Loulou Gasté
Loulou Gasté (born March 18, 1908 in Paris , † January 8, 1995 in Rueil-Malmaison , Département Hauts-de-Seine ; full name Louis Felix Pierre Marie Gasté ) was a French jazz guitarist and composer . Gasté composed almost 1200 songs in over 50 years; some of them became international bestsellers.
Live and act
At the age of 21 Gasté joined Ray Ventura and his orchestra in 1929 as a musician . During this time as an orchestral musician, he also composed and arranged some pieces for Ventura. During this time he worked as a guitarist a. a. also with Philippe Brun , Django Reinhardt (“ St. Louis Blues ”, 1937), Raymond Legrand , Noël Chiboust , Alex Renard , Michel Warlop . In 1945 Gasté made the acquaintance of the singer Line Renaud and married her five years later.
In the fall of 1956 Gasté composed the chanson “Pour toi” to a text by Albert Simoni . Darío Moreno sang this song with great success in the 1956 film Le Feux aux Poudre . In 1974 the Brazilian Morris Albert sang an English version of it, which he initially issued as his own composition: "Feelings" reached the top 5 in the USA and Great Britain. Later, Ella Fitzgerald , Frank Sinatra , Sarah Vaughan and Mike Brant , among others , sang their own versions with success . In addition to the English version ("Feelings"), Mike Brant also recorded a French version. Since Gasté recognized his chanson “Pour toi” in this song, he complained. In the final hearing on December 22, 1988, he was right and almost 90% of the due royalties were awarded to him. Roberto Blanco recorded a German version in 1997 under the title "Frei sein".
Loulou Gasté died ten weeks before his 87th birthday on January 8, 1995 in Rueil-Malmaison, where he also found his final resting place.
Works (selection)
- Avec son Ukulele ( Jacques Pills )
- Le chant du Gardian ( Tino Rossi )
- Quand un Cowboy ( Georges Guétary )
- Le porte bonheur ( Jacques Hélian )
- Le rythme Américain ( Lily Fayol )
- Un oiseau chante ( Gisèle Pascal )
- Luna Park ( Yves Montand )
- Nous deux ( Line Renaud )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography online
- ^ Henri Decoin (director): Spit in the face of the devil 1956
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasté, Loulou |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gasté, Louis Felix Pierre Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1995 |
| Place of death | Rueil-Malmaison , Hauts-de-Seine department , France |