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Charles Aznavour was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs, in various languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for h…
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entertainment · French singer and songwriter (1924–2018) · screenwriter · film actor · lyricist · composer · poet · diplomat · recording artist · film director · singer · chansonnier · also Charles Aznavour, Shahnour Vaghenag Aznavourian, Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, Aznavour
Born 22 May 1924 · Died 1 October 2018 · Q1785
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“It is a great honour that Armenia proposed that I become its ambassador,”
“There are some people who grow old and others who just add years. I have added years, but I am not old yet.”
“was a chef for the governor of Tiflis, in Georgia. The Czar used to eat there every 150 years.”
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Published video “« Tu t’laisses aller » interprété par Charles Aznavour et Annie Cordy ✨”.
Published video “« Paris au mois d’août » la bande originale du film éponyme ! 🤩”.
Published video “Nouveau remix de Montmartre pour « Emmenez-moi » ☀️🫶”.
Published video “« Emmenez-moi, au bout de la terre. Emmenez-moi au pays des merveilles » ☀️✨”.
Published video “Ça y est c’est fini, bravo l’Espagne pour cette victoire et merci les bleus ☀️🫶”.
Published video “Bravo la France pour cette qualification en demi-finale 🤩 Emmenez nous au pays des merveilles !”.
Published video “Bad Bunny a rendu un bel hommage à Charles Aznavour dans ses concerts français 🇫🇷✨”.
Published video “Aznavour a osé abordé des sujets inédits pour l’époque car pour lui : aucun sujet n’était tabou. 🫶”.
Published video ““Emmenez-moi au pays des merveilles” ✨Par le grand Charles Aznavour”.
Published video “Aznavour nous parle de Dalida ✨🫶”.
BroadwayWorld: Charles Aznavour
Published video “Charles Aznavour, Andruss - La bohemia”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - Venecia Sin Ti (Official Music Video)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - La Mamma (Official Music Video)”.
Released album “Unfinished Album In English - L’album inachevé en anglais”.
Released album “Aznavouriana”.
Released album “El Disco De Navidad”.
Released album “Instrumental Hits Version”.
Dedicated to the one hundredth anniversary of Aznavour's birth
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Published video “Charles Aznavour - She | Christmas Version (Official Lyric Video)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - Hier Encore (Official Music Video)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - She (Official Music Video)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - My Own Child For Christmas From You (Christmas Music Video)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - Noël à Paris (Official Christmas Music Video)”.
To mark Aznavour's 100th birthday
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In the neighborhood where Aznavour grew up
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Published video “Charles Aznavour - Trousse Chemise (Audio Officiel)”.
Published video “Charles Aznavour - Tu t'laisses aller (Audio Officiel)”.
“I like Charles Aznavour a lot. I saw him in sixty-something at Carnegie Hall, and he just blew my brains out.”
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The Hollywood Reporter: France Pays Tribute to Charles Aznavour With Memorial Ceremony
Yahoo: Charles Aznavour, known as France's Sinatra, dies at 94
Yahoo: French singer and actor Charles Aznavour dies at age 94
The Washington Post: Charles Aznavour, daring and adored French singer and composer, dies at 94
Died 2018-10-01.
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Awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (2018).
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Awarded Raoul Wallenberg Award (2017).
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Won: Raoul Wallenberg Medal with Citizenship of Armenia (2017).
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Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2017).
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Aznavour and Aida received the Raoul Wallenberg Award for their wartime activities
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Aznavour was awarded the 2,618th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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By Reuven Rivlin, then President of Israel
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Won: Honorary Award at the NRJ Music Awards with Bernard-Lecache award (2015).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the Crown (2015).
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Released album “Encores”.
Aznavour embarked on a new North American leg of his En toute intimité tour, visiting Quebec and the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the third-largest such venue in California, for multiple shows
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Released album “Toujours”.
The Charles Aznavour Museum opened in Yerevan
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Awarded Victory of honor (2010).
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Released album “Charles Aznavour & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra”.
Won: MIDEM Lifetime Achievement Award with Bernard-Lecache award (2009).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal (2009).
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Won: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montreal with Bernard-Lecache award (2009).
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Awarded Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2009).
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Won: Grigor Lusavorich award of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic with Bernard-Lecache award (2009).
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Aznavour also toured across America
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Career landmark: ambassador of Armenia (2009–2018).
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Released album “Duos”.
Released album “Tu pintas mi vida”.
Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada (2008).
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Was granted Armenian citizenship and was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland the following year, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva
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Released album “Colore ma vie”.
Sang part of "Une vie d'amour" in Russian during a Moscow concert
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Aznavour recorded his album Colore ma vie in Cuba, with Chucho Valdés
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Released album “Insolitement vôtre”.
Awarded National Hero of Armenia (2004).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of Leopold (2004).
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Aznavour received the title of National Hero of Armenia, Armenia's highest award
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2003).
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Released album “Je voyage”.
Aznavour appeared in director Atom Egoyan's film Ararat, about the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century
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Released album “Aznavour 2000”.
Awarded Commander of the National Order of Merit (2000).
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Released album “Jazznavour”.
Involving new arrangements on his classic songs with a jazz orchestra and other guest jazz artists
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1997).
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Won: French Victoire award for Male Artist of the Year with Bernard-Lecache award (1997).
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Awarded Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year (1997).
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Won: Honorary César Award with Bernard-Lecache award (1997).
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Awarded Honorary César (1997).
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1997).
