Henri Salvador

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Henri Salvador (born July 18, 1917, Cayenne, French Guiana, died February 13, 2008, Paris) was a French singer. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of an native Indian from the Caribbean, were both from Guadeloupe.

Salvador recorded several songs written with Boris Vian with Quincy Jones as arranger.

In the 60’s Salvador was the television host of several popular TV variety shows on French TV.

Henri Salvador and his song “Dans mon île” (1957) is said to have unwittingly inspired bossa nova in Brazil, as Carlos Tom Jobim would have exclaimed on hearing the song “This is what you have to do! Slow down the tempo of samba, add a good melody and top it with beautiful chords!”
Caetano Veloso, a renowned brasilian composer and singer, made a direct reference at Salvador in his song “Reconvexo” : “quem não sentiu o swing de Heri Salvador ?” (who hasn’t felt the swing of Henri Salvador ?)

In (1964) Henri Salvador scored a popular French hit with “Zorro est arrivé” (which was inspired by the English song “Along Came Jones”). His song “Mais non, mais non” (1969) inspired Jim Henson’ song Mahna Mahna. These kind of comedy songs made him well known in France. He is also famous for his good nature and rich, catchy laugh, which is a standalone feature in many of his humoristic songs.

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Parisblues wrote:
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c'est l'histoire d'un mec ;-D http://www.last.fm/music/Henri+Salvador/Le+Loup%2C+La+Biche%2C+Et+le+Chevalier/Henri+Salvador+S%27amuse

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aj0221 wrote:
October 2009

forever

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mandrak2000 wrote:
June 2009

Moi, j'aime pas la télé...

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evalopezmusic wrote:
April 2009

sourire éternel ...... sur un plateau de TV ..... salut Henri E.

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ze_zar wrote:
April 2009

magnifique

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DJNikki wrote:
December 2008

I love his Sexy and Lazy voice!

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lpzinho wrote:
November 2008

sweet, sweet, sweet music

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notoire wrote:
September 2008

<3

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Hoffmanstropfen wrote:
September 2008

macht ganz schön schön , Booohhhaaa, ohh ja now the Sun is going out

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ThaBigFish wrote:
August 2008

Mimi petite souris >>> @ B)

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babelwebuk wrote:
April 2008

requiescat in pace amice

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controlfreaq wrote:
April 2008

amazing voice! R.I.P.

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Natali25 wrote:
March 2008

He died in my birthday:( RIP (*)

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maite2rrr wrote:
February 2008

Cri du coeur pour le poète à la voix d’or! Alors c'est bien vrai, la chanson française est en deuil depuis que son Nat King Cole a tiré son ultime révérence mercredi dernier. En effet, Henri Salvador a succombé à une rupture d’anévrisme à son domicile le 13 février au matin... on croirait à une mauvaise blague la veille de la St Valentin! Henri Salvador avait 90 ans… lui qui par

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lauroiq wrote:
February 2008

génial!

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Eyeslam wrote:
February 2008

RIP

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SYL2Oh wrote:
February 2008

des chansons & des images . .

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petitemerveille wrote:
February 2008

Il me manque déjà...

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LilAk91 wrote:
February 2008

repose en paix

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0ni wrote:
February 2008

:( émilie jolie nous rappellera ta jolie voix.

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