Jacques Dutronc

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Jacques Dutronc (born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"), "Le Responsable", and "Les Cactus". Dutronc played guitar in the rock group El Toro et les Cyclones. He wrote successful songs for singer Françoise Hardy in the 1960s before moving on to pursue a successful solo career. His music incorporated traditional French pop and French rock as well as styles such as psychedelic and garage rock. He was also very important in the yéyé music movement and has been a longtime songwriting collaborator with Jacques Lanzmann. According to AllMusic, Dutronc is "one of the most popular performers in the French-speaking world", although he "remains little known in English speaking territories" aside from a cult following in the UK. Dutronc later branched out into film acting, starting in 1973. He earned a César Award for Best Actor for the leading role in Van Gogh (1991), which was directed by Maurice Pialat. He married Hardy in 1981 and together they have a son, guitarist Thomas Dutronc (born 1973); the couple separated in 1988, but never divorced. Jacques Dutronc was born on 28 April 1943 at 67 Rue de Provence in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, the home of his parents, Pierre and Madeleine. His father was a manager for the state-run Office of Coal Distribution. Jacques was educated at Rocroy-Saint-Léon elementary school (now a lycée), the École de la Rue Blanche (now a drama school), and then at the École Professionnelle de Dessin Industriel, where he studied graphic design from 1959. In 1960, Dutronc formed a band with himself as guitarist, schoolfriend Hadi Kalafate as bassist, Charlot Bénaroch as drummer (later replaced with André Crudot), and Daniel Dray as singer. They auditioned in 1961 for Jacques Wolfsohn, an artistic director at Disques Vogue, who signed them and gave them the name El Toro et les Cyclones. The group released two singles, "L'Oncle John" and "Le Vagabond", but disbanded when Dutronc was obliged to undertake military service. After being discharged from the army in 1963, Dutronc briefly played guitar in Eddy Mitchell's backing band and was also given a job at Vogue as Jacques Wolfsohn's assistant. In this capacity, he co-wrote songs for artists such as ZouZou, Cléo, and Françoise Hardy. Wolfsohn asked Dutronc to work with Jacques Lanzmann, a novelist and editor of Lui magazine, to create songs for a beatnik singer called Benjamin. Benjamin released an EP in 1966, featuring songs written with Dutronc and a Lanzmann–Dutronc composition, "Cheveux longs" ("Long Hair"). However, Wolfsohn was disappointed by Benjamin's recording of a song titled "Et moi, et moi, et moi". A second version was recorded, with Dutronc's former bandmate Hadi Kalafate on vocals. Wolfsohn then asked Dutronc if he would be interested in recording his own version. The single reached number 2 in the French charts in September 1966. ... Source: Article "Jacques Dutronc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1943-04-28
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  • school Known for: Acting
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6.4

Nightcap

2000-10-25

6.4

Mado

1976-10-27

7

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975-02-12

6.7

Van Gogh

1991-10-30

5.5

The Good and the Bad

1976-01-19

5.9

Summer Things

2002-03-04

6.3

Place Vendôme

1998-10-07

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Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

2016-03-14

8

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014-12-13

4.8

Cheaters

1984-02-08

5

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

1982-04-28

6

Paradise for All

1982-08-25

6.6

Malevil

1981-05-13

6

Return to the Beloved

1979-05-02

5

My Place in the Sun

2007-03-14

4.8

The Red Shade

1981-10-28

6

UV

2007-05-30

6

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days

1989-04-19

6

Us Two

1979-05-23

4.8

L'entourloupe

1980-04-09

3.4

Pédale dure

2004-10-20

6

The Second Wind

2007-10-24

7

C'est la vie

2001-11-07

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Joseph et la fille

2010-08-18

5.8

Le Maître des éléphants

1995-12-20

6.2

Every Man for Himself

1980-10-12

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Pierrot mon ami

1979-02-07

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Dutronc, la vie malgré lui

2017-12-15

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Separate Bedrooms

1989-11-22

6.1

Sweetheart

1992-04-07

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Jacques Dutronc - Et vous, et vous, et vous...

2010-11-29

4.5

Les Victimes

1996-09-11

5

Les Francis

2014-07-23

9

Mosaïque

1976-12-26

6.1

Violette & Francois

1977-03-17

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Sale rêveur

1978-04-04

5.6

The Bit Between the Teeth

1979-09-01

7

Les Vieilles Canailles

2014-11-09

5.3

Sarah

1983-04-27

5

Focal Point

1977-10-25

7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022-01-07

7.5

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022-12-24

7

Antoine and Sebastian

1974-01-16

8

Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses

2020-06-01

8.5

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

2016-09-23

6.2

The Savage State

1978-04-18

5.7

Kiss & Tell

2018-10-10

5

OK Patron

1974-06-01

8

Les Vieilles Canailles 2017

2017-06-25

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Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

1979-04-10

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The Black Sheep

1979-09-26

8

Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique

2019-11-08

6.5

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993-03-06

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Le trésor de l’orpheline

1966-10-28

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Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

1981-02-03

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Une jeunesse

1983-06-15

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A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002-05-20

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Christmas at Vaugirard

1966-12-23

6

Dutronc au Casino

1993-04-22

8

Sauve la vie (qui peut)

1981-02-01

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Hör hin, schau zu!

1965-01-16

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4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

1966-06-11

6

Dim Dam Dom

1965-03-07

4.5

Télématin

1985-01-10

3.4

Victoires de la musique

1985-11-23

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Lahaye d'honneur

1987-09-25

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975-01-12

8.3

Beat-Club

1965-09-25

10

Midi Première

1975-01-06

0

Archives secrètes

2021-09-09

0

Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

8

Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

8

Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

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Cadet Rousselle

1971-11-04

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Vergißmeinnicht

1964-10-09

6

Samedi soir

1971-01-09

6

Numéro un

1975-04-05

6.3

Champs-Elysées

1982-01-16

6.6

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022-12-21

7.2

Fan School

1977-01-30

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Collaricocoshow

1987-09-16

5.8

Star Academy

2001-10-20

5

Téléthon

1987-12-04

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Discorama

1959-02-04

3

Vivement dimanche

1998-09-20

6

Midi trente

1972-03-06

5.1

Sacrée Soirée

1987-09-02

5.1

Sacrée Soirée

1987-09-02

5.1

On n'est pas couché

2006-09-16

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Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde

1969-01-06

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