Lucien Boyer (chansonnier)

Lucien Boyer (born January 20, 1876 in Léognan , † June 16, 1942 in Paris ) was a French chansonnier and composer.

Boyer initially worked as a sales representative, office delivery boy and journalist. In 1896 he came to Paris, where he was a regular guest at the Cabaret Quat'-z-Arts . There he was given the opportunity to perform and performed a chanson entitled Le jeune homme qui a un nid de serpents dans le ventre pour avoir trop bu de l'eau d'une mare . He had his first success in 1900 with the chanson Pigeon vole composed by Joseph Archainbaud .

In 1902 he agreed with Gaston Calmette , the director of Le Figaro , to go on a trip around the world, for the financing of which he was to supply articles to the newspaper. Numa Blès accompanied him on this trip, which lasted three years and led through Belgium, Holland, England, Canada and the USA, to Hawaii, Saigon, Calcutta, Tehran, Cairo, Athens and Rome. On this trip they composed Lettre à Nini , a chanson that became a great success for the singer Esther Lekain .

After the trip he returned to the Quat'-z-Arts . He has now written chansons for performers such as Mistinguett , Harry Fragson , Félix Mayol , Maurice Chevalier , Polaire and Paul Dalbret . Chansons such as La valse chaloupée (Mistinguett and Max Dearly ), Les Goélands ( Damia ), Ça, c'est Paris (Mistinguett), Le trompette en bois ( Georges Milton ) and Madelon de la Victoire became famous . He was also active in the group of the Republique de Montmartre and wrote their hymn Monte là-d'ssus ... in 1922 , which was composed by Charles Borel-Clerc . His son was the director Jean Boyer .

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SURNAME	Boyer, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French chansonnier and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Léognan
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 1942
Place of death	Paris