Pierre Perret
Background information
Born (1934-07-09) 9 July 1934 (age 89)
Castelsarrasin, Occitanie, France
GenresFrench popular music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, musician, actor
Instrument(s)Guitar, saxophone
Years active1956–present
LabelsBarclay, Vogue, Adèle, Carrère, Def jam
Websitepierreperret.fr

Pierre Perret (born 9 July 1934 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne) is a French singer and composer. He resides in the city of Nangis.

Biography

Perret spent a long part of his childhood in the café which his parents owned, where he learned to work with jargon and slang. At the age of 14 he signed up to the conservatoire de musique de Toulouse and to a dramatic arts institute. But he wasn't admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris because he had some problems with military justice during his military service.[1] In the meantime, he set up his first band of four musicians in his own name, with whom he played at events throughout the region. In 1957, he was snapped up by Eddie Barclay who signed him on. It was in the studio of Barclay where he met his future wife, Simone Mazaltarim.

In 1958, Perret carried on touring round Parisian cabaret bars and crossed France and Africa as a part of the American group, The Platters. In November that year, a pleurisy forced him to take two years off in a sanatorium.

A master of the subtleties of the French language and French slang (he even rewrote some of Jean de La Fontaine's fables), Perret's songs are often cheeky (for example Le zizi (The willy), asking questions in a seemingly naive child's tone, but has written more serious political songs, such as La bête est revenue, La petite kurde, Vert de Colère or Lily.

In 1995, Perret recorded in duet with Sophie Darel the French song Maître Pierre for the album C'était les Années Bleues.

He participated in the committee for the simplification of the administrative language (COSLA).

Discography

Albums

Le Tord Boyaux, café à Montrouge.
Pierre Perret during Festival de la chanson française du Pays d'Aix 2010
Studio albums
Compilation albums

Songs

Books

Television

"Capitaine Marleau", French television crime drama series; (2018, Season 1 Episode 12, 23 October, "Double Jeu", "Double Dealing", as Monsieur Pellison); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitaine_Marleau

References

  1. ^ Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, Paris, 2004, p. 56-57. ISBN 2 914 266 03 0