote:
last month

Hello! Hola! Salut everyone! If You love good vocal and beautiful music, You should like this french artist. His name is Daniel Levi. Just listen to him! http://www.last.fm/music/Daniel+Levi http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Daniel+Levi

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margarita_rios wrote:
last month

muy hermozo tema

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Ni_foi_ni_loi wrote:
August 2008

He is a very talented guy. Very hard-working. And his songs are sooooo uplifting, just can take you out of the deepest depression.

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spud2006 wrote:
August 2008

а я его услышал на кассете у бабушки в первый раз (+

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Nimm2 wrote:
August 2008

@miskolo: Darjeeling Limited wasn't so bad, actually. But, yeah, Les Champs-Élysées was the best thing in it.

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miskolo wrote:
August 2008

Champs Elysees is really good but it was the only good thing in Darjeeling Limited

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Black_Winter wrote:
August 2008

Это потому что у нас много французский учат! С детства заставляют учить его биографию, а потом понимаешь, что он и правда классный!:)))

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Leo_from_Pisa wrote:
July 2008

помойму у нас в России его любят больше чем в других странах...)) он великолепен)

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GizElpea wrote:
July 2008

This was great on the Darjeeling Limited.

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karaokejukebox wrote:
July 2008

www.dvdkaraokejukebox.com Official/legal karaoke versions of his songs! High Quality!

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goosiegoose wrote:
July 2008

He's amazing!

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MelomanXXXL wrote:
July 2008

Geroy08, maybe Il etait une fois nous deux?

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ItsPitPat wrote:
June 2008

My Russian grandma got me into Joe Dassin. It's one of the few things we can agree on.

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scoby_2000 wrote:
June 2008

darjeeling.

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