Marc Ogeret
{{Short description|French singer (1932–2018)}}
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Marc Ogeret ({{IPA|fr|maʁk oʒɘʁe|lang}}; 25 February 1932 – 4 June 2018) was a French singer.
Biography
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.{{cite web |author=Le Hall de la Chanson |url=http://www.cndp.fr/entrepot/baccalaureat-musique/le-bourdon/biographies/marc-ogeret.html |title=Marc Ogeret |work=Centre national de documentation pédagogique |access-date=3 August 2020}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.jechantemagazine.com/Dossier_Marc_Ogeret/Blog_Marc_Ogeret/Entrees/2009/12/12_Entretien_avec_Marc_Ogeret.html |title=Interview with Marc Ogeret |magazine=Je Chante Magazine |date=12 December 2009 |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=fr}}
Ogeret started singing around 1954 songs from songwriters such as Félix Leclerc and Léo Ferré outside coffeehouses. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?udId=d_18&irId=FRAN_IR_026438 |title=Promotions dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres, chevaliers et officiers |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=Archives Nationales |language=fr}} Ogeret died on 4 June 2018 at the age of 86.{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2018/06/05/03006-20180605ARTFIG00149-disparition-du-chanteur-marc-ogeret-interprete-d-aragon.php |title=Disparition du chanteur Marc Ogeret, interprète d'Aragon |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=fr |author=AFP |author-link=Agence France-Presse}}{{cite news |url=https://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musique/chanson-francaise/mort-du-chanteur-engage-marc-ogeret-interprete-d-aragon-274391 |title=Mort du chanteur engagé Marc Ogeret, interprète d'Aragon |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=Franceinfo |language=fr |author=AFP |author-link=Agence France-Presse}}
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[http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/author-composer-and-singer-marc-ogeret-receives-the-prix-de-news-photo/505976590 Author, Composer And Singer Marc Ogeret Receives The Prix De L'Académie De La Chanson At the Restaurant 'La Colombe', in Paris, France, on March 29, 1963.], Getty images.
- 1978: Grand Prix du Disque
- 1983: Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
References
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