Boby Lapointe
Singer, Musical Artist
1922 – 1972
Who was Boby Lapointe?
Robert Lapointe was a French singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterations and plays on words.
He was born in Pézenas, in the Hérault département of France. A brilliant pupil, he prepared for the entrance exam to the Centrale and Sup-Aero at Montpellier, but was conscripted into the Youth Building Projects in 1942 and sent to Linz, Austria, in 1943 for compulsory work service. He escaped the same year, and found work as a diver in La Ciotat, a suburb of Marseille, in 1944.
In 1946, he married Colette Maclaud. They had two children, Ticha and Jacky.
His first published work, Les douze chants d'un imbecile, appeared in 1951. He moved to Paris and opened a fashion and baby clothes shop, still writing and producing plays. Later, he switched to being a fitter of TV aerials and began singing.
His fame grew when the actor Bourvil sang Lapointe's song Aragon et Castille in the 1954 film Poisson d'avril. In 1960, film director François Truffaut offered him a part in Tirez sur le Pianiste in which he sang Framboise, accompanied by Charles Aznavour on piano. This marked the start of a career that saw Lapointe perform at major venues throughout France.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1922
Pézenas - Also known as
- Bobby Lapointe
- Lapointe, Boby
- Robert (Boby) Lapointe
- Robert, Jean-François, Joseph, Pascal Lapointe
- Bobby La Pointe
- Parents
- Spouses
- Colette Maclaud
(1946 - 1956/04/28)
- Colette Maclaud
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 29, 1972
Pézenas
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on July 23, 2013
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