Aznavour has sung for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend impresario Levon Sayan. In 2009, he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. On 24 August 2017, Aznavour was awarded the 2,618th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On 17 September 2018, his last concert took place in NHK Hall, Tokyo.
Charles Aznavour died on 1 October 2018.
Charles Aznavour was perhaps the best-known French music hall entertainer in the world -- renowned the world over for the bittersweet love songs he has written and sung, which seem to embody the essence of French popular song, and also for his appearances on screen in such wildly divergent fare as Shoot the Piano Player, Candy, and The Tin Drum. His status as the quintessential French popular culture icon is something of an irony for a man who identifies himself most closely with his Armenian heritage. His father was a singer and sometime-restaurateur, while his mother was an actress and part-time seamstress. His father's singing, done in a notably impassioned style, heavily influenced Aznavour's approach to singing as a boy. Although he had a voracious appetite for music, he also had a serious impediment growing up, in the form of a paralyzed vocal cord that gave his voice a raspy quality. He channeled some of his energy into theater, making both his stage and screen debuts at age nine, in 1933, in the theater piece Un bon petit diable and in the film La guerre des gosses. As an adolescent, he danced in nightclubs and sold newspapers, as well as touring with theatrical companies, and he wrote a nightclub act in partnership with Pierre Roche -- Aznavour wrote the lyrics to their songs and it was through that material that he began his singing career. Early on, he learned to overcome his fears about his vocal limitations, in part with help from singing legend Édith Piaf, for whom he worked as a chauffeur, among other capacities; with her help, he developed a style that suited his capabilities and played to his strengths and also continued writing songs in earnest, some of which were performed by Piaf.
His success came very slowly, however. Aznavour at first found some difficulty being accepted as a composer in France or anywhere else. His compositions, although considered tame by any modern standard, were regarded as too risqué for French radio and were banned from the airwaves for a decade or more, from the late '40s through the end of the 1950s; American publishers seemed equally reticent about them, as he discovered on a visit to New York in 1948. That trip did yield his first performing engagement in the city, however, at the Cafe Society Downtown in Greenwich Village. For the next decade, Aznavour made his living as a performer in second-tier clubs and middle- or bottom-of-the-bill berths on three continents. His mix of daringly original and frank love songs, coupled with a limited but very expressive singing style, left audiences somewhat bewildered at first.
His breakthrough came in 1956, during a vaudeville engagement in Casablanca, where the audience reaction was so positive that Aznavour was moved to headliner status. After this, it became easier for the singer to find better engagements in France; by 1958 he even had a recording contract. He made his screen debut that same year in a dramatic role, playing an epileptic in George Franju's La tête contre les murs. He also composed music for Alex Joff's Du rififi chez les femmes in 1958; From there, he moved on to bigger roles in better movies, including Jean Cocteau's Testament of Orpheus and Francois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player. The latter movie turned Aznavour into a screen star in France and opened the way for his breakthrough in America. He sang at Carnegie Hall in the early '60s and followed this up in 1965 with a one-man show, The World of Charles Aznavour, at the Ambassador Hotel in New York, which drew rave notices from audiences and critics alike. By that time, the once-struggling singer had secured his first American LP release with the similarly titled album The World of Charles Aznavour on Reprise Records, the label founded and run by Frank Sinatra.
Aznavour would be the last to compare himself with those whom he regards as truly gifted vocalists, such as Sinatra and Mel Tormé, preferring to think of himself as a composer who also happens to sing. His style of performing has been compared variously to Maurice Chevalier and Sinatra and has remained enduringly popular for four decades. Almost all of Aznavour's songs deal with love and its permutations, running the gamut from upbeat, joyous pieces such as Après l'amour and J'ai perdu la tête to the dark-hued J'en déduis que je t'aime and Bon anniversaire. A teetotaler and a racing car enthusiast, Aznavour has been married three times and has four children.
