Marcel Amont

Marcel Amont born Marcel JeanPierre Balthazar Miramon on April 1 1929 is a French singer and actor of the 1960s and 1970s Amont also recorded in Occitan and promoted Bearn culture from the 1950s He is a singer of great artistic career being one of the most popular in France and the most prolific of the French language with many years of career He has sold 300 million albums has recorded 30 albums 79 singles 126 ep 11 compilations and about 1000 songs in different languages English Italian Portuguese Chinese German Irish and Spanish He is famous for having performed songs by composers such as Georges Brassens Léo Ferré and Georges Moustaki Inspired by American pop and jazz in the style of Frank Sinatra Tony Bennett and Andy Williams He recorded international hits such as Blue bland blond Lamour ça fait passer le temps Ballade pour lespagnol Le plus beau tango du monde and Cathy faismoi danser His famous song entitled Un Mexicain reached number 1 on the charts in France He has also made films and is director of soundtracks Born in Bordeaux on April 1 1929 son of Modeste Miramon employee of the railways and Romélie Lamazou nurse He doubted after the baccalaureate between the chair of physical education and the Conservatory of dramatic art The comedy and finally the song will prevail over the sport After having toured the arts of Bordeaux he got up in Paris in the late 1950s where he made his name little by little in most cabarets of the two banks Villa dEste Fontaine des 4 saisons etc From a young age he was fond of jazz and pop music In 1951 Marcel Amont decided to try his luck in Paris and became famous performing in several cabarets For many years Marcel Upstream enchainer such benefits before 1956 to secure the first parts of Edith Piaf allowing it to quickly become the revelation of the year and his first public recording which allows him to get the novel Grand Prix de Novela the French Academy of Charles Cros A success that opens the doors of the cinema and will become with Brigitte Bardot in The bride is too beautiful 1956 is the miraculous year At the Olympia he was cut in the first part of Edith Piaf first hired as a supplement to the program a sacred revelation of the year and finished five weeks later in second place on the poster Encouraged by this success in public he recorded his first album in public and receives the Price of the Académie CharlesCros in the company of Serge Gainsbourg and Juliette Gréco and in the process debut in the cinema with Brigitte Bardot in the bride is too beautiful We often see Marcel Amont in the famous television show 36 chandelles Through his appearances in the films La mariée est trop belle 1956 together with Brigitte Bardot and La conduite à gauche 1961 Marcel acquires a great reputation in France He signed a record contract Polydor Records in that same year when he released his first single Escamillo In 1957 he released his first album entitled Marcel Amont and in Bleu Blanc Blond Source Article Marcel Amont from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30