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Released album “Plus bleu”.
Won: Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with Bernard-Lecache award (1996).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Yerevan (1996).
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Awarded Songwriters Hall of Fame (1996).
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Released album “Cuando Estás Junto A Mí”.
Won: Ambassador of Goodwill and Permanent Delegate of Armenia to UNESCO with Bernard-Lecache award (1995).
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Won: Grand Medal of the French Academy (1995).
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Released album “Du und ich”.
Released album “You and Me”.
Aznavour was appointed an Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Armenia to UNESCO
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Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1994).
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Aznavour performed with Domingo again and Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø at Domingo's third annual Christmas in Vienna concert
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Released album “Forever”.
Released album “Toi et moi”.
Released album “J’aime Paris au mois de mai”.
Released album “Aznavour 92”.
Released album “Pierre et le loup / Symphonie classique op. 25 / Marche op. 99 / Overture op. 34”.
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1989).
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Released album “L’Éveil, Vol. 1”.
Released album “L’Envol, Vol. 3”.
Released album “L'Élan, Vol. 2”.
Released album “Momenti si, Momenti No”.
Awarded Bernard Lecache Prize (1987).
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Released album “Aznavour”.
Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (1986).
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Released album “Canzoni Da Leggere E Da Cantare”.
And duet versions of the song in French and Spanish in 2008, as well as multiple live renditions of Aznavour's "Ave Maria"
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Released album “I'll Be There”.
Released album “La Prima Danza”.
Released album “Charles chante Aznavour et Dimey”.
Released album “Une première danse / La Légende de Stenka Razine”.
Released album “Je fais comme si”.
Released album “Essere”.
Released album “Dios”.
Won award: Edison Awards (three-time award winner) (1980).
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Released album “Melodie Des Lebens”.
Released album “Autobiographie”.
Released album “Ave Maria”.
Released album “Al dormir junto a ti”.
Released album “Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer...”.
Released album “Compagno”.
Released album “Un enfant est né...”.
Released album “Un Natale Un Po' Speciale”.
Released album “Vor Dem Winter”.
Released album “A Private Christmas”.
Released album “She”.
In Neuilly-sur-Seine, a month after his death from a Quaalude overdose, at the age of 25
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Released album “Voilà que tu reviens”.
Dutch singer Liesbeth List released her album Charles Aznavour Presents Liesbeth List, which featured Aznavour's compositions with English lyrics
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Released album “Del Mio Amare Te”.
Released album “Hier... Encore”.
Released album “I Sing for… You”.
Released album “A Tapestry of Dreams”.
Jack Jones recorded an entire album of Aznavour compositions entitled Write Me A Love Song, Charlie, re-released on CD in 2006
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Aznavour became a major success in the United Kingdom when his song "She" was number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during a fourteen-week run
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Released album “Visages de l’amour”.
Released album “Il Bosco E La Riva”.
Released album “Canta en Español, vol. 2”.
Released album “The Old Fashioned Way”.
Released album “Canto L'Amore Perchè Credo Che Tutto Derivi Da Esso”.
Released album “Idiote je t’aime…”.
Won award: Edison Awards (three-time award winner) (1971).
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Released album “Quando La Canzone È Arte - Buon Aniversario - Aznavour... L'Amore”.
Released album “Non, je n’ai rien oublié”.
Released album “Non je n’ai rien oublié (Volume 10/11)”.
Released album “...e fu subito Aznavour”.
Released album “A Man's Life”.
Won: Medal of the City of Paris (1969).
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Won award: American Society of Songwriters Award (1969).
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Released album “Of Flesh And Soul”.
Released album “Désormais…”.
Released album “J'aime Charles Aznavour Volume 4”.
Released album “La Bohème (Volume 7)”.
Released album “Entre deux rêves”.
Released album “Aznavour canta en español”.
Released album “Je m’voyais déjà (Volume 1)”.
Released album “De t’avoir aimée…”.
Released album “His Kind of Love Songs”.
Released album “La bohème”.
Released album “Charles Aznavour”.
Released album “His Love Songs in English”.
Released album “Canta En Español Volume 2”.
Released album “Canta en Español”.
Released album “Aznavour 65”.
Won award: First Prize for French Song in Japan for La Mamma (1964).
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Released album “Volume 2”.
Released album “Volume 1”.
Released album “Volume 3”.
Released album “Von Mensch Zu Mensch”.
Released album “Que c'est triste Venise”.
Won award: Edison Awards (three-time award winner) (1963).
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Released album “Qui ?”.
Released album “La Mamma”.
Released album “Italiano Volume 1”.
Released album “Italiano Volume 2”.
Released album “The Time Is Now”.
Released album “Charles Aznavour (Je m’voyais déjà)”.
Released album “Les Deux Guitares”.
Aznavour starred in François Truffaut's Tirez sur le pianiste (released in America as Shoot the Piano Player), playing a character called Édouard Saroyan, a café pianist
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Released album “C’est ça”.
Released album “Bravos du music‐hall à Charles Aznavour”.
Released album “Charles Aznavour chante Charles Aznavour, Vol. 3”.
Released album “Charles Aznavour chante Charles Aznavour, Vol. 2”.
Released album “Charles Aznavour chante Charles Aznavour”.
In Vincennes, whom he would acknowledge nine years later
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And actor Pierre Roche began a partnership and in collaborative efforts performed in numerous nightclubs
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“ai Bu in 1944. The partnership”
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Born 1924-05-22.
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