Tag: france
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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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Walk 79 – Saint-Ambroise
Claude Richard – COMEDIENS12 Cité Popincourt, 75011 Paris, France Actor Claude Richard made his theatrical debut in 1952 at the Studio des Champs-Élysées in Gaston-Marie Martens’ Le Village des miracles. He spent the rest of the decade in the ranks at the Théâtre Montparnasse and the Théâtre de l’Atelier. The 1960s was a fruitful time…
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Walk 72 – Pont Mirabeau
Florent (Florent Veilleux) (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)32 Rue Félicien David, 75016 Paris, France Canadian singer-songwriter and artist Florent Veilleux moved first to Belgium (1963) and then to Paris (1965), emerging as a distinctive voice on the 1960s folk scene. An idiosyncratic author, composer, performer and director for the theatre, he was a winner of the Relais…
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Walk 71 – Musée Clemenceau
Clarisse Deudon – COMEDIENNES9 Rue de Passy, 75016 Paris, France Actress Clarisse Deudon studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris, where she won first prize in tragedy and diction. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1942, making her debut in Maurice Donnay’s L’Autre Danger. She would leave the theatre in 1954 to devote more time to…
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Walk 68 – Boulainvilliers
Monty (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)51 Rue du Ranelagh, 75016 Paris, France Singer Monty (real name Jacques Bulostin) was one of the most successful male singers in France during the era of yé-yé music. In 1963, he signed for the Barclay record label, where he was given the stage name of Monty. The following year he released…
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