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Georges Moustaki
Acting

Georges Moustaki
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-05-03,Alexandria, Egypt
Gender
Male
Biography
Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin, best known for the poetic rhythm and simplicity of the romantic songs he composed and often sang. Moustaki gave France some of its best-loved music by writing about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in that country, such as Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself. Georges Moustaki was born Giuseppe Mustacchi in Alexandria, Egypt, on 3 May 1934. His parents, Sarah and Nessim Mustacchi, were Francophile, Greek Jews from the ancient Romaniote Jewish community. Originally from the Greek island of Corfu, they moved to Egypt, where young Giuseppe was born and first learned French. They owned the Cité du Livre − one of the finest book shops in the Middle East – in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, where many ethnic communities lived together. Moustaki's father spoke five languages whereas his mother spoke six. The young Giuseppe and his two older sisters spoke Italian at home and Arabic in the streets. The parents placed Giuseppe and his sisters in a French school where they learned to speak French. At the age of 17, after a summer holiday in Paris, Moustaki obtained his father's permission to move there, working as a door-to-door salesman of poetry books. He began playing the piano and singing in nightclubs in Paris, where he met some of the era's best-known performers. His career took off after the young singer-songwriter Georges Brassens took Moustaki under his wing. Brassens introduced him to artists and intellectuals who spent much of their time around Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Out of gratitude, Moustaki adopted the first name of the only musician he called "master". Moustaki said that his taste for music came from hearing various French singers – Édith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Henri Salvador, Georges Ulmer, Yves Montand, Georges Guétary and Luis Mariano – sing. Moustaki was introduced to Édith Piaf in the late 1950s by a friend whose praise of the young songwriter was so flattering that Piaf, then at the peak of her fame, requested somewhat sarcastically to hear him sing his best works. "I picked up a guitar and I was lamentable. But something must have touched her. She asked me to go and see her perform that same evening at the Olympia music hall and to show her later the songs I had just massacred." He soon began writing songs for Piaf, the most famous of which, Milord, about a lower-class girl who falls in love with an upper-class British traveller, reached number one in Germany in 1960 and number 24 in the British charts the same year. It has since been performed by numerous artists, including Bobby Darin and Cher. Piaf was captivated by Moustaki's music, as well as his great charm. Piaf liked how his musical compositions were flavored with jazz and styles that went beyond France's borders. Moustaki and Piaf became lovers and embarked on what the newspaper Libération described as a year of "devastating, mad love", with the newspapers following "the 'scandal' of the 'gigolo' and his dame day after day". ... Source: Article "Georges Moustaki" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

The Revolution on Two Horses

4.8

The Revolution on Two Horses
2002-04-25

5

Akoibon
2005-04-13

0

Europe Express
1984-01-14

Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai

6.2

Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai
2015-06-17

Beggars and Proud Ones

0

Beggars and Proud Ones
1972-04-05

4

The Cocottes
1991-01-28

Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000

0

Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000
2001-12-04

Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité

8

Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité
2013-10-02

Rockpop in Concert

0

Rockpop in Concert
1978-11-18

La Chance aux chansons

4

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Stars in the Ring

5.3

Stars in the Ring
1959-04-11

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

10

Midi Première
1975-01-06

The Count of Monte Cristo

7.216

The Count of Monte Cristo
1998-09-07

Musik aus Studio B

0

Musik aus Studio B
1961-10-22

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

6

Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

6

Numéro un
1975-04-05

0

Système 2
1975-01-19

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

6.6

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022-12-21

Le monde est à vous

0

Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

0

Discorama
1959-02-04

Vivement dimanche

3

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20

0

Night-Club
1968-09-13

6.5

What Am I?
1955-01-02

6

Samedi soir
1971-01-09

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02