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Object 83 – Irène Rollin / Irène de Paz
Irène Rollin / Irène de Paz (Poete)18bis Rue Chanzy, 75011 Paris, France Irène de Paz was one of those irrepressible creative talents whose work deserves much more recognition. In the 1940s she was a singer on French radio but switched to art in the 1950s, exhibiting under her married name, Irène Rollin. She exhibited her…
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Object 81 – Marc Ogeret
Marc Ogeret (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)16 Rue Pétion, 75011 Paris, France Born in Paris, French singer Marc Ogeret is best known for his powerful interpretations of political and poetic chanson. In the 1950s he started performing in cabarets, such as Chez Bernadette, Chez Agnès Capri, and La Colombe, on the Île de la Cité. He received…
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Walk 82 – Le Bistrot du Peintre
Les Players C/O Laurent Dumm (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)19 Rue Keller, 75011 Paris, France Inspired by the Shadows and Duane Eddy, Les Players were a 4 piece rock ‘n’ roll combo formed by 17 year olds Hervé Roy (organ), Christian Martin (bass), Michel Libretti (lead guitar) and Jean Pierre Prevotat (drums) in 1961. After appearing at…
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Walk 81 – Voltaire
Marc Ogeret (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)16 Rue Pétion, 75011 Paris, France Born in Paris, French singer Marc Ogeret is best known for his powerful interpretations of political and poetic chanson. In the 1950s he started performing in cabarets, such as Chez Bernadette, Chez Agnès Capri, and La Colombe, on the Île de la Cité. He received…
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Corso Fleuri, Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris – Object 80
Reviving a tradition that crises and wars had ruined, a procession of floats, a true flower parade, crossed Paris from the Place de la Bastille to the Esplanade des Invalides during the 1950s. Starting just after 3pm during days in May, the route cut through the nerve centre of the city, starting with the “old…
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Walk 80 – Richard Lenoir
Jean Lescot (COMEDIENS)96 Bd Beaumarchais, 75011 Paris, France Although Jean Lescot played over 100 roles in TV and Film, it’s his exceptional career as a voiceover artist that lives long in the memory. One of his most memorable assignments, with its distinctive syntax, was the French voice of Yoda in episodes I, II, and III…
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Louis Rialland – Object 79
Louis Rialland (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)92 Bd Voltaire, 75011 Paris, France Classical tenor Louis Rialland trained at the Paris Conservatory before cutting his teeth on the music hall stage alongside whimsical humourists and eclectic entertainers. He would graduate to the National Theatre of the Opera Comique in the 1940s where he earned a reputation as an expressive…
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Object 76 – Alhambra Maurice-Chevalier playbill, 1960
Alhambra Maurice-Chevalier50 Rue de Malte, 75011 Paris, France The Alhambra-Maurice Chevalier opened in 1866, and after a long history, and many name changes, was finally demolished in 1967. When the theatre originally opened, it was called the Cirque-Impérial, but would change its name to honour the beloved French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier in 1956.…
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31 Avenue de la République, L.Boachon – object 78
Although we know that 31 Avenue de la République, Paris was the address of singer Bernard Alvi (ARTISTES LYRIQUES) in the 1960s, much earlier in the century it was the home to the warehouses of L. Boachon. The well known Parisian distribution centre L. Boachon supplied pulleys, bearings, belts and other fittings to factories. During…
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