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Georges Moustaki
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Greek-French singer (1934–2013)
Film & TV
Alexandria, Egypt
Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin, best known for the poetic rhythm and simplicity of the romantic songs he composed and often sang. Moustaki gave France some of its best-loved music by writing about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in that country, such as Édith Piaf, Dalida,…
Known for
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai — Self (archive footage)2015
- Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité — Self2013
- Akoibon — Self2005
- The Revolution on Two Horses — Antonio de Cuñeiro, poeta2002
- Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000 — Self2001
- The Count of Monte Cristo — Abbé Faria1998
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Joseph Mustacchi dit Georges Moustaki — Self1995
- The Cocottes — Mathieu1991
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Key facts
- Born
- Giuseppe Mustacchi , ( 1934-05-03 ) 3 May 1934, Alexandria , Egypt
- Died
- 23 May 2013 (2013-05-23) (aged 79), Nice , France
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar piano
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Nice
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Religion
- Judaism
- Genre
- chanson
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- www.creatweb.com/moustaki
- Image
- Georges Moustaki.jpg
- Height
- 1.72
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- Commons category
- Georges Moustaki
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- date of birth
- 1934-05-03
- date of death
- 2013-05-23
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Yussef Mustacchi
- unmarried partner
- Édith Piaf
- pseudonym
- Georges Moustaki
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- name in native language
- Georges Moustaki
- social media followers
- 23300
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Greek-Jewish origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself.
Early life
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