Léna - Music

Robert Boby Lapointe April 16 1922 - June 29 1972 Was A French Singer Noted For His Humorous Texts Full Of Puns Alliterations Spoonerisms And Paronyms. He Was A Friend Of Georges Brassens Who Helped Him Along On The Parisian Scene. He Was Born In Pézenas In The Hérault Département Of France. A Brilliant Scholar He Prepared For The Entrance Exam To The Centrale Engineering School And Sup-Aero At Montpellier But Was Conscripted Into The Youth Building Projects In 1942 And Sent To Germany In 1943 For Compulsory Work Service. He Escaped The Same Year And Found Work As A Diver In La Ciotat A Suburb Of Marseilles In 1944. In 1946 He Married Colette Maclaud. They Had Two Children Ticha Born 1948 And Jacky 1950 . His First Published Work Les Douze Chants D'un Imbecile Appeared In 1951. He Moved To Paris And Opened A Fashion And Baby Clothes Shop Still Writing And Producing Plays. Later He Switched To Being A Fitter Of TV Aerials And Began Singing. In The 1960s Boby Lapointe Started An Actor’s Career And Acted In Films By Some Of The Greatest French Directors Among Which François Truffaut And Claude Sautet. His Fame Grew When The Actor Bourvil Sang Lapointe's Song Aragon Et Castille In The 1954 Film Poisson D'avril. In 1960 Film Director François Truffaut Offered Him A Part In Tirez Sur Le Pianiste In Which He Played Framboise Accompanied By Charles Aznavour On Piano. This Marked The Start Of A Career That Saw Lapointe Perform At Major Venues Throughout France. His Joyful Character Led Him To Build Friendships With French Stars Anne Sylvestre Raymond Devos Jacques Brel And Georges Brassens. Lapointe Was Also A Mathematician And Developed The Bi-Bi-Binary System Also Known As The Bibi System In 1971. read less