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Charles Trenet
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Charles Trenet
Homepage
http://www.charles-trenet.net/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-05-18,Narbonne, Aude, France
Gender
Male
Biography
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is also noted for his work with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac, with whom he recorded "Y'a d'la joie" (1938) for the first and "La Romance de Paris" (1941) and "Douce France" (1947) for the latter. He was awarded an Honorary Molière Award in 2000. Trenet's best-known songs include "Boum!", "La Mer", "Y'a d'la joie", "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?", "Ménilmontant" and "Douce France". His catalogue of songs is enormous, numbering close to a thousand. Some of his songs had unconventional subject matter, with whimsical imagery bordering on the surreal. "Y'a d'la joie" evokes joy through a series of disconnected images, including that of a subway car shooting out of its tunnel into the air, the Eiffel Tower crossing the street, and a baker making excellent bread. The lovers engaged in a minuet in "Polka du Roi" reveal themselves at length to be "no longer human": they are made of wax and trapped in the Musée Grévin. Many of his hits from the 1930s and 1940s effectively combine the melodic and verbal nuances of French song with American swing rhythms. His song "La Mer", which according to legend he composed with Léo Chauliac on a train in 1943, was recorded in 1946. Trenet explained in an interview that he was told that "La Mer" was not swing enough to be a hit, and for this reason it sat in a drawer for three years before being recorded. "La Mer" is Trenet's best-known work outside the French-speaking world, with more than 400 recorded versions. The tune, given unrelated English words and the title "Beyond the Sea" (or sometimes "Sailing"), was a hit for Bobby Darin in the early 1960s, and George Benson in the mid-1980s. "Beyond the Sea" was used in the ending credits of Finding Nemo. Besides "La Mer", the other Trenet song to receive numerous recordings in English is "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?", which lyricist Albert Beach adapted as "I Wish You Love". "I Wish You Love" was first recorded by Keely Smith in 1957, and since then by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Sam Cooke to Dusty Springfield. Another of Trenet's songs, "Formidable", was written as impressions of a trip to the U.S. Other Trenet songs were recorded by French singers such as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Sablon and Fréhel. Trenet was born in Avenue Charles Trenet, Narbonne, Occitanie, France, the son of Françoise Louise Constance (Caussat) and Lucien Etienne Paul Trenet. When he was seven years old, his parents divorced and he was sent to boarding school in Béziers, but he returned home just a few months later, suffering from typhoid fever. It was during his convalescence at home that he developed his artistic talents, taking up music, painting and sculpting. ... Source: Article "Charles Trenet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

It Happened on the 36 Candles

2

It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957-10-16

Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles

8

Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles
2023-04-19

5

Paris Romance
1941-10-03

Bouquet de joie

1

Bouquet de joie
1951-10-25

Love Around the Clock

6

Love Around the Clock
1943-11-10

1

I Sing
1938-11-30

5.4

Boom on Paris
1954-02-19

Charles Trenet l'enchanteur

8

Charles Trenet l'enchanteur
2022-03-01

La Lucarne magique

0

La Lucarne magique
1971-10-04

0

Giovinezza
1952-01-01

The Enchanted Road

0

The Enchanted Road
1938-11-25

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07

1

L'or du duc
1965-09-23

4

Frédérica
1942-11-18

5.2

Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01

Springtime in Paris

2.3

Springtime in Paris
1957-03-08

Melodie der Welt

0

Melodie der Welt
1956-01-11

Victoires de la musique

2

Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23

La Chance aux chansons

4

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Cadet Rousselle

0

Cadet Rousselle
1971-11-04

6

Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07

6

Samedi soir
1971-01-09

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

10

Midi Première
1975-01-06

6.167

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

6.6

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

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

La Chance aux chansons

4

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Le monde est à vous

0

Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02