Tag: 19th arrondissement
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Objet 42b – Philippe Maraire
Philippe Maraire (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)11 Rue de l’Ourcq, 75019 Paris, France Child star Philippe Maraire released two EPS on the His Master’s Voice label in the mid 1960s. The second of which, Hardi! Les Cancres, is a spin-off of Jean-Charles’s popular book La foire aux cancres. He began his career at the tender age of…
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Objet 42a – Dany Fog
Dany Fog (REALISATEURS DE CINEMA)144, bd Serrurier, 75019 Paris, France Dany Fog was a French director of Danish origin, who first worked as an assistant director during the 1950s on the feature films L’Étrange Amazone (1953), Crime au concert Mayol (1954), Les Violents (1957), and La Môme aux boutons (1958). Fog graduated to the film…
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Objet 41 – Roméo Carlès
Roméo Carlès (CHANSONNIERS / COMÉDIENS)13 Quai de l’Oise, 75019 Paris, France Algerian comedian Roméo Carlès was one of the great chansonniers on the Parisian scene, proving that you didn’t need to be a Montmartrois to rise to the top. He started at a young age, touring France with his father, an artisan blacksmith who reinvented…
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Objet 40 – André Astier
André Astier (Accordeon)74 Rue de Meaux, 75019 Paris, France Accordionist Andre Astier wrote around a hundred compositions, from pieces for beginners to more complicated concert pieces. A frequent collaborator he often worked with his fellow accordionists, such as Yvette Horner, Lulu Charleu, Edouard Duleu, Maurice Denoux, , Maurice Larcange, Marcel Azzola, Jo Privat, Al Lerouge,…
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Objet 39 – Ramón Mendizábal
Ramón Mendizábal (CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)83 Rue Georges Lardennois, 75019 Paris, France Basque accordionist, composer and conductor Ramon Mendizabal fronted one of the most famous Tango orchestras in Paris. He employed some of the great accordionists and bandoneon players of the age, including Gus Viseur and André Astier. Ramón Mendizábal and his orchestra also accompanied Marcel Azzola…
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Walk 42 – Cité de la Musique
Philippe Maraire (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)11 Rue de l’Ourcq, 75019 Paris, France Child star Philippe Maraire released two EPS on the His Master’s Voice label in the mid 1960s. The second of which, Hardi! Les Cancres, is a spin-off of Jean-Charles’s popular book La foire aux cancres. He began his career at the tender age of…
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Walk 41 – Crimée
Colette Magny (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)35 Av. de Flandre, 75019 Paris, FranceAnd52 Av. de Flandre, 75019 Paris, France Unlike other singer-songwriters of the era, Colette Magny began her professional singing career as she approached middle age. She released her first studio album at the age of 38. She became known for her unconforming appearance, rebellious lyrics…
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Walk 40 – Le Bassin de la Villette
Jean Raphaël (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)77 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France Born of Mediterranean parents, singing was part of Jean Raphaël’s life from an early age. When he first came to Paris he would frequent the bal-musette of the Bastille district, and was inspired to become a singer in the Tino Rossi style. With his…
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Objet 38 – Les Francs Garçons
Les Francs Garçons (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)150 Bd de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France Folk outfit Les Franc Garcons were a seven piece band consisting of Michel Hubert, Claude Polivert, Michel Prouteau, Gérard Martin Dupont, Bernard Fevre, Claude Vanzini, and Alain Robin. They were regular performers at Don Camilo, the Parisian cabaret in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quartier.…
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Objet 37 – Chalet Édouard / Rue Manin
Located at 33 rue Manin, Chalet Édouard was originally built to be used as a wine and liqueur merchant. Known as the Gouault Room, named after it’s owner, it was ideally located opposite the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, and regularly served as a conference venue for socio-political groups (also as a concert and banquet hall). In…
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