Biography
Pierre Perret (born 9 July 1934 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne) is a French singer and composer. Pierre Perret resides in the city of Nangis.
He 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. 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), his 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, he 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).
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Filmography
all 43
self 30
TV Shows 25
Movies 18
Writer 1
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
Pierre Perret From A to Z (2021)
Under the Stars of Paris (2021)
The Golden Age of Songs From Our Childhood (2020)
La Boîte à secrets (2019)
The secret song (2018)
La tribu de Pierre Perret chante... Au café du canal (2017)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
Amanda (2016)
Folie passagère (2015)
Fais-moi une place (2013)
Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille (2012)
Le Café du pont (2010)
L'Invité (2002)
Star Academy (2001)
Stars à domicile (2001)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Le Cadeau de la rentrée (1992)
Collaricocoshow (1987)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
Le monde est à vous (1987)
Télématin (1985)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Woodplum (1980)
Charles and Lucie (1979)
We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)
Fan School (1977)
Mosaïque (1976)
30 millions d'amis (1976)
Système 2 (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Apostrophes (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
Midi trente (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Judge Roy Bean (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
A Savage Summer (1970)
Les Patates (1969)
À bout portant (1968)
Les Étoiles de midi (1960)
Discorama (1959)
Children of Chaos (1944)
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GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-09 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceCastelsarrasin, France
Height1.77-meter
CitizenshipsFrance
ResidencesNangis, France
AwardsOfficer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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