Pierre Barouh

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Pierre Barouh
Born
Élie Pierre Barouh

(1934-02-19)19 February 1934
Died28 December 2016(2016-12-28) (aged 82)
Resting placeMontmartre Cemetery, 18th arrondissement of Paris
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • composer
  • actor
  • music producer
Years active1961–2016
Spouses
(m. 1966; div. 1969)
Dominique
(m. 1970; div. 1983)
Atsuko Ushioda
(m. 1983)
ChildrenBenjamin Barouh
Maïa Barouh
Amie-Sarah Barouh
Akira Barouh
Musical career
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1962–2016
Labels

Pierre Barouh (born Élie Pierre Barouh; 19 February 1934 – 28 December 2016) was a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman as an actor and the lyricist/singer for Francis Lai's music score.[1]

Early life and music

Barouh was born in

Second World War, their parents hid them from the Nazis; Pierre and his sister in Montournais and Albert in la Limouzinière. During these years Élie, baptised Pierre, lived at La Grèlerie, the home of Hilaire and Marie Rocher, who had two sons. From this time, he drew inspiration for songs like "La Bicyclette [fr]", "Des ronds dans l'eau" and "Les Filles du dimanche".[3]

After the war, he was briefly a

sports journalist for Paris-Presse-Intransigeant and also played for the national volleyball B team in the 1950s.[4] He spent some months in Portugal and discovered Brazilian music. He visited Brazil in 1959 and on his return to Paris came to know Brazilian writers and composers of bossa nova.[3]

With his first earnings he bought the mill, la Morvient, by the river in

Nana Vasconcelos, Gérard Ansaloni, Jacques Higelin, Alfred Panou, Maurane, David McNeil, and Elis Regina.[3]

Soon after the label's creation, Barouh realised that he was not an able manager and so entrusted his management to a teenage friend he had known from playing volleyball at the age of 15. However, in 1972, he discovered that this friend had stolen 1,500,000 francs by means which prevented Barouh from being able to get any of it back, as he "had given him everything: signatures, etc".[2]

Cinema and theatre

As an actor, he played the role of the gypsy leader in the film

Baden Powell de Aquino
.

In 1966, he participated in the film A Man and a Woman which won the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[5] He married the actress Anouk Aimée the same year; they divorced three years later.

Barouh died in the Hôpital Cochin in Paris from an infarction on 28 December 2016, at the age of 82. He was buried a week later at Montmartre Cemetery.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Pierre Barouh (1966) (also released as Vivre) – FR #15[7]
  • Viking bank (1977)
  • Le pollen (1982)
  • Sierras (1984)
  • Noël (1991)
  • Itchi go Itchi e – Une rencontre, une occasion (1998)
  • Daltonien (2007)

Live albums

  • Dites 33 (Volume 2) (with
    Moonriders) (2001) (concert at the Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris on 15 February 1983)[8]

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

  • Saudade (Un Manque Habité) (2001)
  • Les Années Disc'AZ – L'intégrale Des Chansons (2008)
  • 60 ans de chansons à des titres Divers (parfois Dit Vert) sur l'humain et ce qui l'entoure (2012)

Production credits

Albums

Non-album singles

  • "Simple routine" by Joël Favreau (1969)
  • "I Love the Queen" by Jacques Higelin (1971)
  • "Nini" by Jacques Higelin (1971)
  • "Jamai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ais" by Brigitte Fontaine (1972)
  • " Un jour, un papillon" by Joël Favreau (1972)
  • "La Transatlantique" by Dominique Barouh (1972)
  • "Likwala" by Pierre Akendengué (1975)
  • "Femmes parmi les femmes" by Françoise Hardy (1975)

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1961 Arrêtez les tambours [fr] Pierrot Also assistant director
1962 Operation Gold Ingot René French: En plein cirage
1963 D'où viens-tu Johnny? Django
1964 La Dérive [fr] Pierre
The Troops of St. Tropez Gypsy Uncredited; French: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Le cirque au village
1965 Une fille et des fusils Pierre
1966 A Man and a Woman Pierre Gauthier French: Un homme et une femme
The Grand Moments Karl Martin French: Les Grands Moments
1967 Arrastão Geronimo
Live for Life Boxing spectator Uncredited; French: Vivre pour vivre
1970 La bergère en colère Engaged groom Short
1972 Ça va, ça vient [fr] Man who gives Areski a lift Uncredited; also director and producer
Saravah None Documentary; director and composer
1976 Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue [fr] Discontent traveller
The Labyrinth ou L'album de famille None Documentary; director, producer and composer
1977 Another Man, Another Chance Street singer Uncredited; French: Un autre homme, une autre chance
1979 Le Divorcement [fr] None Director, producer, writer and composer
1982 Elle voit des nains partout ! [fr] Parish priest
1990 There Were Days... and Moons Animator French: Il y a des jours... et des lunes
2005 Le courage d'aimer Advert producer
2006 La fille du dimanche Friend of the father Short
2010 Les marais criminels (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b Bellaïche, Raoul (19 June 2018). "Pierre Barouh en 1992 : « Depuis l'âge de 15 ans, je n'ai qu'une obsession : témoigner du monde qui". jechantemagazine (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Pierre-Barouh". www.ajpn.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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  4. ^ "La famille d'"Un homme et une femme" orpheline de Pierre Barouh". Le Point (in French). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste". www.infodisc.fr. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Dites 33 (Volume 2) - Dites 33". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Au kabaret de la dernière chance - Pierre Barouh". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. ^ "De la Scarpe à la Seine - Françoise Kucheida". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Ces moments là - Aram Sédèfian". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Les heures tranquilles - Daniel Mille". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  12. ^ "cris du coeur - Françoise Kucheida". Editions Saravah (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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