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Pierre Perret Born July 9 1934 In Castelsarrasin Is A French Singer And Composer. Pierre Perret Resides In The City Of Nangis. He Spent A Long Part Of His Childhood In The Café Which His Parents Owned Where He Learned Work Jargon And Slang. At The Age Of 14 He Signed Up To The Conservatoire De Musique De Toulouse And To A Dramatic Arts Institute. In The Mean Time He Set Up His First Band Of 4 Musicians In His Own Name With Whom He Played At Events Throughout The Region. In 1957 He Was Snapped Up By Eddie Barclay Who Signed Him On. It Was In The Studio Of Barclay Where He Met His Future Wife Simone Mazaltarim. In 1958 Perret Carried On Touring Round Parisian Cabaret Bars And Crossed France And Africa As A Part Of The American Group The Platters. In Novemeber That Year A Pleurisy Forced Him To Take Two Years Off In A Sanatorium. A Master Of The Subtleties Of The French Language And French Slang He Even Rewrote Some Of Jean De La Fontaine's Fables His Songs Are Often Cheeky For Example Le Zizi The Willy Asking Questions In A Seemingly Naive Child's Tone But Has Written More Serious Political Songs Such As La Bête Est Revenue La Petite Kurde Vert De Colère Ou Lily. read less