
Pierre Perret
Born
July 9, 1934 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Pierre Perret (born 9 July 1934 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne) 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 to work with jargon and slang. At the age of 14 he signed up to the conservatoire de musique de Toulouse and to a dramatic arts institute. But he wasn't admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris because he had some problems with military justice during his military service. In the meantime, he set up his first band of four 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 November 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 or Lily.
In 1995, he recorded in duet with Sophie Darel the French song Maître Pierre for the album C'était les Années Bleues.
He participated in the committee for the simplification of the administrative language (COSLA).
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Known For

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022

Pierre Perret From A to Z
Self
2021

Under the Stars of Paris
Usager petit-déjeuner St. Leu
2021

The Golden Age of Songs From Our Childhood
Self
2020
La Boîte à secrets
Self · (1 episode)
2019

The secret song
Self · (1 episode)
2018

La tribu de Pierre Perret chante... Au café du canal
Self
2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Self - Singer, composer, actor (archive footage)
2017
Amanda
Self · (1 episode)
2016

Folie passagère
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Fais-moi une place
Self · (4 episodes)
2013

Pierre Perret - 50 ans de chansons - Olympia
Self
2006

Pierre Perret - Casino de Paris 2003
Self
2005

Star Academy
Self · (3 episodes)
2001

Stars à domicile
Self · (1 episode)
2001

Vivement dimanche
Self · (3 episodes)
1998

Dorothée : Le cadeau de la rentrée
Self
1992

Téléthon
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Collaricocoshow
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Le monde est à vous
Self · (23 episodes)
1987

Sacrée soirée
Self · (8 episodes)
1987

Sacrée soirée
Self (voice) · (1 episode)
1987

Nulle part ailleurs
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Télématin
Self · (3 episodes)
1985

Champs-Elysées
Self · (8 episodes)
1982

Fan School
Self · (27 episodes)
1977

Mosaïque
Self
1976

30 millions d'amis
Self · (4 episodes)
1976
Système 2
Self · (6 episodes)
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (10 episodes)
1975

Apostrophes
Self · (3 episodes)
1975

Midi Première
Self · (15 episodes)
1975
Midi trente
Self · (30 episodes)
1972

Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972

Judge Roy Bean
Roy Bean
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (5 episodes)
1971

A Savage Summer
1970

Potatoes
Clovis Parizel
1969

À bout portant
Self · (1 episode)
1968

Discorama
Self · (1 episode)
1959

Stars at Noon
Self
1959

Children of Chaos
Youth from the center (uncredited)
1944