Charles Trenet

Charles Trenet

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.

  • Title : Charles Trenet
  • Popularity : 1.577
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1913-05-18
  • Place of Birth : Narbonne, Aude, France
  • Homepage : http://www.charles-trenet.net/
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Charles Trenet Movies

  • 1957
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    It Happened on the 36 Candles

    It Happened on the 36 Candles

    2 1957 HD

    Rejecting the union of her daughter Brigitte with a modest worker, Madame Magnin invents an adultery for the lover, then introduces Brigitte to a...

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  • 2023
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    Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles

    Guet-apens, des crimes invisibles

    8 2023 HD

    The result of an investigation that lasted several months, this documentary film reveals the extent of a phenomenon that we thought had disappeared:...

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  • 1941
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    Paris Romance

    Paris Romance

    5 1941 HD

    Georges Gauthier is an electrician who lives with his mother and his sister Madeleine. He is the son of a womanizing singer who made his mother...

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  • 1951
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    Bouquet de joie

    Bouquet de joie

    1 1951 HD

    Back from America, famous singer Charles Trénet, nicknamed "Le Fou Chantant", makes the conquest of a bombshell called Anita. He tries to...

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  • 1943
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    Love Around the Clock

    Love Around the Clock

    6 1943 HD

    Symbolizing the destiny of man, Hora imposes her destiny on everyone. She appears to a petty bourgeois trying to escape from his mediocre life, to a...

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  • 1938
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    I Sing

    I Sing

    1 1938 HD

    Charles's uncle is the headmaster of a chic girls school .He is short of the readies and he has lots and lots of debts.

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  • 1954
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    Boom on Paris

    Boom on Paris

    5.4 1954 HD

    In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances...

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  • 2022
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    Charles Trenet l'enchanteur

    Charles Trenet l'enchanteur

    8 2022 HD

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  • 1971
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    La Lucarne magique

    La Lucarne magique

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1952
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    Giovinezza

    Giovinezza

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Enchanted Road

    The Enchanted Road

    1 1938 HD

    The son of two teachers hits the road and becomes a singing success after being taken in as a protege by a kooky countess.

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 1965
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    L'or du duc

    L'or du duc

    1 1965 HD

    A young duke marries a girl, also penniless, and moves into a bus left him by an uncle, with their ten children. At last he finds the bus is made of...

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  • 1942
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    Frédérica

    Frédérica

    4 1942 HD

    Gilbert, poet and singer, is about to marry Lilette but deep inside himself he is not quite sure that she is the woman he needs. That is the reason...

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  • 1943
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    Adieu Léonard

    Adieu Léonard

    5.2 1943 HD

    A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own cousin, a wealthy eccentric who is considered the...

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  • 1957
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    Springtime in Paris

    Springtime in Paris

    2.3 1957 HD

    On her way to Paris, Gisèle meets a young motorist who offers to be her guide. Gisèle, suspicious, refuses and disappears. But Pierre...

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  • 1933
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    Bariole

    Bariole

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1948
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    Nine Boys, One Heart

    Nine Boys, One Heart

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1998
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    Jockey, professor och folkkär målare

    Jockey, professor och folkkär målare

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1943
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    Adieu Léonard

    Adieu Léonard

    5.2 1943 HD

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  • 1956
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    Melodie der Welt

    Melodie der Welt

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1984
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    La Chance aux chansons

    La Chance aux chansons

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1975
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Midi Première

    Midi Première

    10 1975 HD

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 2022
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    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    6.6 2022 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1984
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    La Chance aux chansons

    La Chance aux chansons

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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