Le temps
Charles Aznavour Lyrics
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Laisse-moi la chance de me faire aimer
Viens comme une enfant au creux de mon épaule
Laisse-moi le rôle de te faire oublier
Le temps qui va
Le temps qui sommeille
Le temps sans joie
Le temps des merveilles
Temps d'une seconde
Le temps qui court
Et celui qui gronde
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut nôtre
Le temps passé
Celui qui va naître
Le temps d'aimer
Et de disparaître
Le temps des pleurs
Le temps de la chance
Le temps qui meurt
Le temps des vacances
Le temps glorieux
Le temps d'avant-guerre
Le temps des jeux
Le temps des affaires
Le temps joyeux
Le temps des mensonges
Le temps frileux
Et le temps des songes
Le temps des crues
Le temps des folies
Le temps perdu
Le temps de la vie
Le temps qui vient
Jamais ne s'arrête
Et je sais bien
Que la vie est faite
do temps des uns
Et do temps des autres
Le tien, le mien
Peut devenir nôtre
Le temps, le temps, le temps
Charles Aznavour’s song “Le Temps” is a moving reflection on the different aspects and passages of time. The lyrics of the song are an invitation to let the singer guide the listener’s steps through life, in a role that he hopes to fulfill by loving and cherishing them. The singer offers to carry the listener like a child, to soothe them and help them forget the different kinds of time that exist. These times are laid out throughout the song, from the peaceful and idle times, the enchanted times, all the way up to the rushing and threatening times. The chorus of the song emphasizes that time is the only unchangeable factor in life, while the verses show the different ways that time can affect life and individual experiences.
The singer offers the role of their guide through life, to help the listener navigate through the joys and sorrows of each different time. The different times that are mentioned such as the time without happiness, the time of wonder, the time of love and of forgetting, all serve to emphasize that life is filled with undulations and that it is not a simple and straightforward thing. The song speaks to the human desire to find comfort and reassurance in someone who can share the journey of life with us, and to move through the different phases together.
Line by Line Meaning
Laisse-moi guider tes pas dans l'existence
Let me guide you in life
Laisse-moi la chance de me faire aimer
Give me a chance to be loved
Viens comme une enfant au creux de mon épaule
Come to me like a child, rest your head on my shoulder
Laisse-moi le rôle de te faire oublier
Let me be the one to make you forget
Le temps qui va
Time that passes
Le temps qui sommeille
Time that sleeps
Le temps sans joie
Time without joy
Le temps des merveilles
Time of wonders
Le temps d'une jour
Time of a day
Temps d'une seconde
Time of a second
Le temps qui court
Time that runs
Et celui qui gronde
And the one that rumbles
(Refrain:) Le temps, le temps Le temps et rien d'autre Le tien, le mien Celui qu'on veut nôtre
Time, time, nothing else. Yours, mine, the one we want.
Le temps passé
Time that has passed
Celui qui va naître
The one that will come
Le temps d'aimer
Time to love
Et de disparaître
And to disappear
Le temps des pleurs
Time of tears
Le temps de la chance
Time of opportunity
Le temps qui meurt
Time that dies
Le temps des vacances
Time of vacations
(au Refrain)
Le temps glorieux
Glorious time
Le temps d'avant-guerre
Pre-war time
Le temps des jeux
Time of games
Le temps des affaires
Time of business
Le temps joyeux
Joyful time
Le temps des mensonges
Time of lies
Le temps frileux
Chilly time
Et le temps des songes
And the time of dreams
{au Refrain}
Le temps des crues
Time of floods
Le temps des folies
Time of follies
Le temps perdu
Lost time
Le temps de la vie
Time of life
Le temps qui vient
Time that is coming
Jamais ne s'arrête
Never stops
Et je sais bien
And I know well
Que la vie est faite
That life is made
do temps des uns
Of the time of some
Et do temps des autres
And of the time of others
Le tien, le mien
Yours, mine
Peut devenir nôtre
Can become ours
Le temps, le temps, le temps
Time, time, time
Lyrics © EDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK
Written by: Charles Aznavour, Jeff Davis
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
sicre charles
Laisse-moi guider tes pas dans l'existence
Laisse-moi la chance de me faire aimer
Viens comme une enfant au creux de mon épaule
Laisse-moi le role de te faire oublier
Le temps qui va
Le temps qui sommeille
Le temps sans joie
Le temps des merveilles
Le temps d'une jour
Temps d'une seconde
Le temps qui court
Et celui qui gronde
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps passé
Celui qui va naître
Le temps d'aimer
Et de disparaître
Le temps des pleurs
Le temps de la chance
Le temps qui meurt
Le temps des vacances
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps glorieux
Le temps d'avant-guerre
Le temps des jeux
Le temps des affaires
Le temps joyeux
Le temps des mensonges
Le temps frileux
Et le temps des songes
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps des crues
Le temps des folies
Le temps perdu
Le temps de la vie
Le temps qui vient
Jamais ne s'arrete
Et je sais bien
Que la vie est faite
Du temps des uns
Et du temps des autres
Le tien, le mien
Peut devenir notre
Le temps, le temps, le temps
옹이뉴키
Ongi: 毎日 何時間 くらい バンディで チャットを しています?
