Biography

Joseph Ira Dassin (November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980), more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was an American/French/Jewish singer-songwriter. Joe was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer, a Hungarian virtuoso violinist. By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were on the top of the charts in France and he had become very well known in that country. He was also a talented polyglot, recording songs in German, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English. greates Hits: Et si tu n'existais pas, II était une fois nous deux, Le jardin du Luxembourg, Guantanamera, Les Champs-Élysées, L'été indien, Ça va pas changer le monde, Dans la brume du matin, Salut les amoureux, À toi, Le Moustique