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DOB: May 22, 1924
Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Occupation: Singer-songwriter, actor, public activist, diplomat
· He took his first theatrical bow in the play Emil and the Detectives at the age of nine and within a few years was working as a movie extra.
· A popular performer at the Paris' Club de la Chanson, it was there that he was introduced in 1941 to the songwriter Pierre Roche. Together they developed names for themselves as a singing/writing cabaret and concert duo "Roche and Aznamour".
· Dubbed the "Frank Sinatra of France" and singing in many languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Armenian, Portuguese), his touring would include sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall (1964) and London's Albert Hall (1967).
· He wrote more than 800 songs, recorded more than 1,000 of them in French, English, German and Spanish and sold over 100 million records in all.
· At age 75, he continued to act in movies, writes songs and record. One album was entitled "Jazznavour," which featured new versions of his old classics recorded with a group of American jazz musicians.
· He is known for his songs which dramatise social issues. He has written songs about everything from AIDS and traffic accidents to divorce and weight problems.
· At the age of 9, he heard boulevardier's Maurice Chevalier's Donnez-Moi La Main Mam’zelle Et Ne Dites Rien and found his calling as a chansonnier.
· He became Armenia's ambassador to Switzerland, where he resides. He was granted Armenian citizenship in December 2008.
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