Newkie: 最近は 八 -九時間くらいでしょう か.
Ongi: You're indeed a true piece of work.
Now each of us is to narrate the temper of each one's first chat partner. ’Tis your turn, Newkieさま .
Newkie: I had no first chat partner. I began straight off with the second.
Newkie , with severe text neck, first looked at Ongi , then dropped his head to his smartphone to check the time.
Newkie: あらら、もう時間がそんなに経ったんですね . もうバンディ にかえる 時間です.😎
Ongi: Hmm..😡
😅
sicre charles
Laisse-moi guider tes pas dans l'existence
Laisse-moi la chance de me faire aimer
Viens comme une enfant au creux de mon épaule
Laisse-moi le role de te faire oublier
Le temps qui va
Le temps qui sommeille
Le temps sans joie
Le temps des merveilles
Le temps d'une jour
Temps d'une seconde
Le temps qui court
Et celui qui gronde
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps passé
Celui qui va naître
Le temps d'aimer
Et de disparaître
Le temps des pleurs
Le temps de la chance
Le temps qui meurt
Le temps des vacances
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps glorieux
Le temps d'avant-guerre
Le temps des jeux
Le temps des affaires
Le temps joyeux
Le temps des mensonges
Le temps frileux
Et le temps des songes
Le temps, le temps
Le temps et rien d'autre
Le tien, le mien
Celui qu'on veut notre
Le temps des crues
Le temps des folies
Le temps perdu
Le temps de la vie
Le temps qui vient
Jamais ne s'arrete
Et je sais bien
Que la vie est faite
Du temps des uns
Et du temps des autres
Le tien, le mien
Peut devenir notre
Le temps, le temps, le temps
Lidia M.
Merçi ✩
Carlos Henrique
Eu apaixonado pela música do inesquecível Charles Aznavour ❤❤❤❤
Katiba Bouazza
Paix à ton âme Mrs Aznavour merci d avoir bercé mon adolescence avec tous ces textes aussi beau et vrai de ta simplicité et ton humanité tu es et restera toujours un artiste de grand talent respect😍😍😍😘😘😘
pauline Dive
Toujours un rythme fou ses chansons pour la plupart , J'adore.
14aquadeath
Don't understand a word.. but love the rhythm of the song.. And the voice.. and monica belluci's grace embellishes the song... Love from India.
Justine Flammantrose
repose en paix
Monsieur Aznavour
grand monsieur Charles
vous êtes une grande légende
RIP Charles Aznavour
تونسية و أفتخر
😿😿
Danielle Potron
Merci Monsieur AZNAVOUR pour toutes ces magnifiques chansons qui nous prennent "aux tripes" lorsqu'on les écoute. Vous étiez un GRAND HOMME. Saluez notre JOHNNY la-haut. Tous les deux, vous étiez les GRANDS PATRONS de la chanson française, sans vous deux, il ne reste plus RIEN, plus RIEN.......
Celte- Ibère
Il reste le temps