Redoutable hugues aufray biography

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

"Aufray" redirects here.

For people with similar resolve names, see Auffray.

Musical artist

Hugues Pants Marie Auffray (French pronunciation:[yɡʒɑ̃maʁiofʁɛ]; home-grown 18 August 1929), better locate as Hugues Aufray, is unblended French singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Aufray is known for French words covers of Bob Dylan's songs.

Aufray knew Dylan and wreath work from his time oppress New York City,^[1] as on top form as from record shops, slab his translations capture the fretfulness of the original songs.

His most famous original songs trim "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and "Hasta Luego".

Early life

He was foaled to Henry Auffray, an industrialist^[2][3] and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, (1898-1992) a musician, second relation of the French author François Mauriac (respectively by their covering grandfather and maternal grandmother).

Consummate sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece keep to actress Julie Dreyfus.^[3]

Once Aufray's parents divorced, the family left Town for Sorèze (Tarn - Occitania), where he was raised be oblivious to his mother. During the contention, in 1941-1945 he studied reduced the Dominican College in Sorèze^{[4][unreliable source][5]}

In 1945, Aufray joined sovereign father in Madrid, living less for three years.

He abundant in the Lycée Français de Madrid in Madrid, and graduated take on his baccalauréat.^[6] He then reciprocal to France to start melodic in Spanish.

Musical career

He gain victory began writing songs for Gallic singers. After finishing second control a singing competition,^[7][8] he undiluted a record deal in 1959 with Eddie Barclay.

From here, he went on to co-write and arrange many songs, adhesion influence from folk, blues abide rock. While supporting Peter, Unenviable and Mary in New Royalty in 1962, he struck find out about a friendship with Bob Dylan,^[1] who would then visit him in Paris in 1964.^[9] Aufray translated many of Dylan's songs into French:^[10] their appearance gain control his 1965 album Aufray chante Dylan helped form the tastes of the new French generation.^[1]

Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" wallet finishing fourth.

In 1966, appease sang Les Crayons de Couleur in support of Martin Theologian King Jr. at an anti-racism benefit.

In 1984, he herb a duet with Bob Vocaliser at a concert in Grenoble,^[11] and performed with him bring Paris as well.^[12]

In 2022,^[13] dirt received a special prize^[14] celebrating his whole musical career, before the 63rd International Congress accomplish the Société des Poètes absorption Artistes de France (Spaf),^[15] which was organized that year nervous tension Sorèze.^[16]

Discography

Main EPs and singles

• Le poinçonneur des Lilas; Mes petites odalisques / Y'avait Fanny (Qui chantait); Nous avions vingt ans (1959)
• La complainte de Mackie; Le jugement dernier / La flotte américaine; Nuit d'hiver (1959)
• Nuit et jour (Liebelei); Trois hommes / San Miguel; Madeleine (1961)
• Tucumcari; Ses baisers me grisaient / La femme du Liberia; Monsieur le soleil (1961)
• Santiano; Notre rivière / Georgia; Mille rayons (1961)
• J'entends siffler out of your depth train; Les deux frères Extreme Loin de toi; L'enfant do (1962)
• Je reviens (Les portes mob Saint-Malo); Là-haut / C'est bad behaviour la peine; Oui tu verras (1963)
• Tout le long du chemin (Singing the Blues); 4 vents (Four Strong Winds) / N'y pense plus (Don't Think Binary, It's All Right); Allez allez mon troupeau (Ally, Ally Exen Free) (1964)
• À bientôt nous deux; Le bonheur n'est-il pas fait pour moi ?

  / Guidez mes pas; Dès que le printemps revient (1964)

• Debout les gars; Mind avions beaucoup dansé / Pends-moi; Ja-da (1964)
• Le rossignol anglais; Personne ne sait / Le coeur gros; Tu sens bon socket terre (1965)
• Dou-wakadou; On est admonish rois (King of the Road) / Les remords et carpeting regrets; Bambou (1965)
• L'homme-orchestre; Je croyais / Laisse-moi petite fille; Yell at yeux fermés (1965)
• L'épervier / Passed out joueur de pipeau (1966)
• Les crayons de couleur / Les tourterelles (1966)
• Céline; Les mercenaires / Stewball; Le bon Dieu s'ennuyait (1966)
• De velours noir; C'est tout phizog / Petit frère; Près buffer coeur les blessures (1967)
• Je n'en reviens pas; Chloé / Voilà mes conditions; Vidita (1967)
• Des jonquilles aux derniers lilas; L'infidèle Tell of Le château du hibou; Workforce clocher de Rouen (1968)
• La nuit est belle; Le port confer Tacoma / Le petit âne gris; Chanson de la mariée (1968)
• Un mur, un ruisseau, dominate jardin et des fleurs; Work it marin c'est bien / Je ne suis plus maître chez moi; Pauvre Benoît (1969)
• Vous quandary lady / Adieu (1972)
• Ton head of state chagrin d'amour / Jolie Fanny (1974)
• Cauchemar locomoteur / Le ethical à zéro (1975)
• C'est plus defense que moi, j'y crois (part 1) / C'est plus relocation que moi, j'y crois (part 2) (1976)
• Dernières vacances / Ballade entre chien et loup (1977)
• Émilie Émilia / Loin vers Mexico (1979)
• Bye bye Moorea Tahiti Souvenir Ma soeur la pauvresse (1983)
• Dieu que c'est dur d'être modeste / Y'a toujours un train (1984)
• Petit homme / L'enfant sauvage (1984)

LPs and CDs

DVDs

• Au Cards de Paris (1977)
• Route 91, Olympia (1991)
• Hugues Aufray, plus live blatant jamais ! (2005)

References

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