Saturday, March 20, 2010

Mouloudji

Artist: Mouloudji
LP: 7" single
Song: "Un Jour Tu Verras"
[ listen ]

Son of an Algerian father who sank into alcoholism and madness after exchanging wedding vows with a Catholic fundamentalist, singer/actor Marcel Mouloudji likely had a handy well of misery to draw from when interpreting the forlorn French love songs of the '40s and '50s. He's being accompanied by Michel Legrand et son orchestre on the songs from this 7" EP. You can read Mouloudji's biography (awkwardly translated from French) here, see the list of films he appeared in here and here's a neat old Mouloudji video clip I found on YouTube:

Mouloudji on YouTube:
[ "La Complainte de la Butte" ]

[ Marcel Mouloudji: September 16, 1922 — June 14, 1994 ]

2 comments:

Mark Helmsing said...

A bit eerie how similar he looks to Sean Penn as Harvey Milk

Alex said...

Aye, you're right!