Marc Ogeret

Marc Ogeret Paris France 25 February 1932 – 4 June 2018 Was A French Singer. Ogeret Was Born In Paris In 1932. His Mother Was A Dressmaker And His Father Worked In The Health Service Of The Ministry Of War. At 17 He Dropped School And Worked As An Apprentice In A Foundry. He Later Worked In A Renault Car Factory. Some Comedians Among His Friends Convinced Him To Join Them As An Actor And To Accompany Them With His Guitar. Ogeret Started Singing Around 1954 Songs From Songwriters Such As Félix Leclerc And Léo Ferré Outside Coffehouses. Film Director Pierre Prévert The Brother Of Poet Jacques Prévert Gave Him The Opportunity To Sing In Parisian Cabarets. Ogeret Recorded His Show Dedicated To Poems By Louis Aragon. In 1965 He Was Offered The Opening Act For Georges Brassens On Bobino's Stage. In 1968 He Recorded Two Sets Of Revolutionary Songs But The Issue Was Postponed Due To The May 1968 Events In France. He Became Famous For His Sober Renderings Of Anarchist And Communist Anthems Such As The Internationale. He Also Recorded Sea Shanties And Le Condamné À Mort A Set Of Poems Written By Jean Genet About Gay Sex In Prison. He Did A Tour In USSR In 1974. In The Late-1970s He Recorded Four Studio Albums Of Aristide Bruant's Songs. He Lived With Lifelong Partner Anita And They Had A Daughter Zoé. He Was Made Knight Chevalier Of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres In 1996. Ogeret Died On 4 June 2018 At The Age Of 86 In Semur-En-Auxois France. Discography 1962 Les Mains D'Elsa Productions Pacific 1967 Marc Ogeret Chante Aragon
1968 Autour De La Commune Vogue 1968 Chansons « Contre » Vogue 1970 Chansons De La Marine En Bois Vogue SLVLX45 1970 Chansons Salées De La Marine Vogue SLD735 1970 Le Condamné À Mort Poem By Jean Genet Music By Hélène Martin Cavalier LM940 1972 Rencontres Vogue SLD839 1973 Chansons De Révolte Et D'espoir Vogue 1976 Imagine Vogue LDA2023 1978 La Mer Vogue LDSE55 1978 Ogeret Chante Bruant Vogue LDA2032 - Nouveau Prix Académie Charles Cros.
1978 Ogeret Chante Bruant. Chansons Et Monologues Volume 1 & Volume 2 CD Sony 1979 En Toi Vogue VG407 1980 Chansons "contre" Continuation Vogue VG408574 1981 Vivre Vogue 101634 1984 Le Condamné À Mort Jean Genet Hélène Martin New Recording Vogue VG 409 540068 1986 Berger De Paroles Granit 1987 Nous Ferons Se Lever Le Jour Poems And Songs By Paul Vaillant-Couturier Réveil Des Combattants RC 001
1988 Chante La Révolution Double Album 30 Cm Socadisc Sc 370 CD Socadisc 1997 1990 Témoignage Sur La Période 1940-1945 & Chante La Résistance
1990 Ogeret Chante Jean Vasca Le Petit Véhicule 1992 Chante Aragon Second Intermède EPM 1996 Chants De Marins EPM 1999 Ogeret Chante Léo Ferré EPM Awards 1962 Grand Prix Du Disque
1978 Grand Prix Du Disque
1983 Knight Of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres read less