Jean Lenoir (composer)
Jean Lenoir pseudonym for Jean Bernard Daniel Neuberger (26 February 1891, Paris - 19 January 1976, Suresnes) was a French composer and author, a writer of romantic light chansons and film songs.[1]
His most famous song Parlez-moi d'amour (1930) was composed for the cabaret Chez les Borgia, was recorded by Lucienne Boyer, and had by 1970 already been performed by more than 167 artists including Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Maurice Chevalier, Ray Conniff and Barbra Streisand.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Three Musketeers (1932)
- The Crisis is Over (1934)
- Miquette (1934)
- Second Bureau (1935)
- The Chess Player (1938)
- Night Warning (1946)
- Midnight in Paris (2011) (Instrumental)
References
- ↑ The Oxford companion to popular music Peter Gammond - 1991 "Lenoir, Jean [Neuberger, Jean] (born Paris, 1891 ; d nr. Paris, 19 Jan. 1976). French composer and author. A writer of romantic 'chansons in a vein established ."
- ↑ Billboard - 8 Aug 1970 - Page 45 Vol. 82, No. 32 "167th version of the 1930 title by Jean Lenoir, "Parlez Moi d'amour" (Editions SEMI). Among artists who have performed the song are Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Maurice Chevalier, Ray Conniff and Barbra Streisand."
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