Gaby Verlor
(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
25 Rue Hermel, 75018 Paris, France
Composer and singer Gaby Verlor (real name Gabrielle Vervaecke) started her showbiz career in a duo singing with her father under the name Les Gaby-Verlor. In the 1940s she formed another duo, this time with young actor-singer, Roger Raux (stage name Jan Davril). Regulars on the radio, they sang together on the Paris stage at the Cirque d’Hiver, ABC (with Bourvil and Georges Ulmer), L’Alhambra, and Bouffes du Nord. The 1960s saw her devote more time to composing, she wrote popular songs for the stars of the day…. Bourvil, Juliette Gréco, Les Frères Jacques, Jacqueline Danno (who we met on walk 17), Isabelle Aubret, and the great Patachou (from Walk 4). In the 1970s she became the pianist-accompanist at the Caveau de la République.

Julien Guiomar
(COMEDIENS)
112 Rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris, France
Julien Guiomar opted for a career in acting rather than follow his father into dentistry. He studied under Pierre Renoir, René Simon and Francis Blanche. He joined the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) from 1958-1961, often performing under the directorship of Jean Vilar. The late 1960s heralded a dynamic cinema debut with director Philippe de Broca in Le Roi de cœur. His portrayal of the chief of police in Costa-Gavras ‘ film Z (1969) is remarkable for its brutality, as are his characters in La Voie lactée and La Fiancée du pirate, shot the same year.

Miguel Amador
(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
1 Rue de Trétaigne, 75018 Paris, France
Miguel Amador (1920-2006, real name Hector Amador Ponton) was an Argentine singer who rose to fame in France. He came to Paris on the advice of Line Renaud and Loulou Gasté, who were impressed with his attractive persona and clear voice. With his wife he opened the restaurant La Bricole in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He often performed on stage singing on a horse and in Mexican costume.

Jonato
(CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)
7 Rue de Trétaigne, 75018 Paris, France
Bandleader, composer, arranger and guitarist Jonato (real name Georges Trognée) was a prolific composer of Latin music during the mid century boom of South Americana in Paris. A large number of EP releases and sheet music covered all aspects of tango, bolero, cha cha cha, paso doble, were available for those Parisians who loved to dance. He ran his own successful orchestra but also played with Henri Rossotti’s popular band.

Huguette Hue
(COMÉDIENNES)
9 Rue de Trétaigne, 75018 Paris, France
B-movie lead Huguette Hue starred alongside fellow Montmartrois thespians Fernand Fabre and José Squinquel in the 1962 gnasher classic Le gorille a mordu l’archevêque. She had a modest TV career, with the obligatory appearance in police drama Les cinq dernières minutes, a badge of honour for all Parisian actors. In the theatre she enjoyed a ten year journey, often as the lead, through the Parisian theatres of Théâtre Fontaine (Rididine, 1958), Théâtre Hébertot (Le Dessous des cartes and Mascarin, 1959), Théâtre des Mathurins (Un goût de miel, 1960), Théâtre de l’Atelier (La Surprise de l’amour, 1961), Théâtre Montparnasse (La Grotte, 1961), Théâtre de l’Œuvre (L’École des femmes, 1962), Théâtre de la Madeleine (Un amour qui ne finit pas, 1963), Théâtre Édouard VII (Le Deuxième Coup de feu, 1964) and Théâtre des Ambassadeurs (Les Monstres sacrés, 1966).

Benny Vasseur
(Trombone / CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)
12 Rue de Trétaigne, 75018 Paris, France
Benny Vasseur studied trombone and piano at the Conservatoire de Paris. He played informally with the Hot Club de Versailles shortly after the end of WW2, then began working with Claude Bolling and Rex Stewart. In 1948 he began playing at the Club Saint-Germain in Paris and other jazz venues in the city, playing as a sideman for Sidney Bechet, Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Hot Lips Page, and Django Reinhardt.
In the 1950s he worked in the bands of Aimé Barelli, Michel Attenoux, and Claude Luter, and then formed a duo with fellow trombonist André Paquinet. In the 1960s he was in demand as a session musician, playing on the records of Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minnelli, and Frank Sinatra. Late in the 1960s he returned to playing with Claude Bolling, an association which would last several decades.

Francis Linel
(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
11 Rue Lapeyrere, 75018 Paris, France
Actor and singer Francis Linel (1928-2020, real name François Giannelli) made his debut aged 15 on the stage of the Alcazar de Marseille. In 1948 Jean Nohain engaged him at the Théâtre de l’Européen, in Paris. In 1950, he won the Grand Prix de la chanson française de Deauville, and would travel to New York to perform for several weeks at the Blue Angel. His American experience earned him the role of leader of the cabaret review at the Le Lido de Paris for two years. From 1955, he recorded a number of popular records, earning him the opportunity to sing several times at l’Olympia. In 1960, he played in Vincent Scotto ‘s Trilogy, then in 1962 in Quatre jours à Paris, an operetta which toured all over the world.

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Gérard Serkoyan
(ARTISTES LYRIQUES)
14 Rue Lapeyrere, 75018 Paris, France
With a broad and deep voice, Gérard Serkoyan took on all the great bass roles of the Opéra Garnier from 1952 to 1972. He began his career at the Opéra de Nice in 1949, and joined the troupe of the Opéra de Lyon in 1950. After a stint of six months at the Opéra de Strasbourg, he entered the troupe of the Opéra de Paris in 1952. It was on the stages of the Palais Garnier and the Salle Favart that he distinguished himself in the greatest bass roles: Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Daland (The Flying Dutchman), Ramfis (Aïda), Pimène (Boris Godounov), Méphistophélès (Faust), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), and Hunding (The Valkyrie).