Georges Moustaki

Georges Moustaki

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1934-05-03
Deathday: 2013-05-23 (79 years old)

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Biography

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, 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.


Georges Moustaki was born Giuseppe Mustacchi in Alexandria, Egypt, on 3 May 1934. His parents, Sarah and Nessim Mustacchi, were Francophile, Greek Jews from the ancient Romaniote Jewish community. Originally from the Greek island of Corfu, they moved to Egypt, where young Giuseppe was born and first learned French. They owned the Cité du Livre − one of the finest book shops in the Middle East – in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, where many ethnic communities lived together.


Moustaki's father spoke five languages whereas his mother spoke six. The young Giuseppe and his two older sisters spoke Italian at home and Arabic in the streets. The parents placed Giuseppe and his sisters in a French school where they learned to speak French.


At the age of 17, after a summer holiday in Paris, Moustaki obtained his father's permission to move there, working as a door-to-door salesman of poetry books. He began playing the piano and singing in nightclubs in Paris, where he met some of the era's best-known performers. His career took off after the young singer-songwriter Georges Brassens took Moustaki under his wing. Brassens introduced him to artists and intellectuals who spent much of their time around Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Out of gratitude, Moustaki adopted the first name of the only musician he called "master".


Moustaki said that his taste for music came from hearing various French singers – Édith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Henri Salvador, Georges Ulmer, Yves Montand, Georges Guétary and Luis Mariano – sing.


Moustaki was introduced to Édith Piaf in the late 1950s by a friend whose praise of the young songwriter was so flattering that Piaf, then at the peak of her fame, requested somewhat sarcastically to hear him sing his best works. "I picked up a guitar and I was lamentable. But something must have touched her. She asked me to go and see her perform that same evening at the Olympia music hall and to show her later the songs I had just massacred."


He soon began writing songs for Piaf, the most famous of which, Milord, about a lower-class girl who falls in love with an upper-class British traveller, reached number one in Germany in 1960 and number 24 in the British charts the same year. It has since been performed by numerous artists, including Bobby Darin and Cher.


Piaf was captivated by Moustaki's music, as well as his great charm. Piaf liked how his musical compositions were flavored with jazz and styles that went beyond France's borders. Moustaki and Piaf became lovers and embarked on what the newspaper Libération described as a year of "devastating, mad love", with the newspapers following "the 'scandal' of the 'gigolo' and his dame day after day". ...


Source: Article "Georges Moustaki" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

all 44

self 23

TV Shows 22

Movies 22

Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai

Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai (2015)

Movie
Self
Akoibon

Akoibon (2005)

Movie
Antonio de Cuñeiro, poeta
The Revolution on Two Horses

The Revolution on Two Horses (2002)

Movie
Self
Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000

Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000 (2001)

Movie
Self
Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche (1998)

TV
Abbé Faria
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)

TV
Self
In Search of Cabaret

In Search of Cabaret (1992)

Movie
Mathieu
The Cocottes

The Cocottes (1991)

Movie
Self
La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons (1984)

TV
Europe Express

Europe Express (1984)

Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées (1982)

TV
Composer
Make Room for Tomorrow

Make Room for Tomorrow (1979)

Movie
Self
Rockpop in Concert

Rockpop in Concert (1978)

TV
Composer
Rachel's Man

Rachel's Man (1976)

Movie
Self
Numéro un

Numéro un (1975)

TV
Self
Système 2

Système 2 (1975)

TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)

TV
Self
Midi Première

Midi Première (1975)

TV
Composer
Five Leaf Clover

Five Leaf Clover (1972)

Movie
Hadjis
Beggars and Proud Ones

Beggars and Proud Ones (1972)

Movie
Self
Midi trente

Midi trente (1972)

TV
Self
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier (1972)

TV
Actor
C'est ben beau l'amour

C'est ben beau l'amour (1971)

Movie
Self
Samedi soir

Samedi soir (1971)

TV
Composer
The Man with Connections

The Man with Connections (1970)

Movie
Composer
Solo

Solo (1970)

Movie
Music
Rischiatutto

Rischiatutto (1970)

TV
Composer
The Customer of the Off Season

The Customer of the Off Season (1970)

Movie
Composer
A Very Curious Girl

A Very Curious Girl (1969)

Movie
Composer
The American

The American (1969)

Movie
Composer
Time to Live

Time to Live (1969)

Movie
Composer
The Outlaws

The Outlaws (1969)

Movie
Self
À bout portant

À bout portant (1968)

TV
self
Night-Club

Night-Club (1968)

TV
Music
Cécilia, médecin de campagne

Cécilia, médecin de campagne (1966)

TV
Self
Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom (1965)

TV
Composer
Le roi du village

Le roi du village (1963)

Movie
Music
Jusqu'au bout du monde

Jusqu'au bout du monde (1963)

Movie
Self
Musik aus Studio B

Musik aus Studio B (1961)

TV
Self
Stars in der Manege

Stars in der Manege (1959)

TV
Self
Discorama

Discorama (1959)

TV
self
Was bin ich?

Was bin ich? (1955)

TV
Music
Le Métèque

Le Métèque

Movie

Ratings

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1955
1969
1972
1970
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1934-05-03

Deathday
2013-05-23 (79 years old)

Birth Name
Yussef Mustacchi

Birth Place
Alexandria, Egypt

Religion
Judaism

Height
1.72-meter

Children
Pia Moustaki

Father
Nessim Moustaki

Siblings
Marcelle Rosnay, Élisabeth Moustaki

Citizenships
France, Greece

Also Known As
Giuseppe Mustacchi, Yussef Mustacchi

Awards
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres


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