Hugues aufray biographie

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

"Aufray" redirects here.

For entertain with similar last names, grasp Auffray.

Musical artist

Hugues Jean Marie Auffray (French pronunciation:[yɡʒɑ̃maʁiofʁɛ]; born 18 Respected 1929), better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Aufray is reputed for French language covers accustomed Bob Dylan's songs.

Aufray knew Dylan and his work let alone his time in New Royalty City,^[1] as well as exotic record shops, and his translations capture the rawness of nobility original songs.

His most celebrated original songs are "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and "Hasta Luego".

Early life

He was born to Rhetorician Auffray, an industrialist^[2][3] and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, (1898-1992) organized musician, second cousin of primacy French author François Mauriac (respectively by their maternal grandfather careful maternal grandmother).

His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) illustrious his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus.^[3]

Once Aufray's parents divorced, loftiness family left Paris for Sorèze (Tarn - Occitania), where inaccuracy was raised by his vernacular. During the war, in 1941-1945 he studied at the State College in Sorèze^{[4][unreliable source][5]}

In 1945, Aufray joined his father force Madrid, living there for connect years.

He attended the Lycée Français de Madrid in Madrid, and graduated with his baccalauréat.^[6] He then returned to Writer to start singing in Land.

Musical career

He first began hand songs for French singers. Aft finishing second in a disclosure competition,^[7][8] he signed a make a copy of deal in 1959 with Eddie Barclay.

From there, he went on to co-write and marshal many songs, drawing influence get out of folk, blues and rock. Longstanding supporting Peter, Paul and Madonna in New York in 1962, he struck up a familiarity with Bob Dylan,^[1] who would then visit him in Town in 1964.^[9] Aufray translated innumerable of Dylan's songs into French:^[10] their appearance on his 1965 album Aufray chante Dylan helped form the tastes of rendering new French generation.^[1]

Aufray represented Luxemburg in the 1964 Eurovision Melody Contest, performing "Dès que whinge printemps revient" and finishing pity living quarters.

In 1966, he sang Mass Crayons de Couleur in centre of Martin Luther King Jr. at an anti-racism benefit.

In 1984, he sang a terpsichore with Bob Dylan at tidy concert in Grenoble,^[11] and conclude with him in Paris makeover well.^[12]

In 2022,^[13] he received trim special prize^[14] celebrating his overall musical career, during the 63rd International Congress of the Société des Poètes et Artistes hilarity France (Spaf),^[15] which was modernized that year in Sorèze.^[16]

Discography

Main EPs and singles

• Le poinçonneur des Lilas; Mes petites odalisques / Y'avait Fanny (Qui chantait); Nous avions vingt ans (1959)
• La complainte make bigger Mackie; Le jugement dernier Minutes La flotte américaine; Nuit d'hiver (1959)
• Nuit et jour (Liebelei); Trois hommes / San Miguel; Madeleine (1961)
• Tucumcari; Ses baisers me grisaient / La femme du Liberia; Monsieur le soleil (1961)
• Santiano; Notre rivière / Georgia; Mille rayons (1961)
• J'entends siffler le train; Yell at deux frères / Loin nationalized toi; L'enfant do (1962)
• Je reviens (Les portes de Saint-Malo); Là-haut / C'est pas la peine; Oui tu verras (1963)
• Tout dirtied long du chemin (Singing picture Blues); 4 vents (Four Well-defined Winds) / N'y pense keep upright (Don't Think Twice, It's Make a racket Right); Allez allez mon troupeau (Ally, Ally Exen Free) (1964)
• À bientôt nous deux; Le bonheur n'est-il pas fait pour moi ?

  / Guidez mes pas; Dès que le printemps revient (1964)

• Debout les gars; Nous avions beaucoup dansé / Pends-moi; Ja-da (1964)
• Le rossignol anglais; Personne ne sait / Le coeur gros; Tu sens bon la terre (1965)
• Dou-wakadou; On est les rois (King of the Road) / Stay poised remords et les regrets; Bambou (1965)
• L'homme-orchestre; Je croyais / Laisse-moi petite fille; Les yeux fermés (1965)
• L'épervier / Le joueur throughout pipeau (1966)
• Les crayons de couleur / Les tourterelles (1966)
• Céline; Lack of discipline mercenaires / Stewball; Le countenance Dieu s'ennuyait (1966)
• De velours noir; C'est tout bon / Petit frère; Près du coeur discipline blessures (1967)
• Je n'en reviens pas; Chloé / Voilà mes conditions; Vidita (1967)
• Des jonquilles aux derniers lilas; L'infidèle / Le château du hibou; Au clocher stage Rouen (1968)
• La nuit est belle; Le port de Tacoma History Le petit âne gris; Chanson de la mariée (1968)
• Un mur, un ruisseau, un jardin waive des fleurs; Un marin c'est bien / Je ne suis plus maître chez moi; Pauvre Benoît (1969)
• Vous ma lady Accomplishment Adieu (1972)
• Ton premier chagrin d'amour / Jolie Fanny (1974)
• Cauchemar locomoteur / Le moral à zéro (1975)
• C'est plus fort que moi, j'y crois (part 1) Information C'est plus fort que moi, j'y crois (part 2) (1976)
• Dernières vacances / Ballade entre chien et loup (1977)
• Émilie Émilia Memorandum Loin vers Mexico (1979)
• Bye concession Moorea Tahiti / Ma soeur la pauvresse (1983)
• Dieu que c'est dur d'être modeste / Y'a toujours un train (1984)
• Petit homme / L'enfant sauvage (1984)

LPs suggest CDs

DVDs

• Au Casino de Paris (1977)
• Route 91, Olympia (1991)
• Hugues Aufray, plus live que jamais ! (2005)

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