1. Jean Sablon was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor.
31 Facts About Jean Sablon
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Jean Sablon was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz.
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Jean Sablon made his debut at the age of seventeen in an operetta in Paris.
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In 1929, Jean Sablon recorded his first demo record for Columbia with Georges Van Parys, as well as sharing the stage in the operetta Vive Leroy with Arletty, Dranem and Jacqueline Delubac and then Music Hall with Damia and Germaine Rouer.
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On stage, Jean Sablon appeared with Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris in Paris qui brille.
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Jean Sablon was accompanied by Don Barretto, sang with his sister Germaine and was accompanied by the pianist and composer Mireille while interpreting songs from the operetta Un Mois de Vacances.
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In 1933, Jean Sablon was reunited with Reda Caire in the operetta 19 ans, accompanied by Django Reinhardt, with whom he shared success in the recording studio at Columbia, who initially been reluctant to take the costly risk of engaging Reinhardt who, as a guitarist, couldn't read music.
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Jean Sablon thus became the first singer to have recorded with Django.
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Jean Sablon then embarked on another journey to America, Hollywood this time, with Mireille at the invitation of Ramon Novarro, famous for Ben Hur on the big screen.
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Jean Sablon was instrumental in the reopening of the venue and gave recitals at the Rex and the in.
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Jean Sablon became the presenter of the radio show Cadum Varietes, on which he sang.
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Jean Sablon was given a radio show, "The Magic Key".
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In Hollywood, Jean Sablon was contracted to star in "The Story of Irene and Vernon Castle" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Jean Sablon presented and sang his songs on the radio show Hollywood Hotel on which he invited numerous big stars.
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Jean Sablon returned to Paris to appear on the stage of the ABC and took part to television experiments.
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Jean Sablon was a star on Broadway and then Boston in the musical "Streets of Paris".
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Jean Sablon in turn starred in Brazil on shows at the Casino Atlantico in Rio de Janeiro and Casino Urca.
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Jean Sablon made his debut at the Teatro Municipal in Sao Paulo in 1940, and then in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile.
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That year, Jean Sablon continued to sing in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, appearing there through 1945, when he returned to the US to perform in New York, Chicago and Washington.
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Jean Sablon's recording of in the summer of 1947 in New York is the earliest version of this classic, known as "Autumn Leaves" in the US.
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Jean Sablon appeared repeatedly in the US, the UK, France and Brazil, as well as in Canada, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Italy and Egypt, and Mexico, Cuba and Spain.
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Under the banner of the Moss Empire, Jean Sablon toured the UK and Ireland.
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Towards the end of the 1960s, Jean Sablon resolved to limit his overseas travels and settled into his house at Theoule-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur.
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Jean Sablon was engaged at the Paris Cabaret Don Camillo which became one of the first colored transmissions on TV.
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The 1970s and the 1980s found Jean Sablon performing regularly on TV, not only in France, but in Switzerland, Italy, Brazil and the US.
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At the urging of US impresario George Wein and singer-pianist Bobby Short, Jean Sablon celebrated his 75th birthday at the Met in New York, appearing with the orchestra of Frank Sinatra, thus making his farewell to his American followers.
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Jean Sablon became the most widely acclaimed male French singer of his generation in the world, considered second only in overall lifetime popularity to Maurice Chevalier, a senior model for him.
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Jean Sablon's records sold in the millions around the world and he is frequently referred to as the French equivalent of America's Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
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Jean Sablon appeared in a number of motion pictures and television films performing as a vocalist or pianist, his last being in 1984 when he sang "April in Paris" in Mistral's Daughter, the popular American TV miniseries filmed in France.
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Jean Sablon died in Cannes in 1994 and was buried in the in Paris.
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Jean Sablon was the son of composer Charles Sablon and the brother of composer Andre Sablon and singer and actress Germaine Sablon.