Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – 24 February 1994 at Cannes) w… Read Full Bio ↴Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – 24 February 1994 at Cannes) was a popular French singer and actor.
The son of a composer, with brothers and sisters who had successful careers of their own in musical entertainment, Jean Sablon studied piano at the Lyceé Charlemagne in Paris. He left before graduating to enroll at the Paris Conservatoire in order to concentrate on a vocal career. He started in the cabarets of Paris at the age of 17, and was subsequently accompanied on his first album by the pianist/composer Mireille, whose song Couchés dans le foin became a great success. Later, he partnered the wildly popular Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris and boosted his career considerably. He was the first cabaret singer to use a microphone in his stage act. In the 1920s he spent time in Brazil where his recordings remain extremely popular today.
In 1937 he won the Grand Prix du Disque for the song "Vous qui passez sans me voir," written for him by Charles Trenet and Johnny Hess. That same year, he went to the United States, where he sang on live radio broadcasts for CBS and made several records in the English language. On Broadway, he worked with luminaries such as Cole Porter and George Gershwin. He returned to Paris but with the German occupation of France in World War II, he went back to America for the duration.
Jean Sablon became one of the most widely acclaimed male French singers, considered second only in overall lifetime popularity to Maurice Chevalier. His records sold in the millions around the world and he is frequently referred to as the French equivalent of America's Bing Crosby. During his career, he recorded with some of the world's top musicians, including Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. Sablon is credited with arranging Reinhardt's debut in a fashionable cabaret in 1933. He is also recognized for his talents as a lyricist and a composer. Sablon appeared in a number of motion pictures and television films performing as a vocalist or pianist, his last coming in 1984 when he sang "April in Paris" in Mistral's Daughter, the popular American TV miniseries filmed in France.
Jean Sablon died in 1994 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
The son of a composer, with brothers and sisters who had successful careers of their own in musical entertainment, Jean Sablon studied piano at the Lyceé Charlemagne in Paris. He left before graduating to enroll at the Paris Conservatoire in order to concentrate on a vocal career. He started in the cabarets of Paris at the age of 17, and was subsequently accompanied on his first album by the pianist/composer Mireille, whose song Couchés dans le foin became a great success. Later, he partnered the wildly popular Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris and boosted his career considerably. He was the first cabaret singer to use a microphone in his stage act. In the 1920s he spent time in Brazil where his recordings remain extremely popular today.
In 1937 he won the Grand Prix du Disque for the song "Vous qui passez sans me voir," written for him by Charles Trenet and Johnny Hess. That same year, he went to the United States, where he sang on live radio broadcasts for CBS and made several records in the English language. On Broadway, he worked with luminaries such as Cole Porter and George Gershwin. He returned to Paris but with the German occupation of France in World War II, he went back to America for the duration.
Jean Sablon became one of the most widely acclaimed male French singers, considered second only in overall lifetime popularity to Maurice Chevalier. His records sold in the millions around the world and he is frequently referred to as the French equivalent of America's Bing Crosby. During his career, he recorded with some of the world's top musicians, including Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. Sablon is credited with arranging Reinhardt's debut in a fashionable cabaret in 1933. He is also recognized for his talents as a lyricist and a composer. Sablon appeared in a number of motion pictures and television films performing as a vocalist or pianist, his last coming in 1984 when he sang "April in Paris" in Mistral's Daughter, the popular American TV miniseries filmed in France.
Jean Sablon died in 1994 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
Je tire ma r%C3%A9v%C3%A9rence
Jean Sablon Lyrics
Vous, mes amis, mes souvenirs
Si vous la voyez revenir
Dites-lui que mon cœur lassé
Vient de rompre avec le passé
Je tire ma révérence
Et m'en vais au hasard
Par les routes de France
De France et de Navarre
Mais dites-lui quand même
Simplement que je l'aime
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
J'avais sa préférence
J'étais son seul bonheur
Hélas, les apparences
Et le sort sont trompeurs
Un autre a pris ma place
Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse
Des grands mots? Oh pourquoi?
Non, dites-lui bonjour pour moi
Elle croit que j'ai beaucoup de chagrin
Aujourd'hui non, mais peut-être demain
Je tire ma révérence
Et m'en vais au hasard
Par les routes de France
De France et de Navarre
Mais dites-lui quand même
Simplement que je l'aime
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
Je n'ai plus d'espérance
Je remporte mon cœur
Par les routes de France
De France ou bien d'ailleurs
Mais dites-lui quand même
Simplement que je l'aime
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
Si vous la voyez revenir
Dites-lui que mon cœur lassé
Vient de rompre avec le passé
Je tire ma révérence
Et m'en vais au hasard
Par les routes de France
De France et de Navarre
Mais dites-lui quand même
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
J'avais sa préférence
J'étais son seul bonheur
Hélas, les apparences
Et le sort sont trompeurs
Un autre a pris ma place
Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse
Des grands mots? Oh pourquoi?
Non, dites-lui bonjour pour moi
Elle croit que j'ai beaucoup de chagrin
Aujourd'hui non, mais peut-être demain
Je tire ma révérence
Et m'en vais au hasard
Par les routes de France
De France et de Navarre
Mais dites-lui quand même
Simplement que je l'aime
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
Je n'ai plus d'espérance
Je remporte mon cœur
Par les routes de France
De France ou bien d'ailleurs
Mais dites-lui quand même
Simplement que je l'aime
Dites-lui voulez-vous
Bonjour pour moi et voilà tout
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Pascal Bastia
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Claudie Cazin
Pour Maman Claire qui à presque 87 ans chantait ce petit air au téléphone dimanche soir à la Toussaint, confinée, était contente d'écouter grâce à mon téléphone et internet et YouTube !!! Merci
gruyer olivier
Un chanteur fabuleux .... avec un repertoire d'une musicalité extrême
Jacques Cailliau
Toute une époque romantique à jamais disparue...
Veri-Verinha • Vera Pneustie • Veraptor aussi
merci pour la découverte..c magnifique!
Delcourt andrée
j'adore ces anciens chanteurs ....quel dommage qu'on ne les programme plus sur aucune chaîne musicale
pascal rigoulet
Chère Andrée, je partage votre sentiment. Amitié, Pascal
clofclof38
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Luigi Zacco Giovanelli
Semplicemente favoloso , grazie ::))
marie-hélène Piani
C'était une des chansons préférées de ma maman... je suis émue à chaque fois que je l'entends....
pascal rigoulet
Jean Sablon, le plus grand ! Amitié, Pascal