Renée Lebas
Renée Lebas (born April 23, 1917 in Paris ; † December 18, 2009 there ) was a French chanson singer .
biography
Renée Lebas, the daughter of Jewish parents who fled Romania to France , was already active as an artist when she performed with the group "L'écho de douzième" of the Federation of Workers' Theaters and gave small concerts in left-wing cafés and in cinemas in Parisian districts (Quartiers) gave. After a concert organized by Radio Cité, she became aware of Raymond Asso in 1937 , who also sponsored Édith Piaf . In the following years she sang such well-known chansons as "La mer" by Charles Trenet , but also "Revoir Paris", "Fleur bleue", "Madame la Pluie" and "Seule depuis toujours".
In 1946 the pianist Emile Stern and the lyricist Henri Lemarchand wrote their greatest success, the ballad "Où es-tu mon amour?". In 1948 she was the first to record the song "Elle tourne la Terre" by the young lyricist and composer Léo Ferré , who would later become one of the most famous chansonists himself, and the other songs she knew like "Paris Canaille" and "L'île Saint -Louis "wrote. On her tours she was often accompanied by the pianist Norbert Glanzberg .
With "La Fontaine endormie" from 1956, a chanson intended as an homage to her sister who was deported to Auschwitz , she was the first to address the Shoah . Many of her songs like "Tire, tire l'aiguille" and "Mammy" were influenced by the Jewish folklore of the Ashkenazim . In the 1950s, the song "Garde l'Espérance" was created, which is based on the Israeli national anthem " HaTikwa " and was chosen as the opening melody by the French radio station Radio J in 1981.
Renée Lebas, who also interpreted chansons by Eddie Barclay , Boris Vian , Charles Aznavour , Pierre Delanoë and "Le Temps du muguet" by Francis Lemarque , ended her singing career in 1963, the year Edith Piafs died, at the age of 46, because she " too old to sing love songs "(" trop vieille pour chanter des chansons d'amour ").
Later she also sponsored artists such as Régine and Serge Lama .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebas, Renée |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chanson singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Paris |